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The Bright Morning Podcast

Elena Aguilar

Best-selling author and coaching expert, Elena Aguilar, brings weekly tips, tools, and wisdom to educators with one goal: to help you thrive.

  • 25 minutes 2 seconds
    The Final Coaching Conversation of the Calendar Year: Episode 226

    The Peak End rule tells us that people's final experience has an outsized influence on how they remember something. This is great news for our coaching! In this episode, Elena demonstrates how to use the final conversation of the calendar year to send your clients into break feeling empowered and accomplished. 

    Notable moments: 

    00:30 Setting the Stage for Role Play Demonstration 

    02:10 Jumping into the Role Play

    16:42 Debriefing the Role Play

    22:38 Final Thoughts and Resources

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    Reflection questions: 

    • What coaching moves did you hear Elena make that built trust? 
    • What was one thing you heard Elena do that you would like to try in your coaching conversations?
    • What is one question you’re left with after listening to this episode? 

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    16 December 2024, 11:00 am
  • 17 minutes 23 seconds
    How to Know What Your Clients Think About Your Coaching: Episode 225

    Soliciting feedback from your coaching clients has big benefits, including strengthening your practice, building trust, and modeling being a learner. And it can be scary! In this episode, Elena demonstrates how to confidently and clearly ask for client feedback and acknowledge receiving it. As a bonus, you’ll also hear how to open your coaching conversations with a question that builds resilience! 

    Notable moments: 

    00:43 Role Play Demonstration Setup

    02:55 Part 1: Introducing the Feedback Survey

    04:54 Part 1 Reflection

    07:55 Part 2: Transitioning to Feedback Acknowledgment

    10:39 Reflecting on New Beliefs

    14:23 Part 2: Roleplay Reflection

    15:36 How to Continue Growing Your Skills in This Area 

    16:55 Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements

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    Reflection questions: 

    • What has been your experience with feedback? 
    • Have you explicitly solicited feedback from your coaching clients (or direct reports)? Why or why not?
    • What did Elena’s model and Cary’s reflection prompt you to want to do or do differently moving forward? 

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    9 December 2024, 11:00 am
  • 23 minutes 21 seconds
    Navigating Confidentiality in Coaching: Coaching Demonstration Episode 224

    Elena addresses one of the most challenging aspects of coaching—navigating confidentiality within an organization. Through a role-play conversation with a school administrator, she demonstrates how to approach situations where a teacher's performance negatively impacts students while maintaining confidentiality. 

    This conversation is part of our Learning Library skill session, Updating Admin on a Struggling Teacher. 

    Notable moments: 

    00:45 Role Play: Addressing Concerns with an Administrator

    02:12 Discussing Classroom Observations

    04:51 Balancing Confidentiality and Support

    16:01 Debriefing the Role Play

    21:21 Resources for Coaches

    Opportunities for continued learning: 

    Reflection questions: 

    • What did Elena do prior to this conversation that allowed it to be successful? 
    • What understandings regarding confidentiality are in place between coach and admin in your organization?
    • What questions or next steps does this conversation prompt for you? 

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    2 December 2024, 11:00 am
  • 9 minutes 56 seconds
    Your 10-Minute Conversation Reflection Guide [Replay]

    The easiest thing you can do to improve your coaching conversations is to incorporate reflection. In this fan-favorite episode replay, Elena shares the three questions you need to engage in a 10-minute post-coaching conversation reflection that will supercharge your learning. 

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    Reflection questions: 

    • When will you block 10 minutes in your day to engage in this learning reflection? 
    • In addition to the three questions Elena shared, are there additional questions you would like to add? 
    • If intentional reflection is a new addition to your practice, why are you invested in making the time and space to add this in? [Tip: having a clear “why” will make you more likely to not schedule over this time.] 

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    25 November 2024, 11:00 am
  • 16 minutes 9 seconds
    Disrupting Racism at the Dinner Table…And Beyond [Replay]

    The winter holidays can include many things: time with family, a break from work…and maybe some casual racism over dinner. In today’s episode, Elena provides a quick overview of her What to Say When You Hear Something Racist framework. This is the content you need for the most essential holiday prep: preparing to disrupt racism. Note: this episode is a timely replay from our What to Say When You Hear Something Racist series. 

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    18 November 2024, 11:00 am
  • 16 minutes 6 seconds
    How to Prepare for a Coaching Conversation in Five Minutes [Replay]

    In this replay of a fan-favorite episode, Elena shares a minute-by-minute breakdown of how you should spend the five minutes before you walk into a meeting where you will be coaching. These five steps provide you with the greatest potential for that meeting to be transformative for both yourself and your client. 

