on Fri, 12/12/2014 - 12:42 by James Dillon (not verified)
Interesting column, Brian. Certainly one of the fundamental questions a coach needs to keep challenging him or herself about... By and large, we need to discipline ourselves about keeping our mouth shut when the client is thinking something through.What about this... when coaching clients are just beginning to think about how they are going to do a new initiative, and there's a short exchange that bounces back and forth, with ideas being brainstormed by both parties? Then there will be silence while the client reflects, during which the coach needs to hold off, since the client is weighing options. Whatever gets said next is going to be important, useful... and his or her play. I also wonder if a coach intervening goes through cycles from one session to the next. What our client needs from us in one session in this regard may be quite different in the next.Best regards from rainy Paris, James Dillon
Brian's article about advice-giving
Interesting column, Brian. Certainly one of the fundamental questions a coach needs to keep challenging him or herself about... By and large, we need to discipline ourselves about keeping our mouth shut when the client is thinking something through.What about this... when coaching clients are just beginning to think about how they are going to do a new initiative, and there's a short exchange that bounces back and forth, with ideas being brainstormed by both parties? Then there will be silence while the client reflects, during which the coach needs to hold off, since the client is weighing options. Whatever gets said next is going to be important, useful... and his or her play. I also wonder if a coach intervening goes through cycles from one session to the next. What our client needs from us in one session in this regard may be quite different in the next.Best regards from rainy Paris, James Dillon