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Use of perception in coaching to help managers/leaders achieve their goals and be more perceptive

Use of perception in coaching to help managers/leaders achieve their goals and be more perceptive. Fiona Williams coach and mentor at inspiration365 Ltd Oxford Brookes University 10th Annual Coaching and Mentoring Research Conference. Setting the scene.

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Use of perception in coaching to help managers/leaders achieve their goals and be more perceptive

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  1. Use of perception in coaching to help managers/leaders achievetheir goals and be more perceptive Fiona Williams coach and mentor at inspiration365 Ltd Oxford Brookes University 10th Annual Coaching and Mentoring Research Conference

  2. Setting the scene "I see nobody on the road", said Alice. "I only wish I had such eyes", the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance, too! Why, it's as much as I can do to see real people, by this light." (Carroll, Through the Looking Glass)

  3. Perception: complex, debated & unknowns Adelson, Checker Shadow Illusion. Available from: <http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html>

  4. Initial coaching themes developed

  5. Methodology lots 3 7 42 Action cycles Managers/leaders (co-researchers) Direct contact hours Thematic analysis

  6. There's more to perception than I thought… • Co-researcher: "…you all know the theory of the different senses of perceptions but I wasn't really conscious of the signals, um, that I could pick up on or the effect that they could have" • Mezirow(in Fostering Critical Reflections in Adulthood) "habits of expectation that constitute our frame of reference"

  7. Joining the dots • Co-researcher: "…I think I feel much more comfortable now with my preferred working style that can be appreciated by other people so I'm not trying to change or assume I had to adopt certain, different behaviours. So that's been a big shift which will be very helpful for me in the future" • Beliefs held which defined co-researcher’s sense of self and acted as conditioning perceptual filters (Bachkirova, Developmental Coaching)

  8. Flying by the seat of one’s pants Action research was messy (Herr and Anderson, The Action Research Dissertation)

  9. Conclusion • Themed coaching approach helped co-researchers achieve their coaching goals / synthesise learning and be more perceptive • Perception: valuable coaching topic and seemingly, in part, a mechanism for change • Apt for all managers/leaders at all times? (limitations/further research) • Transferable to other coaching practices via Perception's PrismTM and more…

  10. Perception’s PrismTM 1

  11. Perception’s PrismTM 2

  12. Perception’s PrismTM 3

  13. Questions

  14. Final thoughts… • Why not explore perception and ask yourself: how do Iperceive? • A seemingly simple question yet I wonder where the question will take you. Feel free to let me know… Fiona Williams Twitter: twitter.com/fionacoach LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/fionawilliams Website: www.inspiration365.org.uk

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