Posted on August 3, 2009 - by Jus

The Coaching Process

Tonight I will be taking Part 2 of the Coaching Process classes and last week we were asked to reflect on what our own coaching process might look like from the client’s point-of-view.

I have to admit, I really loved doing this as it brought all of my strategic and ‘experiential design’ experience to the table and allowed me to apply it to my new business venture.  It took me no time at all and I am really really happy with the outcome.  It will be interesting to share in tonight’s class and hear other’s feedback…  I debated whether to post it here in the public forum, but decided against it as I think I should keep some things as my own intellectual property.

In short though, I have constructed a process that looks at:

a) The emotional journey of the client – from base state of ‘curious, hopeful, skeptical’ through to the end state of ‘breakthrough, elation, achievement, success’ that takes into account the natural ebbs and flows as the client faces setbacks, doubts, challenging perspectives and underlying automatic commitments.

b) Then it profiles the Coaching Process from the perspective of the Client, outlining what they can expect to be supported with across the course of their journey, and

c) The Coaching Process from the perspective of the Coach, including the tools that may be most beneficial at each stage of the journey for the Client. 

b) and c) naturally intersect but this helps me to define the way in which to communicate the process to the client without confusing them with “coach terminology”.

I am really looking forward to using this to assist me to develop my Coaching Model (for assessment purposes as well as for the success of my coaching business) and to guide the copywriting for my Welcome Pack for new clients.

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