COTBx Learners Guide 2023.A

6 Coaching Coaches focus on goal setting, outcome creation and personal change management with individuals and teams. Coaching most often takes place when: There is a desire to accelerate results There is something at stake (a challenge, stretch goal or opportunity) There is a high degree of change requiring rapid adjustments and additional resources or skills There is a gap - in knowledge, skills, confidence, resources There is a lack of clarity and complex choices need to be made There is a need to identify core strengths and strategies to leverage them Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the coachee. They operate from the premise that the coachee is naturally creative and resourceful and support the coachee to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that the coachee already has. Coaches provide objective feedback that is direct, yet supportive and keeps the coachee moving forward. Coaches partner BESIDE the individual as they create meaningful goals and create actions to achieve those goals. The coach encourages and supports the coachee in their process of achieving those goals. And finally, a coach will almost always ask more of the coachee than the coachee would ask of themselves and stretches the coachee out of their comfort zone and into their fullest potential. COACHING DEMONSTRATION Given the description to the right, what did you notice in the coaching demonstration? PART ONE - INTRODUCTION GOALS opportunity accelerate results resources strengths VIEW: https://vimeo.com/manage/ videos/525057982/bbb2a13f42

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