The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar

Are you a coach who feels like you’re “between” different groups in your building (admin, teachers, etc.)? Are you trying to navigate an “us vs. them” mentality at your site? Are you wondering what your role is in facilitating relationships between teachers and administrators? If you answered “yes!” to any of these questions, this episode is for you! Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the PodcastRate and review the podcast on Apple PodcastsElena’s Weekly Wisdom newsletterThe Art of Coaching Teams (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)The PD Book (Book by Elena)Onward (Book by Elena)Opportunities for continued learning:Become a Bright Morning MemberThe Art of Coaching Teams (Bright Morning workshop)Reflection questions:Is your site experiencing an us vs. them dynamic? If so, which of the causes that Elena shared feel like they are at play?What role do you play in the dynamics at your site that you are not content with? What is one shift you’re willing to make in support of shifting your experience?Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn.Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram.Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox!As a Bright Morning Member, you get a front-row seat to see the process of Transformational Coaching unfold during live coaching demonstrations by our presenters and the training and practice time you need to transform your skills and impact.Support us by becoming a Friend of the Show! Podcast Transcript and Use:Bright Morning Consulting owns the copyright in and to all content in and transcripts of The Bright Morning Podcast, with all rights reserved. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content.Episode TranscriptBE SURE TO RATE AND REVIEW US!

We all experience moments in our conversations where our compassion and curiosity reserves are low. We also know that compassion and curiosity are core dispositions for a Transformational Coach. In this episode, Elena tells you exactly what you need to know and do when you find yourself falling short of how you want to show up. Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the Podcast  Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)Opportunities for continued learning: Become a Bright Morning Member The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)Reflection questions: Think about a time when you struggled to access curiosity or compassion. What was going on with youat that moment? Which of your needs were unmet? What gets under your skin? What kinds of behaviors in others close up your curiosity and compassion? Why does being compassionate and curious matter to you? Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn.Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram.Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox!As a Bright Morning Member, you get a front-row seat to see the process of Transformational Coaching unfold during live coaching demonstrations by our presenters and the training and practice time you need to transform your skills and impact.Support us by becoming a Friend of the Show! Podcast Transcript and Use:Bright Morning Consulting owns the copyright in and to all content in and transcripts of The Bright Morning Podcast, with all rights reserved. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content.We welcome you to download and share the podcast with others for personal use; please acknowledge The Bright Morning Podcast as the source of the material.Episode TranscriptBE SURE TO RATE AND REVIEW US!

Do your classroom walkthroughs and data collection lead to empowered teachers and stronger relationships? If not, this is the episode you need. Elena shares what you need to consider and specific steps to take in order to make these (potentially) powerful experiences work for everyone involved.Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the PodcastRate and review the podcast on Apple PodcastRate and review any of Elena’s books on AmazonOpportunities for continued learning: Become a Bright Morning MemberThe Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)Reflection questions: Do you use walkthroughs and data collection as part of your coaching process? If so, what context is provided for your teachers?Do teachers have choice and agency over when walkthroughs and data collection occur? Why or why not?What did this episode make you want to explore and/or do differently?Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn.Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram.Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox!As a Bright Morning Member, you get a front-row seat to see the process of Transformational Coaching unfold during live coaching demonstrations by our presenters and the training and practice time you need to transform your skills and impact.Support us by becoming a Friend of the Show!Podcast Transcript and Use:Bright Morning Consulting owns the copyright in and to all content in and transcripts of The Bright Morning Podcast, with all rights reserved. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content.We welcome you to download and share the podcast with others for personal use; please acknowledge The Bright Morning Podcast as the source of the material.Episode TranscriptBE SURE TO RATE AND REVIEW US!

