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FAQ: Learning & Coaching card decks

Learning & Coaching decks are structured sets of cards designed to facilitate learning, skill development, and personal or professional growth. They provide focused, bite-sized lessons, insights, and exercises that can help users reflect on their goals, challenge their thinking, and build new habits. These decks often cover topics like leadership, productivity, mindset, or specific skills and are used to guide reflection, learning, and action. A key characteristic is their interactive format, allowing users to engage with content incrementally while applying new ideas immediately.

Learning & Coaching decks are used by professionals, educators, coaches, and individuals seeking personal development or guidance in their careers or personal lives. They are often used to supplement coaching programs, self-study, or team-building sessions. Accessing these decks on your phone makes them more dynamic and practical. Users can engage with learning and coaching prompts in real-time, during breaks, or while on the go. The digital format enhances flexibility, allowing learners to absorb new information in short, manageable segments rather than committing to long periods of study.

These decks are used because they break down complex topics into actionable steps, making learning and coaching more accessible and digestible. They help users implement knowledge and strategies immediately in their daily lives. As a mobile app, Learning & Coaching decks become even more valuable because they provide continuous access to learning materials, reminders, and exercises. This allows users to incorporate learning into their daily routines, ensuring consistent progress. The app’s features like notifications, progress tracking, and integration with other resources increase the value by reinforcing learning through regular engagement.

Learning & Coaching decks are used by drawing cards that introduce new concepts, pose reflective questions, or suggest actions to help users internalize lessons. Being on your phone makes this process more accessible and adaptable to your daily schedule. You can engage with the deck in small moments throughout the day, like during a commute or break, rather than setting aside large chunks of time. The digital format integrates with note-taking, reminders, or sharing insights with a coach or peer, enhancing both the learning experience and accountability.

SIMPLE TRUTHS

UNTANGLE HIDDEN ISSUES

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‘Simple Truths’ is a deck of cards designed to help you think about your relationships, be those relationships with people (partner, parent, colleague, etc) or things (money, work, the future, etc).

The deck is divided into two suits, each made up of 100 cards displaying a single sentence:

The red ‘tangled’ sentences represent the thoughts that may be holding you back in a relationship. For example, ‘There’s a limit to my love,’ ‘I would rather dream than act’, ‘I don’t deserve to win’.

The green ‘untangled’ sentences express thoughts that may be more constructive. For example, ‘I will open the door’, ‘I will share my secret’, ‘No more theories, just the facts’.

You are invited to focus on a particular relationship, and then choose up to three red ‘tangled’ cards and three green ‘untangled’ cards. You read the sentences and reflect on how they apply to the relationship in question. Where is the truth?

In some cases, the sentences might confirm what you were already thinking. In other cases, they might name something of which you were only dimly aware. They might challenge your assumptions. They might even get you to rethink the relationship altogether.

There is no limit to how many relationships you can think about with the cards. The two hundred sentences should give you everything you need to express what is hindering those relationships and how to help them.

Communications Expert

WORKSHOPS STRATEGIES TACTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS FRAMEWORKS

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Welcome to the Communication Expert section of our Essential Business Skills CARD DECKS.

Effective communication is fundamental to any business interaction, and mastering this skill is crucial for professional success.

Our comprehensive communication section delves into all aspects of interpersonal and organisational communication, providing you with the workshops, tools, strategies and tactics to enhance your interaction skills across various scenarios.

This section covers essential topics such as eye contact, Body Language, and Micro-expressions, helping you understand and leverage non-verbal cues to convey confidence and empathy.

We also explore Personality Awareness and Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), offering strategies to tailor your communication style to different personalities and enhance your persuasive abilities.

Building trust is a cornerstone of effective communication. Our card decks include techniques like Isopraxism and rapport-building, enabling you to create strong, trust-based relationships with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders. These skills are vital for fostering a collaborative and supportive business environment.

Additionally, our communication section provides practical guidance on presentation skills, ensuring you can deliver clear, compelling messages to any audience.

