Coaching is a unique conversation that, when done well, supports the coachee into deeper discovery and new awareness. It is a conversation designed to move the individual to tap into their own internal resources and potential to find practical strategies and solutions to specific challenges so that they can move forward AND create sustainable change.
This is why we, at Coaching Out of the Box®, put an emphasis not only on the skills and steps when coaching but on the fundamental principles and tools necessary to support coachee’s in their discovery and awareness process. Over and over again we are told by participants in our coaching programs how profoundly their lives have been impacted.
In order to create sustainable change you need know how to:
- Get to the root source
- Bring awareness to areas a coachee may be blind to seeing
- Identify resistance to change – what to listen for and questions to ask
- Coach someone who is playing a role that no longer serves them
- Identify what your coachee is passionate about and how to step into that
Without this work, and the courage and confidence to do it, not much will happen. Yes, there may be some immediate short term results but for long term sustainable change you have got to do the deeper dive and you’ve got to come to coaching with a mindset that will support it.
What is so exciting is when individuals and organizations support this kind of work mountains can be moved! For example, we presented our qualitative results to the Institute of Coaching, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital recently, here were the 7 top results achieved with over 5,000 people who had learned our coaching model:
- Improved Listening
- Improved Communication
- Improved Ability to Give Feedback
- Improved Conflict Resolution
- Positively Impacted Relationships
- Improvement in Team Dynamics & Team Communication
- Increased Ability to Engage Staff in Conversations that are Solutions-Focused and Promote Accountability
What organization wouldn’t want to see these kind of results?
We will be discussing this very compelling topic and supporting you in understanding what is required to coach for sustainable change during our next FREE Webinar on Wednesday, February 17 @ 11a.m. Pacific time/2pm Eastern time. If you are interested in moving mountains, be sure to join us. Click Here to register!
