Core Coaching Skills: The Three Levels of Listening

with Shane Pearson

Developing Deeper Listening in Coaching Practice

An interactive session to revisit, practise, and strengthen the foundations of effective coaching.

Listening is one of the most fundamental coaching skills, yet effective coaching requires us to listen at a deeper level than simply hearing and understanding what a client says.

In this interactive 90-minute session, participants will explore the Three Levels of Listening and consider how where we place our attention can influence the quality and depth of a coaching conversation.

Through practical teaching, a live coaching demonstration, guided practice and reflective discussion, participants will explore the difference between listening from our own perspective, listening with focused attention to the client, and listening more deeply to the wider communication taking place — including emotion, energy, patterns, shifts and what may not yet have been explicitly expressed.

The session provides an opportunity to revisit a foundational coaching skill and develop greater awareness of how we listen, what we notice, and how deeper listening can support more insightful and client-centred coaching conversations.

Lesson Outcomes

By the end of the session participants will be able to:

  • Understand and distinguish between the Three Levels of Listening.
  • Recognise how their own thoughts, assumptions and internal dialogue can influence how they listen.
  • Identify verbal and non-verbal information beyond the client’s words alone.
  • Observe different levels of listening during a live coaching demonstration.
  • Practise listening with greater attention, curiosity and presence.
  • Reflect on their own listening habits and identify opportunities to deepen their coaching practice.
Speaker: Shane Pearson, ICF Certified Coach and Certified Nutritional Therapist
 
When: Wednesday 7th Oct, 7:00-8:30PM  
 

Fee: €18/£15

Awards: 1 CPD point. Contact ciara@iinh.net for a certificate afterwards.

Register your attendance

Please note, this webinar is free to members of our IINH Alumni Community Hub, you will find the webinar recording on Brightspace. 

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About Shane Pearson

Shane Pearson is an award winning ICF Certified Coach and Certified Nutritional Therapist with nearly two decades of experience in coaching and facilitating positive, lasting change.

A recognised thought leader in behavioural change, Shane has helped many health and wellness practitioners — including Nutritional Therapists and Nutrition & Health Coaches — to grow successful, sustainable businesses. Known for combining clear, practical strategies with empowering personal support, he helps practitioners gain the clarity, confidence, and structure they need to thrive.

Alongside his private coaching and mentoring work, Shane delivers high-impact workshops, masterclasses, and training programmes for organisations such as the UK & International Health Coaching Association (UKIHCA), where his sessions consistently receive outstanding feedback.

Shane’s unique approach blends evidence-based coaching, NLP, and mindset techniques with deep experience in health and wellness — ensuring clients are not only equipped with effective business strategies, but also with the mindset and resilience to implement them.

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