"Have you ever had to hide an identity or felt like you had to hide your identity as a coach? And what's that experience like? That is definitely something that I've been thinking about a lot." — Jory StillmanBy Gideon Culman

"It creates that awareness at a molecular level. If it hits that DNA, the transformation that occurs from the inside out is phenomenal. That's what I think is so important about coaching: That it has the opportunity to get deep inside below all the layers to what's really important to the person that I have the privilege and honor to be with, and h…

"It's more than language: 'Who am I when I'm speaking in English? And who am I when speaking in French? And who am I when I am speaking in Arabic?' It was like a big question of, 'Who are you, Jihane?'" — Jihane LabibBy Gideon Culman

"Being present in this world with people as a coach is life-changing. It allows me to stay positive. There's so much pain and yet . . . there's a certain gratitude. It allows me to stay very grateful and happy to be alive, to have everything I have around me, the goods, the bads, the uglies. Every challenge just shapes me because I have coaching as…

"There isn't a facet of my life that hasn't been impacted by understanding more about what coaching is and the benefits of that quality of conversations that I can have." — Ann FogolinBy Gideon Culman

"I learned resilience. I learned unconditional love that I could give. I learned the ability to be persistent and forgive from really difficult situations." — Ellen FultonBy Gideon Culman

"Coaching is not simply something that we do, but it is something who we are. The practice of being fully there cannot be only achieved when we are in front of our clients. It has to be a practice that we do and that we are committed to on a daily basis." — Elias ScultoriBy Gideon Culman

"Yes, we bring our 'coach selves' wherever we go: We're inherently more curious and better listeners, and we know how to ask good questions. But people don't realize that when you are in a formal coaching session it is a totally different, sacred dynamic. So when I've had people come sit in on my class that have known me for years, they're like, 'K…

"I love Drag Race. I've seen every episode. I have 'Yas Queen' tattooed onto my wrist. My mum said 'What does 'Yas Queen' mean?' I said, 'It means you've done something fierce, you're looking fierce, or you're feeling fierce.' I really admire people who are on the outside and at risk and still doing it." — Ginny Baillie…

"I've come to realize I don't have to have the 'perfect' anything. For example, for a client I actually just need to show up as a human being and meet them with as much curiosity as I can find in myself. That's the healing agent: to receive somebody, to see them." — Nadjeschda TaranczewskiBy Gideon Culman

“I’ll tell you what [a pause] is not: It’s not a moment of nothing. Oftentimes people think it’s this empty, wasted, dead space. It’s not! It’s their space to turn inward and find the answers, and to explore inwardly, which then affects everything that comes on the outside. This space is the doorway to all the other experiences in coaching." — Hann…

"I've discovered that I'm a deeply spiritual person. But I would have just laughed at you if you had said that to me 12 years ago, when I first started this work." — Adam QuineyBy Gideon Culman

"The question is: 'If you eliminate someone, if you push them away, do you feel expanded or contracted?' I feel contracted so I felt like pushing away is not the answer. What's the way to create expansion? What's the way to create more oneness? And there's so much in coaching and and coaching mastery that addresses that." — Annie Gelfand…

"Friends will be on the phone and say 'I'm so sorry. Are you still there? Is my phone working?' 'Yeah, I'm listening to you. You're one of my favorite people in the world and you're telling me something important. I'm so glad I get to witness this.' There's no need for me to say anything." — Melanie Perry…

"What does it mean to me to belong? How do I know on a cellular level that I belong in certain spaces and places? And that I don't belong in other spaces? What I've come to is it's being able to see myself in the other people: it's being able to see bits and pieces of my own story, my own journey, my own struggles, my own wins, my own hardships, my…

"Every painter has got the same colors at their disposal. But the way they blend the colors to create their own art makes them unique. And the same is for the master coach. We all have the same competencies at our disposal, but how we blend them to be with our clients and to work with our clients makes unique art of coaching." — Giuseppe Totino…