We also cover the essentials of crafting effective press releases, helping you communicate your organisation's news and achievements with clarity and impact.

Whether you are looking to improve your daily interactions, enhance your public speaking abilities, or master the art of written communication, our

Essential Business Skills CARD DECKS offer a comprehensive, practical approach to developing your communication skills.

Equip yourself with the expertise needed to excel in any business setting.

A Practical MBA In Your Pocket.

Creator:

Mike Hardcastle

90-Day Guide for Success Deck 1 (Days 1 - 30)

DAILY STEPS + CONSISTENT ACTION FOR MOMENTUM IN YOUR NEXT 30 DAYS OF WORK

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30 Days of Focus, Inspiration and Quotes to put into practice the Reconnecting Workspaces mantra of: Daily Steps + Consistent Action = Momentum”.

Looking for a structured way to onboard into a new role, or want a workplace sprint? This card deck was created to support you in exploring topics related to success in today’s evolving landscape in a bite-sized, daily, consistent fashion.

Each day you can explore a new topic around 9 core areas of work including: skills, relationships, time management, ways of working, teamwork or your own self-development.

With three cards available each day of the month you’ll explore:
* What – What is the core concept of the day
* So What – What’s important about this topic
* Now What – A daily experiment to try out, conversation to have or possible action steps

Whether you pull three cards each day as part of a new onboarding process, or you pull a card randomly, it will invite you to take more focused action, reflection and connection with yourself, your work and others, boosting your RELATIONSHIPS and RESULTS in a consistent way.

How to use the deck:
• Pick a card randomly
• Explore three cards a day - What? To learn more about the topic. – a Quote to get inspiration or reflection. A now what card to inform action and experimentation.
• Use as a daily or weekly conversational tool with your team

This deck is based on the popular 2nd book of the Reconnecting Workspaces series - the 90-Day Guide for Success: Thriving in the Evolving Workspace.

This is deck 1 in a 3 series deck to take you through Days 1 - 30 in a 90 day work cycle. Research has shown it takes 66 days to evolve a new habit. Therefore the book takes you through 90 days of new topics daily. Deck 2 available in September 2024, and Deck 3 available in October 2024.

Creator:

Jennifer Britton

Mental Toughness

SELF-EFFICACY / COMMITMENT / ATTITUDE / RESILIENCE / FOCUS / EMOTIONAL AGILITY

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Have you ever wondered how do some people continually strive towards their personal and professional goals year after year while others give up on them? How do those people stay strong and persevere when there is so much stacked against them? So how did they do it? They were simply not deterred by the uncertainties and difficulties they faced, but they embraced them and learn from them. Adversities are an inherent part of our existence. Consequently, our ability to overcome hardships and take action against unpredicted challenges has always been crucial for the survival of our species, as well as for the development of modern society.
The Mental Toughness cards are designed to help you navigate challenges and obstacles and become more confident in the face of adversity. Grounded in research, the MT cards follow the SCARFE™ Model for MT and are themed on 6 domains: Self-efficacy, Commitment, Attitude, Resilience, Focus, and Emotional Agility.
The MT cards help individual to identify the resilience they already have in their lives and recognise why building MT is vital to coping with difficulties.
The MT cards give information, questions, action points, and tips that can be used in a wide range of conversations and activities.
You can use the cards in teams, pairs, and individually. A MUST tool for individuals, coaches, managers.

With photos by Mandy Seligman

Simply Self-Wonderful

CELEBRATING THE GIFTS OF BEING UNIQUELY YOU!

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Self-Wonderful is the gift of being uniquely you!
It’s not strange to love yourself with all your heart.
It’s absolutely essential!

The longest relationship you will have in your life is the one with yourself!
Self-love isn’t always easy. There’s no Self-Love destination. It’s an ongoing journey you take with yourself. And self-love doesn’t demand perfection either. Just trying to take one step at a time is more than enough. You’ve got this!

The Simply Self-Wonderful Deck will help you love yourself. Using 33 Self-Wonderfuls and 32 Self-Woundings you will discover the Self-Wonderful gifts you already have and the Self-Woundings that can be turned into gifts to be the Simply Self-Wonderful YOU!