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    Reflection questions: 

    • How do you currently prepare for your coaching conversations? Which element(s) of your current practice serve you well? 
    • Elena provided five steps to take in the five minutes before your coaching conversations. Are any of these steps a part of your current practice? Were any of these steps surprising? 
    • What can you do consistently to carve out the 5+ minutes necessary to prepare yourself to coach? Tip: Get as specific as possible. For example, is there a specific place where you can capture your pre-meeting routine? Are you someone who benefits from accountability and wants to create a tracking system? Is there a location you can consistently return to that would assist in habit formation? 

    Podcast Transcript and Use:

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    11 November 2024, 11:00 am
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    8 November 2024, 9:00 pm
  • 10 minutes 40 seconds
    A Question to Cultivate Agency [Replay]

    How do you kindle a sense of power and agency in your client when they are feeling deflated or overwhelmed?  

    In this fan-favorite replay episode of our special four-part First 5 Minutes series, Elena will walk you through how to do just that with one question that opens up your next coaching conversation. 

    In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works, and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action. 

    This episode is for you if: 

    • Your clients are feeling powerless or deflated 
    • You’d like to learn a new way to open your coaching conversations 
    • You like concrete coaching tools! 


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    Podcast Transcript and Use:

    Bright Morning Consulting owns the copyright to all content and transcripts of The Bright Morning Podcast, with all rights reserved. You may not distribute or commercially exploit the content without our express written permission.

    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.

    4 November 2024, 11:00 am
  • 28 minutes 15 seconds
    Soliciting Feedback from Your Admin: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 223

    We spend most of our waking hours at work. With that level of investment, we better make sure that what we’re doing is working, but too often, we just hope for the best. In this episode, Elena demonstrates how to effectively lead a feedback conversation with an administrator. It also includes a debrief discussing the conversation's dynamics and the significance of vulnerability. Elena also shares what she wishes she would have done with more challenging coach/admin relationships in the past.  

    Notable moments: 

    00:47 Setting the Stage: Role Play Context

    02:29 Jumping into the Role Play

    04:20 Positive Feedback Highlights

    06:43 Addressing Critical Feedback

    12:25 Reflecting on Feedback and Moving Forward

    14:44 Debrief and Insights

    25:28 Final Thoughts and Takeaways

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    Reflection questions: 

    • Have you solicited feedback from your admin? If so, how did it compare to Elena’s approach? If not, what has held you back?
    • During the debrief, Elena discussed the power of narrating your emotions during feedback conversations. Have you tried this before, or would you be willing to try it? 
    • What is one lingering question you have after listening to this demonstration and debrief? 

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    28 October 2024, 10:00 am
  • 23 minutes 16 seconds
    Coaching an Emotions-Resistant Client: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 222

    How do you coach emotions with a client who doesn’t want to talk about their emotions? That’s what you’ll learn in this episode. In just ten minutes, Elena skillfully supports her “client” to consider the anger he’s experiencing with his administrators in a new light. At the end of the conversation, Elena will share why she made the moves she made and why they work. 

    Notable moments: 

    01:01 Introduction to Today's Coaching Demonstration

    03:37 Identifying the Client’s Frustrations and Challenges

    05:00 Exploring Emotions and Strategies

    12:25 Debriefing the Role Play

    20:26 Final Thoughts and Takeaways

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    Reflection questions: 

    • What coaching moves did you observe Elena make that built trust with her client? 
    • What insights or questions did this demonstration and debrief raise for you? 
    • How would you describe Elena’s way of being as a coach in this conversation? How did that impact the outcome of the conversation? 

    Podcast Transcript and Use:

    Bright Morning Consulting owns the copyright to all content and transcripts of The Bright Morning Podcast, with all rights reserved. You may not distribute or commercially exploit the content without our express written permission.

    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.

    21 October 2024, 10:00 am
  • 32 minutes 42 seconds
    Navigating Client Cancelations: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 221

    What do you do when a client continues to cancel their meetings with you? That’s what you’ll learn in this episode. Elena demonstrates practical strategies through three role-playing scenarios with Cary, a former teacher. This episode is a must-listen for coaches seeking to enhance their confidence and effectiveness in building productive client relationships.

    Notable moments: 

    02:20 Scenario 1: New Teacher Struggles

    11:19 Scenario 2: Fourth-Year Teacher Overwhelm

    21:51 Scenario 3: Resistance to Coaching

    28:16 Final Thoughts and Debrief

    Opportunities for continued learning: 

    Reflection questions: 

    • Which coaching moves did you hear Elena make in each of these three situations? 
    • What questions or ideas are you taking away from this episode? 
    • Which of the three scenarios would be the most challenging for you to coach? Why is that? What is one step you could take this week to prepare yourself to navigate this more confidently? 

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    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.

    BE SURE TO RATE AND REVIEW US!

    14 October 2024, 10:00 am
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