The Coach's Journey - build a coaching business with integrity #118: Anise Frost – How to Craft Presence and Ask Magic Questions
By studying Plato and Socrates for more than a decade, Anise Frost learned the art of asking questions that unlock the hidden parts of people.
Her mastery of that skill has forged relationships of trust with brands and organisations who turn to her for team coaching and consultancy. In return she helps them explore deeply and unearth new pathways for development.
Anise was a maths teacher when she discovered coaching, and her years in the classroom gave her relational skills, resilience and an ability to hold space that would be difficult to develop in the same way in any other setting.
In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Anise describes how team coaching allows her to bring “all the magic” of teaching, coaching, and neuro-linguistic programming together to enhance collaboration, make group dynamics visible, and instill purpose in the teams she works with.
In conversation with host Alex Whitton, Anise describes how she curates coaching spaces in which men can be vulnerable, as well as spaces where women in leadership can accelerate their development. She also speaks about the Executive Round Table discussions she facilitates for her LinkedIn contacts, offering a space where people from divergent industries can reflect on resonant themes and topics.
Anise and Alex also talk about:
Having the confidence to not only sit with uncertainty but flex in response to it
How to keep your cup full and avoid the common pitfall of compassion fatigue
What happens when we focus too much on asking the right question and not enough on being curious
How to stop working against the grain of your own preferences when building your coaching business
Anise also shares the story of meeting with one of the world’s biggest brands and explains how she side-stepped her imposter syndrome to allow her expertise and brilliance to shine undimmed.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
- The Coaching Academy https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/
- More Happi https://morehappi.com/
- Women in Business Network https://wibn.co.uk/
- Sam Isaacson on The Coach’s Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/112-sam-isaacson-the-challenges-facing-coaching-in-the-age-of-ai
- Claire Pedrick on The Coach’s Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-44-claire-pedrick-cutting-through-complexity-and-simplifying-coaching
- NLP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming
- Rich Litvin https://richlitvin.com/
- Nicky Davies https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicky-j-davies-executivecoach/
- Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team