The Simply Self-Wonderful Deck is for you to:

o Love yourself more
o Attract people who are kinder to you
o Get unstuck
o Open areas in your life you thought were closed
o Release things that have blocked you
o Gain more energy in life
o Move with more ease and grace

The Simply Self-Wonderful Card Deck is for you if you:
• Have a hard time receiving a compliment or taking credit for your work,
• Can’t make things work out for you and you don’t know why,
• Shy away from following your desires and dreams,
• Lose sight of your abilities, skills, strengths, and talents,
• Question your own credibility,
• Feel resigned that things will never get better,
• Have troubled or short-lived, or very few relationships,
• Don’t feel you are good enough for others,
• Constantly put others needs before your own,
• Tend to have darker moods and tend towards anxiety and depression,
• Think about harming yourself to relieve uncomfortable emotions,
• Are immobilized by doubt, fear, or indecision,
• Struggle with true expressions of love.

Creator:

Judy Slater

Dissolving Imposter Syndrome

UNCOVER YOUR BRILLIANCE AND SHINE BRIGHTLY

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Welcome to the Dissolving Imposter Syndrome Card Deck.

My intention is for this deck to be used to dismantle and dissolve fears, limiting beliefs, patterns, programs, repeating patterns, unworthiness, self-doubt and anything else standing in the way of you showcasing your Particular skills and gifts. Each of us has a gift or gifts that we have come here to share with others. Sometimes a negative experience, a negative comment, a run of bad luck, low self-esteem, anxiety and regular old fear can get in the way of us Shining our Light, shining and sharing our Gifts with the World.

This deck is here to support you as you navigate the dismantling and dissolving of all the things that stand in your way.

The deck has four categories and several bonus cards. Each category is color coded with a theme.

The first category is the dissolving piece. These cards are yellow. Yellow, like the third chakra to access your Power. These cards provide information and prompts to get you thinking about where Imposter Syndrome may have originated for you.

The second category is called Questions to Support You. These cards are Purple. Another powerful and strong color to lift you up as you contemplate each question meant to support you on your journey.

The third section is called, Inspiration. These cards are pink. The beach scene with a pink background is intended to drop you into a relaxed state and provide a sense of inspiration. As you feel the warmth of the ocean water and air, feel your feet in the sand, the intention here is to feel inspired by the information on these cards.

And lastly, the blue cards are the Take Action cards. This is where I prompt you to take some action each time these cards are pulled. Be gentle with yourself with these and be sure to have fun taking one small step towards your goals and dreams.

A Dissolving Imposter Syndrome workshop will be offered throughout the year. The deck will be a support to the workshop. Rest assured, if you can't take the workshop with me, the card deck will serve as a helpful companion on your journey towards stepping forward with your gifts with more confidence and certainty.

Wishing you so much love and success on your journey and remember to be gentle with yourself and curious about the process.

I look forward to hearing about all your successes and seeing you Shine brightly as the stars in the night sky.

Much love,
Anastasia

Leadership Expert

SUCCESS THROUGH PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT - WORKSHOPS STRATEGIES TACTICS AND FRAMEWORKS

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Welcome to the Leadership Expert section of our Essential Business Skills CARD DECKS.

This section encapsulates essential management and leadership development modules, that have consistently proven effective in real-world applications.

We have distilled these principles into practical, easy-to-apply tools, providing leaders with a diverse toolkit to choose from.

Our aim is to enable successful individuals to seamlessly transition into successful leaders upon promotion—an area where many organisations face significant challenges.

By focusing on critical leadership skills, our card decks help bridge this gap, ensuring that rising leaders are well-equipped to handle their new responsibilities effectively.

This section also incorporates models based on the latest research in Emotional Intelligence, emphasising the importance of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills in leadership.

Additionally, we feature our proprietary Empathic Leadership™ module, which combines empathy with strategic thinking to foster a supportive and productive work environment.

