The Complete Handbook of Coaching
Adults learn when they have a need to learn. Adults generally become ready to learn when their life situation creates a need to know or understand, for example when they need to cope with a life situation or perform a task. The more the coach can understand the interaction between the client's life situation and their readiness for coaching, the mo
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Ask, don't tell: One of the most useful tools is the ‘Ask–Tell’ matrix (see Figure 3.2). The questions we ask as coaches lie on two intersecting dimensions: ‘Telling to Asking’ and ‘Why to How to'. Observe yourself as you coach. Which quadrant do you spend most time in? Do you spend more time telling people what to do? Or maybe you spend a lot of t
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What are valid reasons for an organization to request coaching for an executive? Under what circumstances is it not appropriate to provide executive coaching?
Elaine Cox, Tatiana Bachkirova, David A. Clutterbuck • The Complete Handbook of Coaching
Example: A client used her narrative coaching session to pivot from ‘I make the best of what is given to me' (old story) to ‘I choose to create what matters to me' (new story) – which she then started to use in suitable opportunities to attain more of what she wanted.
Elaine Cox, Tatiana Bachkirova, David A. Clutterbuck • The Complete Handbook of Coaching
Brainstorming, experimenting, and reflecting on what has happened are key works of SPC that keep the process moving forward
Elaine Cox, Tatiana Bachkirova, David A. Clutterbuck • The Complete Handbook of Coaching
the invitation would be to go to a place where there are no problems, and look at the issues from there. Suppose we dropped all the labels, such as: ‘This is a problem', ‘This is not the way it should be', ‘This is hurtful'. What if the situation just is? From the phrase ‘This is wrong’ we simply drop the word ‘wrong'. This is a different dimension
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Well-timed, skilful articulation of observations is the hallmark of the highly accomplished coach. Clumsy, ill-timed interventions can risk the safety, trust and confidence that are so vital to the working alliance.
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Having created some different options and then decided on one course of action, it is vitally important that the transformational coach creates time and space for coachees to rehearse what they will…