"I talk to a lot of clients about using their values to guide their decisions and their thinking and their actions. That forces me to look at 'Where am I using my values to guide my decision-making in my thinking? And where am I living in integrity with my values and not?'" — Bill PullenBy Gideon Culman

"What I love about coaching is that it is about 'imperfect'. It's about, 'What are we going to learn from this thing where it didn't go so well?' You didn't like how that went? Okay, there's another choice out there. There's another right answer. That's a space that has really transformed me." — Sandi Stewart…

"When I'm first working with a client, there's a period where they're getting to know me. And I think the more that I'm truly authentic, and I use direct communication, and I do say what no one else would dare say, they recognize that they can trust me: I'm not holding any punches." — Wendy Preyssler…

"My role is to just be present. And partner. And then be absent in the space of ego. And just keep doing that work for years. That's what I call the purpose of empowering people's life." — Dr. ParasBy Gideon Culman

"I am a highly sensitive woman who sees the good in almost everyone and who wants to make a difference in the world. I realize that the only way I can make a difference is to love the people around me." — Joan WanglerBy Gideon Culman

"I still use what I have learned to be curious with people. But now I don't assume I know. I don't assume I'm right. I assume instead that I have an opportunity to ask a question. The client is at choice to determine what to do with the question." — Lyssa deHartBy Gideon Culman

"I want to be the one who is able to support others to become better versions of themselves. So that's why I use the metaphor of a sherpa. I don't want to be in that spotlight. But I want to make people to be in the spotlight." — Heru Yuwono LiemBy Gideon Culman

"That was the reason that I started on my own personal journey: to find that thing that was missing, that made me feel unhappy about my life. And I really feel a level of true, soul-filling joy about my life and who I am these days, so much self-acceptance and peace about who I am, how I commit my time, who and what I say yes to, who and what I say…

"I often say, 'This flag is standing up and we each have our hands on it. And we're gonna hold this thing. You tell me this is what you want. We're holding it. And when you let go of it — because you say you're tired or don't necessarily want it or you can't do it — I'll be standing here with this flag until you pry my cold dead hands off of it. An…

"It's almost a physical stance. When I'm team coaching, I am very much more aware of my posture. And I'm aware of my breathing. And it's open body language, wide-angled empathy, listening to all the voices, and even those voices that are not in the room. And as a coach, even if we know the answers or want to fix, knowing that to enable others to di…

"When a client trusts us as coaches and asks for coaching and steps into that coaching process, the client is telling you, 'I trust you. I am completely open for you. I want you to be my thinking partner. And I feel safe.'" — Johan van BavelBy Gideon Culman

"The lessons learned are holographic: That the thing you're learning about this seemingly tiny situation right now actually pertains to every aspect of your life, if you use it. So how does that impact the world? I believe I'm making the world a better place one conversation at a time." — Flame Schoeder…

“Listening deeply to someone really is about the whole darn person. It's about the whole thing. And if we are not connected to ourselves, and what we're choosing, holistically, it becomes very, very difficult to listen to it in other people.” — Lisa PachenceBy Gideon Culman

“Once we can see that we are not this enduring, consistent, perfect self that we've constructed ourselves to be—that we see all the ways in which we don't show up aligned with our intentions or who we want to be in the world—we start to have compassion for other people and their challenges in doing so. Once we see our complexity, we can see others’…

"The linear approaches are genuinely slow and methodical. And we've missed our window for that. We now need lots and lots of experiments that need unpredictable results, hopefully in the positive direction. And that's going to get us out of this next huge global challenge." — Patrice Laslett Patrice Laslett works as a partner at Cultivating Leaders…

"I always use English in professional life and in coaching. Yet it's not my native language. And there is a silver lining to it. When I'm mentor coaching this is what I share with those who are not coaching in their first language. 'You don't know how lucky you are.' And they pause because they criticize themselves. I say, 'You can simplify your qu…

"Every night, after every session, when I sit back and look into what has happened overall in the collective consciousness as a result of this conversation that we just had, if I can take one or two words with me to my dreams, that gives me peace." — Gülsün ZeytinoğluBy Gideon Culman

