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Best-selling author and coaching expert, Elena Aguilar, shares her wisdom about coaching, leading teams, and designing and facilitating transformational professional development.

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Why Doesn't Professional Development Change Practice?

September 25, 2026

Professional development often succeeds as an event but falls short as a catalyst for change. Here's why that happens and how to design learning that leads to lasting changes in practice.

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How to celebrate Coach Appreciation Day

How to celebrate Coach Appreciation Day

November 5, 2023

Coach Appreciation Day was yesterday, but since it was a Sunday, you can celebrate today, or any time this week! Here are a few suggestions for how to celebrate...

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Can You Let Your Heart Open Even More?

Can You Let Your Heart Open Even More?

November 2, 2023

On October 7, I was gutted by the coordinated terrorist attacks that claimed so many Israeli lives. To say the context in which Israelis and Palestenians live is complicated is a gross understatement. It’s a context that is important to understand. And, no matter the context, there is no justification or rationalization for Hamas’s brutality. What happened is an atrocity. 

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Did You Make it Through?

Did You Make it Through?

October 30, 2023

Congratulations. It’s the end of October! I want to say, you made it through, but what does it mean to “make it through?” Also, perhaps we should aspire to more than just “making it through.” So here are some Look Back reflection prompts to expand your notion of what it means to successfully reach the end of a month.

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Intention can be a placebo

Intention can be a placebo

October 15, 2023

I have talked and written a lot about setting intentions before coaching sessions or meetings. Often we set an intention, and then forget all about it, and then after the meeting we remember and think, oh! I forgot all about it but it happened anyway! 

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The coaching question that feels like a hug

The coaching question that feels like a hug

October 9, 2023

My favorite coaching question is not technically a question.

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What would you really love to say about this month when it ends?

What would you really love to say about this month when it ends?

October 2, 2023

It’s a new month with new possibilities for growth—if you are intentional. This fall, in the final Monday newsletter for the month, I’m offering you Look Back prompts; in the first Monday newsletter of the month, I’m providing Look Forward prompts.

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It’s time to celebrate!

It’s time to celebrate!

September 25, 2023

It’s the end of September, a month that usually feels especially long and full for all of us. The end of a month, (or week or year) offers a natural moment to reflect, as well as to celebrate, and so here are some “Look Back” prompts for you, or to offer your coachees. 

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The coaching question that’s like a mini-earthquake

The coaching question that’s like a mini-earthquake

September 18, 2023

I think about my coaching questions as being like warm hugs or cold showers, or mini-earthquakes. I wrote about the cold shower question a few weeks ago and am curious whether any of you tried it! 

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