A condensed set of slides from an introductory discussion on my new course, The Art of Self-Coaching, which I'll teach for the first time at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in Spring 2015.

1. The art of
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self-coaching
Ed Batista
Spring 2015

2. Questions?
Who am I?
Coaching/self-coaching
Course concepts
Class sessions
Workload & grading
Final thoughts
Agenda
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3. Questions?
I’ll answer as we go
Interrupt me at any time

4. Who am I?
Instructor
LeadLabs & Leadership Fellows
Touchy Feely
Class of 2000
Executive coach & HBR contributor
www.edbatista.com

5. Why coaching
matters to me…
Started as a client
Changed my view of leadership
Impact on my students & clients

6. Why self-coaching
does, too
1%
6 to 16 months
Help my students & clients help themselves

7. Coaching
Not advising or mentoring
Not diagnostic
Coachee owns the agenda
Coachee has the answers
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8. Guiding our own growth & development
Not a solitary experience, but self-directed
Coaching partners are essential
This course will be highly interactive
Self-coaching
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Where are we
Change
Emotion
Happiness
Resilience
Vulnerability
Unhappiness
Success
going?

10. How will we
Work closely with 2 partners
Professional & Personal
Small group discussions
Substantial reading
Short lectures
get there?
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Course concepts

12. Class 1
Beginnings
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13. Class 1
Learning community & basic coaching skills
Christopher Peterson on positive psychology
Edgar Schein on coaching
My work on coaching, group safety &
Judy Willis & David Rock
Beginnings

14. Class 2
Change
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15. Class 2
Kurt Lewin & Edgar Schein on change
Angela Duckworth on grit
Maria Popova on Carol Dweck & mindset
My work on change & goal-setting
Change

16. Class 3
Emotion
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17. Class 3
Emotion
Richard Davidson on emotional style
Daniel Siegel on emotion regulation

18. Class 4
Happiness
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19. Class 4
Happiness
Sonja Lyubomirsky on happiness strategies
Christopher Peterson on values & strengths

20. Class 5
Resilience
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21. Class 5
Resilience
Karen Reivich & Andrew Shatté on RQ
Linda Graham on resilience & neuroscience

22. Class 6
Vulnerability
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23. Class 6
Vulnerability
Brené Brown on vulnerability, empathy & shame

24. Class 7
Unhappiness
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25. Class 7
Unhappiness
Oliver Burkeman on stoicism & Buddhism
Pema Chödrön on failure & acceptance
David Foster Wallace on life & work

26. Class 8
Success
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27. Class 8
Success
Sonja Lyubomirsky on happiness myths
Peter Drucker on self-management

28. Class 9
Endings
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29. Class 9
Endings
William Bridges on transitions
Christopher Peterson on the good life

30. Class sessions
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31. Class sessions
Check-in with Partner #1
Short lecture
Small group discussion
Coaching conversation
Check out with Partner #2
Preview of next class

32. Workload
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33. Workload
Show up (Mandatory attendance)
Show up prepared (Intensive discussions)
Substantial reading
8 weekly assignments
Final paper

34. Grading
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35. Grading
Attendance 30%
Weekly assignments 40%
Final paper 30%
Pass/fail allowed
3.45 mean GPA

36. Final thoughts
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37. Act
Reflect
Conceptualize
Apply
What will I do
the next time?
What do these results imply?
What conclusions can I draw?
What happened?
What resulted
from my actions?
Experiential
learning

38. Act
Reflect
Conceptualize
Apply
What will I do
the next time?
What do these results imply?
What conclusions can I draw?
What happened?
What resulted
from my actions?
Experiential
learning

39. Why enroll?
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40. Why enroll?
A course all about you
Focused on your development
Practice coaching & being coached
A bridge to the real world

41. Why NOT enroll?
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42. Why not enroll?
10am is too early on Fridays
Only First Years do the reading
Tired of all this California hippy shit
Waiting to be told The Answer

43. Thank you!
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www.edbatista.com