Curious about the difference between a coaching conversation and mentoring conversation?

For those who might not know, a coaching conversation is one where you ask questions, stay curious, not give advice, and treat the other person as creative, resourceful, and whole (meaning, the best answers for them will come from within them).

In this episode of True Snacks, Executive Coach Kevin Jones shares four questions that he uses to self-regulate during coaching conversations, to stay curious, and to be in service of his clients:
1. Is this their agenda or my agenda?
2. What solutions have you already tried?
3. Am I asking this next question in service of their agenda or mine?
4. Am I listening to their journey or am I getting into their story?

He also shares his party trick for introverts to not getting exhausted during a busy social event.

In this episode, Kevin answers the following questions:
- How to stay curious in a coaching conversation?
- How to stay curious in hard conversations?
- What is the difference between a coaching and a mentoring conversation?
- How to be interesting at social events?

This True Snacks episode is an excerpt of the full What Do You Know To Be True? episode, "Intentional Curiosity with Kevin Jones." In that episode, Kevin shares his strength of curiosity, how he learned at an early age to hide that part of him, his journey back to being curiosity led to his transformation, and how curiosity informs his approach to his coaching practice as well as to life.

Here's the link to the full episode: https://whatdoyouknowtobetrue.com/episode/intentional-curiosity-with-kevin-jones

Music in this episode created by Ian Kastner.

“True Snacks” is a series of excerpts from the "What Do You Know To Be True?" podcast. The purpose behind this series to share some of the key learning moments from the podcast.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is a series of conversations where I speak with interesting people about their special talent or superhero power and the meaningful impact it has on others. The intention is to learn more about their experience with their superhero power, so that we can learn something about the special talent in each of us which allows us to connect more deeply with our purpose.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/