"More than my being professional, what matters actually to me is my being humane. The way I defined myself as a coach itself changed. And if I could not be open to that, I would have been in a serious conflict and in constant internal tension, to just allow myself to accept in the moment that this is how the world is right now. So let's look at pro…

"I have this philosophy of, 'You take me at face value; I'll meet you and honor you as you are.' In the wine department it's the same: 'Don't look at the label or shiny objects and all that. Whatever you have in the glass, see what is there.' What kind of story is this wine telling you? The client: What is the client telling you? Or what is the cli…

"There's an air of excitement about not knowing. I see myself as an adventurer. So you and your client set off on this journey together. Your client's in the driving seat, you're maybe in the passenger seat, but you're going on this journey together. And both of you have a rough idea — you kind of know where the goal might be or where the client wa…

"One of the great feelings about intimacy is that it keeps unraveling itself. It keeps exposing itself. It keeps flowering anew. You keep feeling like you're discovering an unknown other for the first time, because what you're discovering is new for you." — William Torbert William Torbert's oeuvre of Collaborative Developmental Action Inquiry has b…

"There is some really good coaching happening without even seeing the coach or knowing what the coach's name is. I've been doing some digital debrief . . . and it's my colleague Nick's picture up there, it's not even me. They don't even know who I am. And in some ways, it's kind of fun because I've got my invisibility cape on but in another way I c…

"It's very important to just take those few minutes to hold that coffee cup, to think of that good memory, to pull out an old photo, listen to one song that you absolutely love. But that's the stuff, just those little tidbits, because the rest of it is not joyful. It's not." — Jodi Sleeper-Triplett Jodi Sleeper-Triplett is a Master Certified Coach,…

"I believe that we have a responsibility to leave every situation, every organization, every person better than we found. And the wonderful thing about coaching is that I get to grow along in the process. And it's just a gift." — Cheryl Procter-RogersBy Gideon Culman

"We're talking about a particular skill set, and I'm saying something in Farsi, and then somebody comes up and quotes a poem right off the bat that actually links with what we're talking about. And it's not just once, it's every time. The big thing is I'm in awe of them." — Taymour MiriBy Gideon Culman

"You create most growth when you act as a DJ. If you're a DJ and you have an audience and not a lot of energy in the room — people are a bit bored — if you start your really high-energy tune you will not get them to move, because they will just find it disturbing. You need to pick up the people at the pace where they are. You fade in a new pace and…

"This is also the promise I made to myself, to my clients each day: I will be the best coach I can be. And that means today I might be more effective than tomorrow or the other way around. But I'll make sure that I'll show up as the best I can be. That's the obligation I hold to my clients." — Marco Buschman…

"To recognize and appreciate and be compassionate about myself is what will enable me to connect and resonate in relationships." — André Ribeiro, Human Metta ModelBy Gideon Culman

"People live in complexity today. So we have to meet them there. In the past I think we've asked them to step outside of that complexity and manage their career. You can't step outside of that complexity. You live it! You're in it!" — Benita Stafford-SmithBy Gideon Culman

"We don't know what someone's gonna tell us. We don't know what the future holds. We don't know what we're ignorant to. You don't know what you don't know! But we have the willingness to evolve, grow and continue learning. And that's the beauty of this profession. There is that ever-evolving nature to it, where we're constantly learning about ourse…

"We recreate who we are every single breathing moment. Every moment something changes, my perception shifts, I see things differently, and maybe it's a little bit different me that wakes up. I think that's a seed of life that is constantly expanding and evolving. That's what we call a journey." — Marianna Lead…

"I want to show the example of me being not perfect — and by showing this to support the people who are next to me." — Olga RybinaBy Gideon Culman

"It's a unique position to really like everybody you work with. Most people don't like everybody they work with; they tolerate the people they work with. I actually like all the people I work with." — Christine SachsBy Gideon Culman

"I love that not knowing is embraced in the conversations we have. Because we both get excited about what comes from that. I don't have to tell somebody what to do. I don't have to have the answer for their life." — Pat WilliamsBy Gideon Culman