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Coaching Conversations for PSPs. Liz Garcia Coaching and Leadership Development Center. BIG Picture. Overview of C oaching. What is it? . What do you already know a bout coaching ?. What are they saying? .
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Coaching Conversations for PSPs Liz Garcia Coaching and Leadership Development Center
Overview of Coaching
What do you already know about coaching?
What are they saying?
Leadership Coaching is a confidential andprofessional relationship designed to assist an educational leader to achieve goals that are beyond the norm.
= Thinking Partner
Is… Neutral Directed by recipient Self-directed learning Self-mediating An intentional skillful application of tools for planning, reflecting, or problem solving Capacity building Developing and building internal resources Is NOT… Judgmental Advice-giving by the coach About creating dependency An unfocused casual conversation without structure Limiting; not designed to foster dependence on the coach A reliance on external resources Coaching…
Key Characteristics
How do you know when to be a coach?
Coaching Collaborating Consulting Least Directive Most Directive The coaching continuum… Facilitative Instructional
celebrate SKILLS listen paraphrase powerful questions
“Listening looks easy, but it’s not simple. Every head is a world.” –Cuban Proverb
It’s not the answer that enlightens, but the question.” -Eugene Ionesco
Coaching Conversations
Distinction #1 Focus on solutions rather than problems.
Why didn’t you hit your targets? Why did you do that? Why isn’t this working? What do you need to do next time to hit your targets? What do you want to do next? What do you/we need to do to make this work? Problem vs. Solutions Questioning Problem Focus Solution Focus
Distinction #2 Powerful Questions vs. Advice
Powerful Question Possibilities: • Vision • Making connections • Implementation • Planning • Taking action
Distinction #3 Put process before content.
How wonderful to always assume that people have the solutions within themselves. Your job is to assist them to lay out all the possibilities, and examine them further. Then, respectfully, see how you can make yourself useful. It’s all about choosing your conversations.
Questions Liz Garcia (512)919-5251 liz.garcia@esc13.txed.ndet Erin O’keiff (512)919-5455 erin.okeiff@esc13.txed.net