Whether you are an emerging leader looking to develop your skills, or an experienced manager seeking to refine your approach, our Leadership Section offers comprehensive insights and actionable strategies.

These tools are designed to enhance your leadership capabilities, enabling you to inspire and guide your team toward achieving organisational goals.

Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills needed to excel as a leader in the 21st century business landscape.

Our CARD DECKS provide a structured yet flexible approach to leadership development, ensuring you are prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

A Practical MBA In Your Pocket.

Creator:

Mike Hardcastle

Values in Action

THE CORE OF CULTURE, CATALYST FOR GROWTH

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Define your organisational values and align your actions with your core beliefs using our Values deck. Build a strong company culture based on integrity, authenticity, and purpose. Inspire trust and loyalty among employees, customers, and stakeholders by staying true to your values and driving positive change in your industry and your community.

The tagline, "The Core of Culture, Catalyst for Growth," perfectly encapsulates the essence of what this deck offers. Through the 48 picture cards, each encapsulating a core value that is internal to your brand, this deck provides a powerful tool for aligning your team around shared principles and driving collective growth. These values serve as the foundation upon which your organisation's culture is built, guiding behaviours and decisions at every level.

What sets this deck apart is its ability to not only identify these core values but also provide actionable insights into how to bring them to life within your organisation. By flipping over each card, leaders gain access to valuable insights into the meaning behind the values, as well as the strengths and challenges associated with selecting a particular values card. Additionally, they will find practical ideas on how to demonstrate these values in action through behaviours that contribute to organisational and business growth.

QBasics: Open-Ended Questions for Coaching Mastery

SIMPLE & CURIOUS, EXPANDING AWARENESS, TAKING ACTION

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Q Basics Open-Ended questions for Coaching Mastery
Powerful open-ended questions are the hallmark of professional coaching. The QBasics deck offers 54 basic open-ended questions to help coaches and managers master this fundamental skill. Although designed as a training tool it's also great for self-coaching! The questions are divided into three “suits” or categories with 18 questions in each category.

Simple & Curious
Expanding Awareness
Taking Action

The questions have been compiled through research of available coaching literature, personal experience and interviews with coaches working in both corporate and coach training settings.

For self-coaching: begin with a question or two from Simple and Curious, then explore more through the questions in the Expanding Awareness suit. When you are ready, use the Taking Action questions to clarity next steps.

Sample Questions (Try them on for yourself)

Simple and Curious
What do you want that you do not have now?

Expanding Awareness
What strengths can you leverage?

Taking Action
What will increase your chance of success?

12 page User Guide
The User Guide addresses the art of open-ended questions, describes the kinds of questions in the deck and offers practical suggestions for using the cards to build mastery.

Common challenges of new coaches and managers who coach:

Tendency towards long, ineffective and complex questions.

Not fully understanding the difference between open-ended questions, yes/no questions, leading questions and why questions.

Difficulty getting the coachee to identify specific steps and make a commitment to action.

The Benefit of the Q? Basics deck...

Facilitates skill development post-training or in lieu of training.

Effective coaching conversations are possible immediately – The Q? Basics questions are designed to elicit values, vision, passion, action, resourcefulness, choices and perceived obstacles.

Questions are easy to adapt to specific situations and provide a model as a coach/manager develops his/her own questions and style.

The questions have been carefully researched and represent the best of the basics.

Q? Basics offers a method of introducing material in a fun, effective way within corporate training environments and can be used by internal or external trainers.

Modules can be designed around the Q? Basics suits providing an effective structure to introduce a mix of coaching skills.

The beauty is in the simplicity

My story

When I was in training to become a coach I had a great mentor. She insisted that I generate and memorize some basic, simple questions. She repeatedly pointed to questions that were short, simple and curious. The results were always that it kept the focus on the client and their answers.

These simple open-ended questions empowered my clients. I came to trust the questions and trust my client's ability to discover the answers. The beauty is in the simplicity. The end result is a successful client, a successful coach and greater ease in the process.

