3 ways to coach better (By doing less)
December 11, 2025 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
Coaching really comes down to one thing: being fully present with your client. A lot of coaches try to get...
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The Mindset That Derails Feedback, and How Great Leaders Shift It
December 11, 2025 | by Jamie Slingerland MCC
Over the last 10 years of coaching leaders, I’ve noticed a recurring pattern when it comes to giving effective feedback....
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ICF Core Competency #3 No Agreement No Coaching
December 11, 2025 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
We see this all the time in mentor coaching:smart coaches, good questions, real care—and still something feels off. More often...
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ICF Core Competency #1 Demonstrates Ethical Practice: Coach stay in your lane:
December 17, 2025 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
Ethics is a Relationship: Embodying ICF Core Competency #1 By Jamie Slingerland, MCC & Ruthie Slingerland, MCC...
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ICF Core Competency #2 Embodies a Coaching Mindset
December 23, 2025 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
By Jamie Slingerland, MCC & Ruthie Slingerland, MCC Lately, Ruthie and I have been looking for ways to move the...
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Is Your Notebook Killing Your Coaching Presence?
January 3, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
Why I’ve Started Taking Way Fewer Notes (and Why It’s Changed Everything) Like most coaches, I used to take a...
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ICF Core Competency # 4: Cultivating Trust and Safety in Coaching
January 3, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
Safe to Be: Why Trust and Safety Change Everything in Coaching We created this series of eight songs because the...
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Interview Confidence Isn’t About Having the Right Answers
January 9, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
3 Ways to Bring Confidence Into Your Next Job Interview This morning I wrapped up a coaching call with a...
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Lessons We’ll Carry: Leadership Reflections from a Rare Gathering
January 19, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
Yesterday was one of those rare, meaningful moments that Ruthie and I will carry with us for a long time....
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Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys: 3 Shifts for Healthier Boundaries
January 26, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
Letting go is hard—especially if you’re a natural nurturer. But carrying everyone else’s stress isn’t just exhausting; it’s unsustainable. Over...
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Great Leaders Learn to Bounce Back
January 30, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
In 1906, the Chicago Cubs had the best regular season in baseball history.They won 116 games. Lost only 36. Then...
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ICF Core Competency #5: Maintains Presence
February 2, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
Presence Is the Quiet Skill That Changes Everything in your Coaching! . We wrote this series of...
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ICF Core Competency #6: Listens Actively : Between the words
February 7, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
Listening Between the Words ICF Core Competency #6: Listens Actively For a long time, I thought good listening meant catching...
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Stop Being Your Own Worst Critic: Imposter Syndrome
February 7, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
Theodore Roosevelt is often remembered not just as a president, but as someone who deeply valued action, effort, and...
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Presence Speaks Louder Than Words: 3 Practices for Coaching Mastery
February 10, 2026 | by Ruthie Slingerland MCC
One of the biggest shifts on the path to coaching mastery is learning that less is more. When we’re fully...
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