How can you demonstrate emotional intelligence during a Life Coaching interview?

Self-awareness is key in knowing and evolving your EI. In addition to strengths and weaknesses, it’s important for a life coach to know his or her triggers, be actively working on known triggers and have methods to manage them. This work will help manage surprise emotions and help self-regulate and display EI.

Never ask for a SWOT analysis if you’ve never done one yourself. Once you’ve done one, leave it there and go back to it the next day. You have now processed a few information about yourself which will be contributing in understanding how to use emotional intelligence.

Being Aware of one's own Emotions, how they influence their thoughts and behaviours can be the best way to demonstrate their emotional Intelligence. Understanding the intention behind the questions asked will help one to respond with the most suitable answer, that answers even the unasked questions. Being Mindfully Present enables one to listen, without distractions and cut the chatter inside, thereby negating Anxiety & Stress. Having Clarity of Emotions and understanding how a human mind works, shows that you are the right person to support someone dealing with emotional challenges, impacting their life.

It’s so important that as a coach we create healthy boundaries for ourselves. It takes self awareness and humility to acknowledge what we need to work on. And as we evolve our ways to regulate our own internal alignment evolves too. Having an open mind that we are also learning from our clients along the way. This releases the pressure of having to know it all. The more that we know, the more that we don’t know.

Cela me semble indispensable, se connaître, avoir confiance en son ressenti sont des critères indispensables pour accompagner lors d’un coaching.

Active listening is definitely a skill that is worth developing. This means listening to understand and not just to respond. By actively listening to understand, it becomes much easier to put yourself in their shoes. This means that you can communicate to them much more effectively. As mentioned, listening to body language is key in understanding your potential client, are they closed? Are they nervous? do they seem agitated? etc. The more that your potential clients feel that you understand and empathise with them, the more they will trust you, and the greater the rapport will be.

Empathetic Listening is not just an achievement, but an accomplishment of the highest order. Everyone should always practice it, although for coaching, mentoring, and counselling, it becomes a particularly fine tool. Empathy is the cornerstone from where ‘mindfulness’ percolates. HR Personnel often use what is called BEI – Behavioral Event Interview—by asking questions like, “Can you tell me what your happiest moment in life was?” which invariably results in the person’s face lighting up. To an empathetic listener, the answer gives great insights to the person’s inner core. Empathetic listening breeds "Affinity", which brings people together and paves the way for collaborations instead of competitions and creates many accomplishments!

Active listening and empathy are key to building rapport and in beginning to build trust. They will set the tone for what the interviewer can expect from the life coach in his or her sessions and give both parties a good indication of whether they should work together or not.

Being present with your client is so important. In this way, you’ll see when they start to feel safe expressing theirselves with you. Checking in with their energies and actively noticing how they respond to your questions helps a lot in building trust.

The ability to differentiate will determine whether or not you can meet the needs of a diverse clientele. A rote, cookie cutter approach to interacting with clients limit your client satisfaction and effectiveness. Our clients are not one size fits all and require flexibility of thought and approach to meet their unique needs.

Different people respond to different communication styles, and being able to adapt is a key skill in effective communication. You can say "I hear you" or "I feel you" or "I see what you are saying". Each one will have a different impact depending on the preference of the person you are talking to.

Emotional management is essential for staying in control of a situation with someone. Being able to pause, and demonstrate an appropriate emotion is a strong sign of self-control. You will also be working with people who will look to you for help in dealing with difficult situations, by demonstrating emotional control you can provide an excellent example from which they can model.

As a coach for entrepreneurs, being able to have emotional mastery helps you to become centered and sustainable in ways that we perform. I prime my mind everyday before I show up for my work. Meditating, self reiki, self hypnosis helps me to maximize my energy and feel present through out with my clientele. An example, some of my client would hop on a call and a client of mine is distressed about her transitions in life. Overwhelmed with her journey, if we are not well prepared with our emotions and receive them on the same level of stress or energy, Your body is too tensed to be at ease in active listening, your mind is not focused on seeing a different angle on their issue. Filling your cup first is highly important to be at your best.

In order to be able to manage your own emotions and hold space for your client, you must practice self-coaching as well. You have to clear your mind and set aside any issues you may be dealing with. You are not serving your client if you are showing up with a lot of your own emotional baggage or an "agenda" for them.

Being in touch with and knowing how to manage your own emotions is essential to helping your clients with theirs. Showing your own vulnerability is also one of the best ways to connect and build trust with your clients.