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Future Leadership Programme. Reflections on coaching in leadership practice. Google ‘coaching ’ for 133 million hits or ‘coaching models’ for 8.5 million hits!. Just Some of the Approaches…..!. Cognitive Behavioural Coaching. Paradoxical Coaching. Solution Focussed Coaching. Analytic
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Future Leadership Programme Reflections on coaching in leadership practice
Google ‘coaching’ for 133 million hits or ‘coaching models’ for 8.5 million hits! Just Some of the Approaches…..! Cognitive Behavioural Coaching ParadoxicalCoaching Solution Focussed Coaching Analytic Coaching Life Coaching Sports Coaching Team Coaching Directive Coaching Coactive Coaching Executive Coaching NLP based Coaching Leadership based Coaching Ontological & Existential Coaching Person Centred Coaching Evidence based Coaching
Some helpful definitions of coaching….. • The process of empowering others • The art of facilitating the performance, learning and development of others • …involves expanding people’s capacity to take effective action • A process that enables learning and development to occur and thus performance to improve (Whitmore 1995) (Downey 1999) (Robert Hargrove) (Rogers 2004)
Coaching… A method of work-related learning which relies primarily on one-to-one conversations DeHaan 2005 And in an organisational context: The core value of coaching is about facilitating personal and organisational learning and change (and how we can influence it positively as leaders)
Features The Coach facilitates: Reflection on actions and thinking Acknowledgement, release and development of personal strengths Overcoming or reducing obstacles to development
Creating and exploring a personal map All of us spend One life living it, Another, thinking it. And the only life we have Is split between The true one and the false. Extracted from the poem ‘ I’m so full of feeling’ by Fernando Pessoa (1888—1935)
Exploring the Map: The Johari window 1 Open/free area 2 Blind spot Conversational space, verbal, open and explicit, free area to share and discuss Things unknown by coachee but known to others Ignorance about oneself, personal style, impact on others, lack of self awareness, EQ issues 4 Unknown area 3 The hidden area Unknown to coachee and others. Can include feelings, latent abilities, behaviours and attitudes Can be positive or influence negatively. Thought but not spoken by coachee, known but kept hidden, sensitivities, fears, hidden agendas, secrets, manipulative intent
Johari and the coaching relationship 1 2 Open/free area ‘Blind spot’ Feedback & insights shared discovery 3 4 Self disclosure/exposure Self discovery Unknown area The hidden area
Core Techniques Dialogue Reflection Behavioural and Organisational Change Questioning & Listening Rapport Building Developing Self Awareness
Reflection 1-Concrete Experience Doing/having an experience 2- Reflection/ Observation Reviewing/reflecting on the experience 4- Experimentation Planning/trying out what you have learned 3 Abstract- Conceptualisation Concluding/Learning from the experience
Dialogue Coaching is a form of learning that relies on one to one conversations. In a work context this includes… Working with others Insight through reflection Act in Specific situations Judgements & decisions Handle different situations
Developing Self Awareness Behaviour/style Relationship skills Knowledge Attitudes Values/ethics/ convictions Personality of the coachee in five nested layers
Rapport Building The ability to relate to others in a way that creates a climate of Trust and Understanding
Questioning and Listening Questions about: What content and knowledge to apply In specific situations How individual relates to and handles content Personal characteristics Range of questioning Listening: In different ways for different messages and insights
Options for the Coach - The ‘Coaching Window’ * Suggesting Supporting Confronting Exploring * De Haan 2005
Options for the Coach Suggesting Problem-focused Solution-focused Directive coaching solution coaching Supporting Confronting Person-focused Insight-focused Analytic coaching Person-centred coaching Exploring