Don't Just Have the Soup: 52 Analogies for Leadership Coaching and Life

Alan Heymann is not an expert in any one given thing nor do his talents extend to researching a thing thoroughly enough to write a book about it. Instead he is an avid collector of stories. Since beginning his career as a television journalist a quarter century ago he has come to know that humans make meaning in their lives through stories. As an executive coach he helps his clients unpack and see through their own stories achieving more success as a result. The frame of a story matters. Alan has found that reframing is one of the most powerful tools in the practice of coaching. The process of meeting clients where they are of reframing their thoughts around a universal or familiar story has made him a more effective coach. Analogies are a simple way to weave that story together. Sometimes analogies come to me in the middle of a coaching conversation. Sometimes clients throw their own analogies into the mix. He has picked up a few from other coaches along the way as well.What youre about to read is a collection of 52 analogies for coaching leadership and life. Theyre organized around 6 topics: The leader mindsetCommunicationTime and attentionRelationshipsTransitionsCoaching