What others are saying about Q? Basics

"I found using the Q?Basics powerful and effective in teaching coaching skills to seasoned leaders in my Leadership Enhancement Retreats. The participants stated that they found Q?Basics added great value and expedited their learning of coaching skills. They wanted Q?Basics sets for themselves."

Diana Gabriel, PCC
Professional Certified Coach

"Marcy, I love your open-ended question cards. Your three main categories (color-coded for ease of recognition) of Simple and Curious; Expanding Awareness; and Taking Action relate very closely to the coaching model I teach. I’ll be recommending this attractive and useful deck of coaching question cards to coaches, as well as anyone who wants to refine their communication skills."

Barbra Sundquist
www.BarbraSundquist.com

"Q-basics is useful for the newer coach seeking to learn a solid set of coaching questions or for the more experienced coach or manager wanting to get back to basics. This deck has multiple uses as a training tool or as a way to keep your coaching stance when working with a client."

Paula Hemming MA, PCC
Former Director of Life Coaching Education
Adler Graduate School, Minneapolis MN

"I have given the cards to my apprentices in Singapore and they are thrilled with them. They are just learning to coach, so the questions have been very helpful to them."

Rebecca Bradley MCC,
President of Partnership Coaching Inc.
Marietta, Georgia

"I used Q? Basics in a University Leadership class of 25 Executive Directors. After completing the wheel of life assessment tool and choosing an area from the assessment they wanted to work with, participants were introduced to Q? Basics. They were each given three questions, one from each category, Simple and Curious, Expanding Awareness and Taking Action. They applied the questions in that order, to their chosen area. The feedback was profound and powerful and helped participants commit to action in a very short time. I found Q? Basics to be a great way to introduce new people to coaching by helping them become more comfortable and safe with the process. I highly recommend these cards to all coaches and trainers."

Rita Goldhammer, CPCC Former Program Manager, University of St Thomas,
Center for Non-profit Management, St. Paul, Minnesota

Business Expert

WORKSHOPS STRATEGIES TACTICS AND BUSINESS FRAMEWORKS

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Welcome to the Business Expert Section of our CARD DECKS.

This section encompasses some of the most crucial, general business skills that are not addressed in our specific modules.

Derived from our comprehensive research, these skills are identified as essential for business owners, managers, and key stakeholders to thrive in today's dynamic environment.

Our curated workshop topics and tactics include the Balanced Scorecard, a strategic planning and management system; Cognitive Bias, understanding and mitigating unconscious errors in decision-making; and Digital Transformation Strategy, the roadmap to integrating digital technology into all business areas.

We also tackle the art of Decision Making, managing Dissatisfied Customers, and the role of Empathy in Business, which fosters better relationships and outcomes.

The section emphasises the importance of an Ethics Check to maintain integrity, making strong First Impressions, and the balance between Hard Skills and Soft Skills.
With the increasing relevance of professional networking, we cover LinkedIn strategies.

We also focus on effective Onboarding Employees and overcoming psychological barriers such as Imposter Syndrome.
Innovative topics like Prompt Engineering and its practical application, Self-Discipline, and Skill Stacking are also included to enhance personal and professional growth.

Storytelling in Business and Stress Management offer insights into maintaining mental well-being and effective communication.

Additionally, we explore the Peter Principle, Wardley Map Creation, and Wardley Mapping to understand organisational dynamics and strategic planning.

Each card is designed to provide actionable insights and practical advice, ensuring you are equipped with the skills necessary for success in the 21st-century business landscape.

A Practical MBA In Your Pocket.

Creator:

Mike Hardcastle

Mantras

145 POWERFUL MESSAGES FOR YOUR LIFE!

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🧘‍♀️ Mantra Card Set – 145 Powerful Messages for Your Life! 🌸
✨ Positive Energy, Inner Peace & Mental Strength – with the Power of Mantras!

In our busy daily lives, thoughts are like seeds that shape our reality. With our Mantra Card Set, you'll receive 145 inspiring mantras designed to help you focus your thoughts, strengthen yourself, and invite positivity into your life.

