An Introduction to Coaching

Who is a coach?
A coach moves important people comfortably from one place to a desired destination.

Life coaching helps to:

set clear goals, make value-based decisions, develop action plans acquire life-skills for the attainment of their goals, providing support, motivation and accountability.

Coaching vs Counseling

Focuses on potential and not past problems. Enables clients to make decisions and solve problems for themselves. The coach does not need to have achieved what the client hopes to achieve. The coach does not have to hear the whole story to help solve the problem.

The Beliefs of Coaching

There is no failure, just outcomes or feedback. If you want to understand act. We already have the resources we need to create the changes we want. All behavior has a purpose. The meaning of communication is the response I get Always respect the other persons model of the world.

The Beliefs of Coaching

Having a choice/options is better than having no choice. People are doing the best they can with the resources they have available. Change can be easy, quick and lasting. You create your own reality. The mind and the body affect each other. The client has the answers, the coach has the questions. Coaching is an equal synergistic relationship.

Four types of coaching

Life coaching:

managing voluntary or involuntary personal change.

Performance coaching:

improving professional performance and outputs. Business & Career coaching:

helping professionals to change and progress using a more directive style. sustaining executive performance by addressing the executives personal wellbeing.

Executive coaching:

The Three Coaching Camps

Non-directive coaching

By tapping into a persons natural creativity and inner genius.

Directive coaching

Coach gives direction, guidance and motivation to clients based on their own area of expertise. Neuro Linguistic Programming uses the modeling of excellence using the mental strategies of high achievers, peak performers together with the building blocks of excellence.

NLP

The Characteristics of a Good Life Coach

Focus on human potential Belief in the client. Respect for client.

Non-judgemental.
Ethical practice. Not a problem solver.

A resource provider.
Knowledge of essential life skills.

Essential life skills

Self discovery identifying goals, values, beliefs, Life mapping developing an action plan
Time management priorities, energy management & resource allocation Problem solving brainstorming, creativity, & modelling excellence Mood management NLP, emotional intelligence, etc.

Self-assessment personal feed back mechanisms and performance awareness

Essential Life Skills contd

Communication rapport, non verbal communications, negotiating, assertiveness etc. Self-motivation visualisation, anchoring, building momentum and refuelling.

Four communication skills

Building rapport achieving flow in conversation Strategic questioningcarefully worded and well sequenced.

Proactive listening verbal and non-verbal feed- back, noticing whats important and noting change. Constructive feedback giving back to your client what they have said.

Managing Voluntary change

What do you want? -Goal setting Why do you want it? - Values definition How do you intend to get it? - Action plan When do you want it? - Time scaling Write it down - Record keeping Act straight away - Commitment

Feedback of progress - Accountability

Managing Involuntary Change

1.Decide how you want to go into it . Chose best beliefs and feelings that would work 2. Frame your experience

Choose words to positively describe the change

3. Decide how you want to come out of it Choose duration and determine memories. 4. Master the inner game Choose your self-talk and focus

The Structure of Behaviour

Goals : aspirations that the actions pursue Values: what is dear to us. Beliefs: what you believe to get by the behavior. Drivers: towards or away from motivation. Rules: dos and donts Standards: acceptable performance. Knowledge: the current understanding of options. Skills: ability to do what we want to do well.

Pain-Killing Behaviour

Alcohol Sex Drugs Violence Binging Working Deviance