A summary of a recent Executive Coach Corner session with a different format: one member volunteered for the hot seat, coaching the group live while everyone observed and then delivered structured feedback. First comes a genuinely useful framework for giving feedback that sticks — ask permission, align it to the person's vision, be specific, keep it subjective ("here's how it occurred to me"), invite curiosity so it becomes a dialogue, offer a suggestion, and land on a clear agreement (without that last step, nothing actually changes). Then the craft lessons, drawn from the live coaching: why "how are you feeling?" as an opener can anchor people in their feelings instead of the work ("what are we here to do — let's go"); how to push past "where are you at?" to "what would clarity look like — get clear right now," then mine whatever resistance shows up; and why leading questions like "could both be true?" are small foxes that quietly cost you respect, so stay in real curiosity. It closes on a simple habit that compounds: watch your own game tape. Inside CORAL shares summaries of the live sessions our members get every week. CORAL is a private, application-only community for people who work for themselves — founders, operators, and creators. Not a member yet? Apply to join at coral.vip.