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Episode 18Interview42 min

Strengths Coaching with Taina Nicolicin: How Character Strengths transform Coaching Sessions

with Taina Nicolicin, Senior Lecturer in International Relations

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Show notes

In this episode of "The Making of a Coach," Tobi from metaFox is joined by Taina Nicolicin to explore the development and application of the metaFox Strength Explorer, a tool designed for strengths assessment and feedback. Taina, a strengths coach, delves into the importance of strengths coaching and how psychometric tools like the Strength Explorer can enhance self-awareness and personal development. The episode includes a coaching demo where Taina uses Tobi's strengths report to illustrate how coaches can integrate strengths into their sessions, highlighting the dynamic nature of strengths and their impact on personal and professional growth.


Key Learnings:

  • Embrace the dynamic nature of strengths; they can evolve over time and should be revisited to ensure they align with current goals and contexts.
  • Use strengths assessments as a tool for self-awareness and development, focusing on both realized and unrealized strengths to maximize potential.
  • Incorporate feedback from others to gain a comprehensive understanding of one's strengths and areas for growth, enhancing the coaching process.


Resources and References Mentioned

  • Positive Psychology and PERMA Framework by Martin Seligman
  • VIA Character Strengths: viacharacter.org
  • Strengths Profile: strengthsprofile.com
  • metaFox Strengths Tool: https://strengths-discovery.com

Transcript

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Tobi: Hi, I'm Tobi from metaFox, and on The Making of a Coach, I usually unpack how coaches and facilitators build their practice and run demos on their methods and tools. Today we'll also run a coaching demo, but before, instead of The Making of a Coach, we unpack the making of a coaching tool. The metaFox Strength Explorer and as a guest and sparring partner in this, I have Taina Nicolicin with me who shared her work in Strengths Coaching already on last week's episode. she'll be quizzing me today on how we have developed the Strength Explorer, a web app for strength assessment and feedback built for coaches and facilitators. We'll open the curtains behind the building of psychometric assessments and In the second half of the episode, Taina will take her coach hat on and run a small coaching demo with me as a client using my strengths report from the app. So we can see how this could look in Tobi: the coaching practice. You can simply listen and maybe occasionally have a look on your screen. We'll be showing some elements from the app and also the report. Let's go. Tobi: Hi again, Taina. I'm glad to have you as a sparring partner on the show.

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