Coaching – its just a conversation
It’s nearing the end of January and I’m in a reflective mood right now, and considering what it is I actually ‘do’ with my coaching clients. Perhaps I should start with my ‘why’.
‘Why’ I coach – “I believe that everyone should have freedom of choice and I seek to empower everyone I work with so they have choice – I set them free to make the best choices for themselves.”
‘How’ I coach – I really seek to ‘understand’ my coachees, I hold the space for them to get to their point of readiness to embrace change and take action.
‘What’ I do – most importantly – I listen, attentively, with curiosity and with care. Sometimes this is the first time my coachees have really been listened too!
I ask questions, open, closed, probing, hypothetical, ‘clean’ and then I listen to their answer, listening for the meaning in amongst their words.
I have an ‘inner persona’ who is a detective – Inspector Poirot – he is always analysing, synthesising the information.
Sometimes I challenge, sometimes I support, working on their agenda and mine. My coachee owns the content and I own the process.
Above everything else I am seeking to add value, by raising the awareness of my coachee, giving them the ability to have choice and empowering them to take action. I am always prepared to share knowledge and experience from life and business, my own and others.
And finally, “its just a conversation”, sometimes difficult, sometimes easy, happy and sad, all shades of the spectrum are covered!
If you would like to explore coaching with me – well let’s start with a conversation………
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Annie
