Empathy and Mirror Neurons
Empathy and Mirror Neurons: The Science of Building Trust in CoachingBy Dr. Dan Docherty | braintrustgrowth.com Coaching is about more than just setting goals and driving performance. At its core, it’s about connection. The ability to foster trust, understanding, and mutual respect is what separates good coaches from great ones. But why do some coaches […]
The Neuroscience Behind Effective Coaching
The Neuroscience Behind Effective CoachingBy Dr. Dan Docherty| braintrustgrowth.com In today’s fast-paced business landscape, effective coaching has become an indispensable tool for fostering growth and development. But what makes coaching so impactful? The answer lies in the brain. Advances in neuroscience have provided us with groundbreaking insights into how coaching works and why it leads […]
The Secret To Being A Great Coach
When you look back on the culture that has been developed throughout 2023 at your current place of work, how do you feel it ranks in comparison to others in your industry? I’m asking for two reasons. First, because I care. Second, because at Braintrust, we know a key ingredient to creating a healthy Coaching […]
Emotional Intelligence & Performance
Are we becoming more emotionally intelligent? Undoubtedly, we are becoming more Artificially Intelligent [thanks, ChatGPT], but how about EQ? When we listen, read, or watch the news, we can find strong evidence that we are, in fact, NOT becoming more emotionally intelligent. When we think of high-quality relationships and performance, how do we leverage decades […]
Any Dream Will Do
At times, I’ve had people say to me something like, “dreams are soft” or “don’t make them a focus within coaching.” I couldn’t disagree more. So then why should we as leaders and coaches lean into dreams? Here is a simple answer: They give us hope and they are worth pursuing. This past weekend, I […]
The Two Elements Needed To Inspire Others
For those of you that partner with us as a client or Academy member, listen to our Driving Change Podcast, or read our Mind What Matters Blog, you know that the Braintrust team is dedicated to helping people communicate with more purpose, power, and impact. It is a pleasure each day for us to deliver […]
How To Retain Your Employees During The Great Resignation
At Braintrust, my colleague recently wrote a blog about a misunderstood skill that will help anyone master any conversation – that skill is empathy. Today, we are going to look at this skill through a different lens so as professional communicators we aren’t just speaking it but living it! Over the last several months in […]
Relational Climate Change – No Longer Optional
The world is fighting for talent and what a mistake it is to lose talent based on having mediocre coaches in your organization. Just like climate change, we can impact the relational climate with our relationships, and the best part is…it can be taught. You can’t listen to the news without hearing about climate change […]
Master the Playbook – Situational Fluency
Over the years, our clients have asked us a very important question. This question has been asked several different ways but they can be summed up with the following: “How do I become more Situationally Fluent in my internal and external conversations with others?” It’s a great question and my response is to actually ask […]
Psychological Safety – Free to Frozen
There are moments when I realize that a topic for a blog might come at the exact right time. Recently, I had several of our clients independently ask me questions about Psychological Safety and how it impacts performance including execution, and innovation. If you’ve ever thought about the impact of Psychological Safety on your team, […]