Targeted Skill Sessions, Toolkits, and How-to Guides

Engaging in a solo study of Arise? This guide is your companion for supported learning as you explore the art of Transformational Coaching at your own pace.

• Editable templates to capture insights and track growth
• Reflection prompts and intention-setting tools for each chapter
• Curated extension activities to move from reading to practice
• A masterful coaching demonstration to see key moves in action

Ready to lead a powerful book study on Arise with confidence? This guide gives you everything you need with expert guidance from Elena herself.

• Step-by-step facilitation plans for every chapter
• A masterful coaching demonstration brings key strategies to life
• Thoughtfully crafted discussion prompts and group activities
• Editable note-taking and planning templates
• Tools to support intention-setting and habit-building

This Coach's Toolkit, curated by Elena Aguilar, contains the 21 most invaluable and essential Transformational Coaching tools and frameworks.

This tool contains resources to:

• Remain present and deeply listen to your clients
• Coach client emotions
• Explore and shift client beliefs
• Support your clients to close their gaps
• Plan for and reflect on your coaching conversations
  

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Transform emotional moments into pathways for growth. This comprehensive toolkit brings Elena Aguilar's ACE Emotions framework to life through ready-to-use resources that help you:

• Navigate five challenging emotional scenarios with confidence
• Recognize core human needs beneath strong emotions
• Apply targeted strategies that move clients from stuck to empowered
• Use the power of emotions to deepen transformation, not derail it

From quick reference cards to script examples, find practical tools designed to build your emotional coaching fluency and create meaningful change.

Your Beginning-of-Year Coach’s Skill Session Bundle will prepare you to lay the foundation for successful coaching relationships and an effective coaching practice this year.

• Introduce Yourself to New Clients
• Determine Your Weekly Schedule
• Partner With Admin
• Craft Your Personal Vision

Your Launching Your Coaching Practice Skill Session Bundle provides explicit instruction and modeling around four key challenges that coaches face.

• Determining Your Coaching Focus/Goals
• Getting to Know Your Clients
• Your First Observation
• The Arc of a Coaching Conversation

It's time to kick off your coaching relationships!

In ~45 minutes, Elena teaches you what you need to know and provides the resources you need to start the year with clarity and confidence. You'll learn:

• How to craft an introduction that will lay the foundations for a trusting coaching relationship
• What decisions to make when selecting a format
• When and where to share that introduction

Your personal vision for your role anchors you in purpose and helps ensure your actions align with who you want to be. In ~45 minutes, Elena guides you through a process to stay true to yourself. You'll learn how to:

• Identify the ways of being that will allow you to thrive as a Transformational Coach
• Create a plan for your ongoing professional development
• Craft a personal vision and mission statement that will serve as your North Star

The most reliable factor in determining how impactful coaching conversations will be is the level of preparation you've done on the front end. In 35 minutes, you’ll learn what to plan for, how to plan, and how to make time for it all in your busy schedule. Elena guides you through:

• The critical link between planning and coaching success
• Essential elements to consider in your pre-conversation preparation
• Practical techniques to streamline your planning process
• Time-management hacks to ensure you always have space for preparation
• Strategies to maximize impact, even with minimal planning time

Elena's ACE Emotions framework is your go-to resource for supporting clients experiencing strong emotions. In this Skill Session, Elena teaches you what to do in five tricky situations when ACE alone isn’t enough. This session will teach you how to coach when:

• A client won't stop crying
• A client is experiencing strong emotions but won't engage around those with you
• A client wants to spend all their coaching time discussing their emotions
• A client is resigned or feeling hopeless
• A client is stable but not thriving

Capture data that tells the expansive story behind your client's transformation. In less than 45 minutes, you'll learn:

• A framework that helps you spot and document changes in behaviors, beliefs, and ways of being
• A refreshingly simple note-taking method that takes minutes but captures mountains of evidence
• The art of turning "I think they've improved" into "Here's exactly how they've transformed"
• How to make EOY reflection feel less like a final exam and more like unveiling a masterpiece

Want to strengthen your leadership and build stronger teams—on your own time? This self-paced guide helps you move from reading to action with tools that bring The Art of Coaching Teams to life.

• Reflection prompts and curated activities for every chapter
• Editable templates to organize insights and apply your learning
• A video demonstration showing tools in action with a team member
• Intention-setting tools to help you grow your practice, chapter by chapter

Facilitating a book club on The Art of Coaching Teams? This all-in-one guide equips you to lead an exceptional learning experience and help your group transform how they lead teams.

• Step-by-step facilitation plans and guidance from Elena Aguilar
• Curated discussion prompts and group activities for every chapter
• Editable templates for capturing insights and planning action
• A video demonstration to model the tools in real conversations
• Tools to support trust-building, reflection, and shared learning

This How-to Guide will reveal four actionable steps that show how Elena Aguilar has built a thriving team culture at Bright Morning.

• Developing your norms (4 resources)
• Bringing your norms to life (4 resources)
• Strengthening your team members’ emotional intelligence and communication skills (2 resources)
• Strengthening the skills of the team leader (20 resources)

7 Steps to Better Decision-Making is a comprehensive toolkit for leaders who want a proven path to making decisions that build buy-in and get meaningful results.

You'll get:

• A 7-step framework that transforms “I’m stuck” into "I know exactly what to do next"
• Prompts to ensure today’s solutions don’t turn into next month's problems
• A simple tool that ends the "Who should decide this?" ping-pong match
• Communication samples and a bonus coaching demonstration video

The Trust Catalyst Toolkit helps you transform trust from an abstract value into a lived, daily experience on your team.

You'll get:

• Diagnosing Trust Breakdowns Guide
• Scripts to Navigate Trust-Rupturing Moments
• Three “Trust-Building Routines” for Teams
• Self-Coaching Prompts for When You Feel Undermined
• A Leader’s Reflection Journal to Deepen Awareness and Action

The Transformational Meetings Toolkit is your go-to resource for designing gatherings that actually move the work forward.

‍You'll get:

• Ready-to-use agenda templates
• Communication scripts for tricky moments
• A decision tree to know when a meeting is needed
• Micro-moves that build trust and invite every voice
• A Meeting Culture Reset guide—and more

Designing transformative professional development starts with your own learning. This guide helps you translate The PD Book into action—on your own time.

• Reflection prompts and curated activities for every chapter
• Editable templates to capture insights and plan for practice
• A masterful facilitation demonstration to see key strategies in action
• Intention-setting tools to guide your growth as a PD designer and facilitator

Facilitating a study of The PD Book? This guide gives you everything you need to lead a dynamic learning experience that transforms how your group designs and delivers PD.

• Step-by-step facilitation support from Elena Aguilar
• Ready-to-use discussion prompts and group activities for every chapter
• A masterful facilitation demonstration to model the book’s practices
• Tools to foster deep reflection, skill-building, and collective growth

Based on Elena Aguilar's powerful 3Bs framework, this comprehensive toolkit gives you everything you need to transform your facilitation when circumstances are uncertain.

• Ready-to-Use Digital Templates
• Printable Quick-Reference Materials
• Script Library
• 10-Day Quick Implementation Guide

The Transformational Meetings Toolkit is your go-to resource for designing gatherings that actually move the work forward.

‍You'll get:

• Ready-to-use agenda templates
• Communication scripts for tricky moments
• A decision tree to know when a meeting is needed
• Micro-moves that build trust and invite every voice
• A Meeting Culture Reset guide—and more