I've been an executive coach for years now, and the craft keeps revealing new layers. These articles cover what coaching actually is, how it works, and the tools and frameworks I use with clients. Some are philosophical; others are deeply practical. All of them come from real sessions and real breakthroughs.
Whether you're considering hiring a coach, thinking about becoming one, or just curious about what happens in those conversations, this page will give you an honest look at the work.
What Coaching Delivers
- Hire an Executive Coach — What coaching actually delivers: clarity, conviction, and forward momentum
- What Should We Talk About? — A framework for choosing the right topic when you sit down with your coach
- A Brief Interlude — How the lessons of new parenthood illuminate the coaching relationship
- Validation Over Love — Why good coaching validates competence rather than just offering support
Coaching Tools & Frameworks
- Uncovering Your Patterns — The signature exercise I use with clients to surface what authentic pride reveals
- Analogies Are OP — Analogies as a precision coaching tool for unlocking insight
- The Conformity Trap — Help clients recognize when they're conforming instead of choosing
- The Double-Loop Pivot — Guide someone through a structured pivot decision without imposing your answer
Growth & Self-Knowledge
- Expertise Is a River — Help clients see their expertise as evolving rather than fixed
- Dark Horse — Support clients in pursuing unconventional paths that match their actual motivations
- No Objective Truth — Navigate the perceptual ambiguity that makes interpersonal conflicts so hard to resolve
- Turning 36: Lessons Learned — Personal lessons that shape how I show up as a coach
Mindset Shifts
- Process Over Outcome — Coach clients to detach from outcomes and invest in the process that produces them
- Control Is Sublinear — Help overachievers accept diminishing returns on control and effort
- Silent Failures Are Deadly — Surface the invisible failures clients don't realize are compounding
- Evaluating Judgment — Develop a client's ability to assess and trust their own judgment
The Coach's Craft
- Weirdly Brilliant FAQ — The book I wrote for ambitious outliers who don't fit standard frameworks
- Book Advice — Practical guidance on self-publishing if you're a coach thinking about writing
- Learning to Speak Naturally — Improve your presence on camera and in live settings as a coach and speaker
If you're curious about working with me as a coach, start by reading a few of these articles. When you're ready, reach out at jasonshen.com/coaching.