Are your team meetings working for you? If you’re experiencing…Underlying tensionThings that are not being saidPeople not listening to each otherTopics that go way off the agendaPeople dominating the conversation …a process observer might be what you need. In this episode, Elena shares what you need to know about introducing this powerful role into your team meetings.  Mentioned on this episode:Become a Friend of the PodcastThe Art of Coaching Teams (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)Opportunities for continued learning:Become a Bright Morning MemberThe Art of Coaching Teams (Bright Morning workshop)Reflection questions: You can’t have a process observer without having team norms. Does your team have norms? Are they actively known and shared by your group? If not, what is holding you back? What is the first step you could take to help get them into place?What has your (and your team’s) experience been with process observers in the past?What are you experiencing in team meetings right now that makes you interested in introducing a process observer? What would you hope this results in?Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn.Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram.Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox!As a Bright Morning Member, you get a front-row seat to see the process of Transformational Coaching unfold during live coaching demonstrations by our presenters and the training and practice time you need to transform your skills and impact.Support us by becoming a Friend of the Show!Podcast Transcript and Use:Bright Morning Consulting owns the copyright in and to all content in and transcripts of The Bright Morning Podcast, with all rights reserved. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content.Episode TranscriptBE SURE TO RATE AND REVIEW US!

Are you a coach or leader of color working across lines of racial difference? If so, this episode is for you! Elena shares what you need to know and have in order to thrive in your role. Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the Podcast  Coaching for Equity (Bright Morning workshop)The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, by Dr. Gabor MatéCoaching for Equity (Book by Elena)Opportunities for continued learning: Become a Bright Morning Member Reflection questions: What comes up for you when you think about coaching across lines of racial difference? What structures, systems, and/or supports do you have in place to honor your needs? If you don’t have those in place, what is one step you could take to start getting your needs met? Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn.Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram.Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox!As a Bright Morning Member, you get a front-row seat to see the process of Transformational Coaching unfold during live coaching demonstrations by our presenters and the training and practice time you need to transform your skills and impact.Support us by becoming a Friend of the Show! Podcast Transcript and Use:Bright Morning Consulting owns the copyright in and to all content in and transcripts of The Bright Morning Podcast, with all rights reserved. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content.We welcome you to download and share the podcast with others for personal use; please acknowledge The Bright Morning Podcast as the source of the material.If you would like to support the show and enable us to invest additional resources into providing more polished transcripts, you can do so by becoming a Friend of the Show. Episode TranscriptBE SURE TO RATE AND REVIEW US!

The Ladder of Inference is a powerful coaching tool…if you know how to use it. In this episode, Elena demonstrates how to use the Ladder of Inference in a coaching conversation where a coachee has shared a problematic belief. Listen in and get ready to try it out in an upcoming conversation! Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the Podcast  Ladder of Inference tool The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)Opportunities for continued learning: Become a Bright Morning Member The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)The Art of Coaching Emotions (Bright Morning workshop)Coaching for Equity (Bright Morning workshop)Reflection questions: Elena started off the episode by sharing that people who want to learn more about using the Ladder of Inference are often experiencing feelings of sadness or fear. When you think about when you’d like to use this tool, what feelings are present for you? One of the suggestions Elena makes for using a new tool, like the Ladder of Inference, in your coaching conversation is to show it to your coachee as you walk through it. What could help you to feel more confident doing so? Is there a current coachee you would like to use the ladder of inference with? If so, what do you hope is the outcome of that conversation? Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn.Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram (we also have accounts on Facebook and Twitter)  Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ As a Bright Morning Member, you get a front-row seat to see the process of Transformational Coaching unfold during live coaching demonstrations by our presenters and the training and practice time you need to transform your skills and impact. Learn more: https://www.brightmorningteam.com/membership Support us by becoming a Friend of the Show! 

