Coaching

Not Mentoring: Mentor should have a long term experience in the field. Not Teaching: You can coach in a field that you don't know.

Definition

• Partnering
• Thought Provoking
• Creative
• Maximizes the personal and professional potential

Skills of a Coach

• Creating a Safe Space
  • Creating a deeply non-judgmental space.
• Ask great questions and Listen
  • Taking the Balcony View together
  • Tap into your natural curiosity
• Honoring Ethics of Coaching
  • Respecting privacy
  • Holding power responsibility : Thin line between influencing vs manipulation.

Signal vs Noise

• Signal: Good quality information that can be action-ed
• Noise: Low quality information.

Coach should amplify the signal.

GROW Model

• Goal
• Reality
• Options
• Will

Coaching as a leadership style

A Process

Pre Work

• Set up time for it
• Tune into the other person
• Intentionality
• "Be Empty", don't have per-conceived notions.

Goal Questions

• What is your intent
• Bring it to here and now.
• What does success look like
• Define a few milestones
• SMART Goals
  • Specific
  • Measurable
  • Actionable
  • Realistic
  • Time bound

Reality

• Where
• When
• What
• Who
• How
• Keep Why out of the questions.
• "What have you tried"
• "What is stopping you"
• Probe till you reach SMART goals.

Options

• Creative playful stance
• What are the plan B,C and D
• Brainstorming

Will

• 'Right-size' of first steps
• Inspiring outcome