Each card carries a unique message for various life areas such as self-love, success, health, mindfulness, resilience, and spiritual growth. Whether you use it in the morning to start your day positively, during stressful moments, or as part of an evening ritual – mantras are like anchors for the mind, guiding you through all of life’s situations.

💡 Why Choose This Mantra Set?
🌿 145 versatile mantras – from motivation to gratitude, perfect for every day and situation.
🌸 Easily integrate into your daily routine – simply draw a card, repeat the mantra out loud or silently, and feel the energy.
🧠 Reprogram your mindset positively – by repeating the mantras, you create new, empowering thought patterns.
✨ A daily dose of inspiration & mindfulness – mantras help you stay grounded in the here and now.

🌈 The Effects of Mantras on Body & Mind:
🌀 Calm the mind & relieve stress
🌀 Boost self-confidence & inner strength
🌀 Strengthen positive thought patterns
🌀 Raise your vibration & promote emotional balance
🌀 Activate self-healing powers & open the heart to gratitude

🔍 Why Are Mantras So Powerful?
Mantras are words with energy – through repetition, we send targeted signals to our subconscious. The right wording, combined with regular practice, can help to dissolve limiting beliefs and create a sense of peace, strength, and trust within yourself.

✨ Start your journey to more positivity, calmness & clarity – with these 145 mantras for every life situation!

🔮 Draw a card each day and experience how small phrases can create big changes! 💫🃏

Creator:

Dana Thomas

Discover Card Deck's Why (Why Decks Series)

28 FUN WAYS TO INTEGRATE CARDS IN YOUR DAILY ROUTINE

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Exploring the many way card decks help us life happier lives

Let's Explore 28 Types of Card Deck Usage.

Coaching & Education

  • Learn a new skill: Use cards as flashcards for language learning, coding, or other subjects.
  • Get mentally & physically fit: Create card games to exercise the mind and body.
  • Dare to create something: Use cards as prompts for writing, drawing, or crafting.
  • Test & refresh your memory: Play card games to improve memory and cognitive function.

Creativity & Ideation

  • Get inspired: Use cards as a source of inspiration for creative projects or problem-solving.
  • Get creative & brainstorm: Use cards for brainstorming, mind mapping, or idea generation.
  • Combine options in new ways: Use cards to create unique combinations and explore possibilities.
  • Creative writing: Use cards as prompts for writing exercises or stories.

Workplace Facilitation

  • Plan your future: Use cards for goal setting, vision boarding, or time management.
  • Nurture culture in the workplace: Use cards for team-building activities or icebreakers.
  • Give and get feedback: Use cards for anonymous feedback or appreciation sharing.

Wellness & therapy

  • Reflect deeply on life: Use cards for journaling prompts or meditation.
  • Nurture your focus & concentration: Use card games or solitaire to improve focus.
  • Practice a therapeutic modality: Use cards for art therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, or other modalities.
  • Build rituals & healthy habits: Use cards to create daily or weekly routines.

Prompts & Choices

  • To check in with your values: Use cards for value clarification or alignment exercises.
  • Get mentally unstuck: Use cards for problem-solving or decision-making.
  • Evaluate your life priorities: Use cards for life assessment or goal setting.
  • To put things in sequence: Use cards for planning or organizing tasks.

Challenges & Entertainment

  • To get social and join others in a challenge: Create card-based challenges or competitions.
  • Play games & join challenges: Enjoy classic or innovative card games.
  • Have fun building healthy habits: Use cards for gamified habit tracking.
  • Fend off depression or sadness: Use cards for mood boosting activities or distractions.

Spirituality, Oracle & Tarot

  • To get spiritual: Use cards for tarot readings, oracle card readings, or meditation.
  • To create a vision board: Use cards as visual representations of goals and dreams.
  • To ask a question: Use cards for divination or seeking guidance.
  • To manifest dreams: Use cards for visualization or intention setting.

Additional Ideas

  • Explore the 28 ways we can use card decks: This list itself can be a starting point for further exploration and creativity.

Creator:

Nick Kellet