Coaching, an introduction.
Why coaching? What is coaching? What are the benefits of coaching? What does a coach?
An illustrated vision of Alexander Crépin
Coaching explained, an exploration by Alexander Crepin, coach
1. Coaching
=
investing in your future
an introduction
By
Alexander Crépin
challenging coach for result
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2. we live in a
“Raplex global village”
Rapid & Complex
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10. Don’t ask what the new
era could offer to you!
Ask yourself what you
will be going to do?
Watching or
Participating?
the new reality
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12. “If you don’t know where you are going any road will take you there”
Yogi Berra
13. What & where is
my home base?
How to get
this done?
What to do?
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14. Wake up!
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and
over again and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein
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15. Take a Time out
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25. Coaching
helping, leading & enabling people
professionally and/or personally
to determine a direction &
getting them into action
to plan & achieve their goals
take people from where they ARE to where they can GO
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26. Coaching
Getting a realistic self image
own position, qualities & role
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27. coaching:
guiding & providing materials & motivation
to get on the move & explore the new
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28. working from a long term perspective
Help to make a choice & a decision and you help today
Teach to become decisive and you help for the rest of life
Sustainable Coaching
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29. make a choice for coaching =
working to become
more effective,
by
professional &
personal
development
by the input of the coach
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30. Learn to take accountability for your
own future
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33. Learn to learn
learn to be your own teacher
self reflection
The ability to learn faster than your “competitors” may be your only sustainable comparative advantage
Learn to analyze and improve your own performance
34. Learn to make time for reflection with
trusted friends
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35. Learn to make periodically time for
personal reflection
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36. See different
Think different
Act different
Act more
effectively
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." A.Einstein
Learn to
38. Coaching
Success factor 2
- a real (work)situation
- a clear challenge / problem
-desired results / effects are clear
- a contract / agreement about goals
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43. options personal coaching
1- live coaching
2- e-coaching
3- telephone coaching
4- combination of these 3
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45. success
A = Start
B = Growth
C = Maturity
D = Down hill
E = Change or …. time
Where are you
in A, B, C, D or E
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46. Change happens!
Coaching makes change an ally for your
success, instead of a stumbling block to
momentum
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47. Coaching’s levels of learning…
Incremental improvement
- new skills, practices, doing things better
Re-shaping patterns of thinking
-revising frames of reference, how one
sees the world and assumptions about the
way things work
Transformation
- a fundamental shift in how one sees
oneself professionally & personally
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48. Intake
Coaching starts with an intake
ca 1 to 1,5 hour
the aim is :
1 - Exploring getting to know each other a
bit better
2 - Getting a shared view on the Coaching
question
3 - Formulation of the desired result of the
coaching
4 - Go or No Go
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49. Getting on the move
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50. •See context individually & organizationally
•Problems clear, what is it about?
•Assessment, zero measure
•Actual situation, ist, is starting point
•Agreement on coaching goals
•Actions planning & starting
•Dilemma’s & thresholds recognizing & over winning
•Evaluate learning points & results
SPAAAADE
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67. Evaluation
How are things going?
What is your progress?
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68. What does a coach do? (1)
• Providing structure, marking out, focus
• Promoting & guiding self reflection, start understanding
• Helping to get better understanding of personal/professional position
• Assist to understand and articulate what you want from life & career
• Analyzing and providing a better view on patterns
• Making aware of incongruence between thoughts, emotions & actions
• Helps finding out what obstacles prevent you from reaching full potential
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69. What does a coach do? (2)
• Challenges, ensures setting realistic goals, also for the coaching period
• Helping identifying multiple and realistic career & development options
• Encourages & guides exploration of new attitudes & behavior
• Guides or directs towards new territories & new opportunities
• Asking & listening, story telling, motivating
• Sound boarding, reflecting, confronting, exploring, feedback
• Abstract, summarize, recapitulate, evaluates progress
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71. listening & questioning
A coach asks powerful questions that
provoke insight, discovery and action
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72. Questions are one of the most powerful methods for gaining real
insight and understanding into your life! Great questions
• enable people to get a better view & understanding of their situation
• cause to focus and to stretch
• open doors in the mind and get people to think more deeply, create deep reflection
• challenge taken-for-granted assumptions that prevent people from acting in new ways
• Generate creativity, courage and strength
• contain the keys that open the door to great solutions, lead to breakthrough thinking
• open ended & unbiased show respect for the view of others
• generate positive and powerful action
Some benefits of great questions
73. Better understanding by questioning
What is your idea about this situation?
What will your boss/partner/colleague answer?
How does the situation affect you?
Which effect does the situation have on the people involved?
What would you like to happen?
What is holding you back to get this done?
Does this happen more often?
What happens than?
What does this mean?
How would you do if the threshold wouldn’t be there?
How can I help, what do you expect me to do?
How could your boss be of help?
Which steps would you like to make and why?
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75. There are no quick fixes!
But there is plenty you can do!
76. • Problem / problems become clear and are tackled
• Talent development
• Improve employability, broaden career horizon
• Improve individual & collective performance
• Improve cooperation & working relationships
• Improve organization’s effectiveness & efficiency
• Better motivated employees, (re)discover performance drivers
• Time for management, less people problems
Organizational gains
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77. Coaching empowers people to lead more
successful and fulfilled lives
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78. POSITIVE EFFECTS OF COACHING
Coaching
advantages
Communicating
more efficiently
More personal
insight in pitfalls
Learn taking
responsibility
Growing
self consciousness
Growing
self confidence
More initiative
tackling problems
Setting priorities
focus
More balanced
live
More personal insight
strong & weak points
Time management
improvement
Improving
assertiveness
More creativity
thinking in opportunities
More flexibility
more adaptability
From critic
to feedback
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79. Looking for a challenging
trustworthy
positive
Sparring Partner
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