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How Coaching Came to Be

4/26/2021

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First, how exactly is coaching distinct?
A: Coaching is the psychology of human potential. It is a formal profession that honors the client as the expert in their life and work. 
What isn’t coaching then?
A: Coaching is not consulting. 
Consultants give specialized advice and guidance. Consultants are best hired when there is missing expertise needed to succeed. 
A: Coaching is not counseling or therapy. In counseling and therapy there is diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and is best for healing trauma or when emotional healing is needed.
So, when are coaches hired and what are they hired for? 
Coaches are hired to help leaders, professionals, groups, couples or individuals potentiate and integrate into their potential. 
In coaching people:
  • Grow in their emotional intelligence
  • Build upon natural strengths and gifts
  • Expand in their capacity 
  • Set and attain goals


Coaching has an origin back in the days of Socrates. 
The Greek philosopher asked questions getting people to think in new out of the box ways, inviting profound new answers unlocked by Powerful Questions. 
Fast-forward to today. 
In 1995 Thomas Leonard, a pioneer in formulating, formalizing and professionalizing coaching practices, established the International Coaching Federation. 
Why was coaching established as a profession? 
The other modalities were already taken. 
Coaching was born from the realization that a budding new approach was on the scene and creating profound results. But… it was not counseling and it wasn’t consulting, so what was it?
Well if you look at the olden days, we can see where the root of the word comes from.
Think of a horse and buggy, versus a train.
A train has an established set point. A train is locked in to a pattern of travel to get you from A to B. Let’s say from Tucson to San Diego. 
This is akin to consulting and counseling. In these modalities the route to a goal is established by the professional offering such services.
Coaching is completely unique. In coaching the destination and route is established solely by the client. 
Back to the horse and buggy. A person would hire a coach to get to where they wanted to go. Let’s say they wanted to get to the fairgrounds and yet could request to be dropped of at Woolworths along the way. 
The destination is established by the client and the coach holds a safe and professional service that takes them there.
The formulation of professional coaching is newer on the scene.
Theoretical based psychotherapy dates back to 801 AD. According to Google professional management consulting was documented for the first time back in the 1880s.
Getting into coaching right now is exciting.
Getting into coaching now means you are getting in on the ground level.
Coaching is expanding rapidly! 
Public Personnel Management reported managers that received training alone increased productivity by 22.4%. Whereas training, followed up by coaching, increased productivity by 88%! 
88%! That is a huge value add coaching provides.
People are falling in love with this results-based, client-centric, highly effective skill set, approach and profession.
​If you feel called to coach, we invite you to start by signing up for our Coaching Foundations module! Classes start back up May 11th.
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Supervision vs. Mentoring

4/19/2021

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Q: "What is the difference between a mentor coach and a coaching supervisor?"

My original mentor coach for my PCC became a trained Coaching Supervisor. She explains the distinctions very clearly.

Mentor coaching is only specific to honing, developing and identifying your coaching specific skills. Mentoring supports our "in-session" skills.

Coaching supervision is everything else, beyond a session, that goes into supporting our success as a coach. This may include issues around where our ethical boundaries are drawn, our coaching presence in general, our overall coaching style or philosophy, our coaching approach and our overall coaching success formula. 

In Supervision I can run scenarios, stuck points and struggles by my Supervisor for coaching. In mentor coaching I will submit a recording of a session, the mentor would review my competency level and give me developmental feedback on my coaching skills. 

In our certification program, we provide both to each student both. ​

Coaching Resource of the Week:
New Community of Practice:
Coaching Supervision

From the ICF:
​"Coaching Supervision is a collaborative learning practice to continually build the capacity of the coach through reflective dialogue for the benefit of both coaches and clients. We recognize Coaching Supervision as an important element of a coach’s professional development, and we are proud to announce the launch of the Coaching Supervision Community of Practice. This community will explore the importance of reflective practice through interactive webinars, subject matter expert presentations and community discussions. To receive emails about upcoming webinars, please join the contact list."
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3 Simple Ways to set Realistic Goals and Keep Them

4/12/2021

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By Winston Ibrahim
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of Fast Company

"The life of an entrepreneur is a hectic one. We are typically inundated with to-do lists and responsibilities, juggling business, personal, and professional relationships, and trying to do far more in a day than is typically realistic. We don't often have the time to sit by ourselves and focus on our own thoughts or map out our goals in a very strategic way. 

"But most entrepreneurs and executives I know try to take some time at the start of every new year to reflect on where they are and wherever it is they want to move next. They see the holidays in December and the month of January as a time to reset, and to think clearly about what is going to drive the most impact for themselves and their businesses over the next 12 months. They then create a pragmatic and tactical action plan for themselves to turn their goals into reality."

Read the rest of this article Here: 
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Lost in Translation

4/5/2021

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Trick question. Does the sun rise or set each day?

According to our phenomenological centric language, yes.

Yet, in reality, the sun stays still while the earth turns around it. 

In life, when a phenomenon happens our brain is wired to then interpret it. It is a "threat" or is it "friendly"? This interpretation of "its ok" or "it is a threat" forms a relationship to the phenomenon.

Yet, sometimes our interpretations can be inaccurate. Or, if we move too quickly to the "threat" box, we can lose sight of other aspects available to us that are lost in our interpretation. 
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​Human beings have capacity to:
  1. See the phenomenon for what it is, without judgement.
  2. See the negative aspects, perceived or real.
  3. See the positive aspects and search for the opportunities.
  4. See a combination of any or all of the above.
This weeks resource is about the power and comforting aspects of mindfulness.

Mindfulness is a practice of calming the mind that allows us to see more clearly and gain access all aspects.

The Course in Miracles teaches that we can use anything for a greater good, no matter how horrible something is/was. Even in devastation, the human spirit can rise above and locate the opportunities to turn things around.

We saw this at 9/11. Families and communities didn't go isolate in fear, they came together and connected and supported each other. They took the opportunities out of the devastation. 

We are seeing this now with Covid. Humanity pivoted.

I saw a video of families quarantined in a rustic city of Italy. They were isolated, lonely, scared and hurting. They took the opportunity, opened their windows and sang together during a very lonely and scary time. This brought them peace and connection during a very tumultuous time. 

This is the beauty of our humanity, we have choice.
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    By Laurel Elders, PCC

    IICT Founder / Senior Faculty

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