Have you ever found yourself on the receiving end of feelings that make you feel some kind of way? In this episode, Elena walks you through five steps to respond compassionately and productively without co-signing anything. Mentioned on this episode: Become a Friend of the Podcast  The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)The Art of Coaching Workbook (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)Coaching for Equity (Book by Elena) Coaching for Equity (Bright Morning workshop)Core emotions tool Opportunities for continued learning: Attend The Art of Coaching Emotions workshop Become a Bright Morning Member February Webinar registration (2024)Reflection questions: When have you experienced a coaching (or any conversation) scenario where you experienced feelings like the ones Elena shares she felt in her conversation with “Michelle?” In that moment of discomfort, what stories were you telling? About the client? About yourself? What is one phrase that feels authentic to you that you can say to yourself when you need to practice self-compassion in coaching conversations? Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn.Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram (we also have accounts on Facebook and Twitter) Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ As a Bright Morning Member, you get a front-row seat to see the process of Transformational Coaching unfold during live coaching demonstrations by our presenters and the training and practice time you need to transform your skills and impact. Learn more: https://www.brightmorningteam.com/membership Support us by becoming a Friend of the Show!

Elena hasn’t experienced resistance in her coaching conversations in over a decade. In this episode, she shares her five step process to eliminate resistance in your coaching conversations (...and really, in any conversation). This is the first in a three-part Coaching Resistance mini-series you won’t want to miss! Mentioned on this episode: Attend The Art of Coaching workshop (retired July 2024 and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)Become a Friend of the Podcast  What to Say When podcast series and free listening guide Episode 146: How to ACE Your Coaching Conversations The Art of Coaching Emotions workshop Opportunities for continued learning: Become a Bright Morning Member Listen to Elena’s What to Say When You Hear Something Racist podcast series and expand your learning with our free listening guide Attend The Art of Coaching Emotions workshop Listen to Episode 87: Coaching Strong Emotions Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn.Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram (we also have accounts on Facebook and Twitter) Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ As a Bright Morning Member, you get a front-row seat to see the process of Transformational Coaching unfold during live coaching demonstrations by our presenters and the training and practice time you need to transform your skills and impact. Learn more: https://www.brightmorningteam.com/membership Support us by becoming a Friend of the Show! 

Details can make or break a learning experience, yet are too often overlooked or deprioritized as “logistics.” It’s time for that to change. In this episode, Elena shares why attending to the details is one of the 7 habits that transform professional development, provides a couple of strategies you can start using right away to better attend to the details, and offers reflection questions to help you in your learning about designing and facilitating PD. Mentioned in this episode: Free Webinar (January 24, 2024)The PD BookPre-Order Special Offer (past event)Attend a Bright Morning workshop to experience transformational PD! Opportunities for continued learning: Read The PD Book (Elena’s newest book, co-written with Lori Cohen) Attend Artful Design and FacilitationReflection Questions: What are your skills and beliefs around attending to the details? What comes up for you around this? What value do you see in attending to the details? What do you think your skill sets are in this?Recall some moments when you were facilitating PD, and things didn't go the way you wanted them to go. What role did/might details have played in those challenging moments? Follow Elena on Instagram and LinkedIn.Follow Bright Morning on LinkedIn and Instagram (we also have accounts on Facebook and Twitter) Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ As a Bright Morning Member, you get a front-row seat to see the process of Transformational Coaching unfold during live coaching demonstrations by our presenters and the training and practice time you need to transform your skills and impact. Learn more: https://www.brightmorningteam.com/membership Support us by becoming a Friend of the Show!

There are 20 minutes left in your session, and you have an hour's worth of content. What do you do? Adaptive facilitation is the key to staying calm and skillfully adjusting course when things don’t go according to plan. On today’s episode, Elena brings you along on her adaptive facilitation journey and provides two sets of reflection questions to support you on your own. If you lead teams, groups, or meetings, this is an episode you won’t want to miss. Mentioned in this episode: The PD Book Free workshop with Elena on Facilitation Adaptively if you pre-order The PD Book. (past event)The Art of Coaching Workbook (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)Two sets of reflection questions: What comes up for you when things don’t go according to plan? [Tip: consider multiple examples]What feelings and thoughts come up? What’s the story that you tell? About yourself? About others in the room? When you facilitate a meeting or PD session, how do you gather information in the moment about how the folks are doing that you are there to serve? What you see? What you hear? What you feel? What you intuit? Opportunities for continued learning: Read The PD Book (Elena’s newest book, co-written with Lori Cohen) Attend Artful Design and Facilitation Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramReceive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ Support us