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POWERful Coaching for Powerful Results

Creating Coaching Competency

Karla Reiss, The Change Place Education Consultant

Certified Empowerment Coach

©2006 The Change Place

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~ T.S. Eliot

"You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born ..."

~ Rainer Marie Rilke


This session includes: Theory to Practice Professional Coaching Core

Competencies Coaching Basics Essential Coaching Skills part 1 Coaching Skills Practice


Moving from Theory to Practice

• You have established a theoretical base for coaching.

• You know coaching is all about creating deep and lasting change for: – An individual – An organization

• But How?


International Coach Federation

Professional Coaching Core Competencies

• Define what a coach knows how to do • Define how a coach interacts with a coachee • Sets standards for coaches everywhere • Assures the public that coaches have core skills • Maintain ethics • 11 Competencies + sub-competencies • Let’s get started!


International Coach Federation Professional Coaching Core Competencies

Sets the Foundation • Meets Ethical Guidelines and Professional

Standards • Establishes a Coaching Agreement Co-creates the Relationship • Establishes Trust and Intimacy • Develops Coaching Presence



Communicates Effectively • Active Listening • Powerful Questioning • Direct Communication Facilitates Learning and Results • Creates Awareness • Designs Actions • Planning & Goal Setting • Manages Progress & Accountability



• Each module will include a conversation about ICF Professional Coaching Core Competencies

• A school or district might consider or

compare their current coaching training with them.

• To prepare great coaches, attempt to include

them in training.


Discussion

• Review the ICF Professional Coaching Core Competencies. Did you know they exist? What did you learn?

• Take 3 minutes to reflect.

Discuss with a colleague or jot down your thoughts in your journal.


Establishing a Coaching Relationship

• Coach-Coachee relationship is a special partnership designed to create extraordinary results. – The coach – The coachee – The collaboration between both – Each is invested in the outcome

• Together you create more • Successful beginning is crucial



• Developing Trust – Critical first step! – Maintain confidentiality always! – Keep your word – Be sincere – Be on time – With trust, coachees will be comfortable

opening up to a coach.



• Communicating Roles – What are the coach’s responsibilities? – What are the coachee’s responsibilities? – Assure coachee understands what to

expect – Define coaching vs mentoring vs other

roles



• Define your boundaries – What areas are OK for coaching? – What areas are not OK? – Ask permission to coach on sensitive

areas. – Often, in time, coachees will open up

about personal issues.



• Determine readiness – Is the coachee willing to be coached? – Does the coachee know what to expect? – Have the coach and coachee established a

personal rapport? • Establish schedule

– Time & length of sessions – Place – Seek a quiet, private place


Coachee Readiness

Use this checklist to assess if the coachee is ready, or where you need to focus before starting to coach.

The potential coachee: Is excited to work with a coach Wants to grow in their professional life Is open to new ideas Is ready to take steps or risks


Coachee Readiness

Can visualize a preferred future for themselves, their school, district or university

Has a positive attitude Wants to become more competent than they

already are Is willing to think beyond their own mindset


Coachee Readiness

Is able to reach decisions through collaboration Is already successful and seeking more Wants to learn something new Wants to make a bigger difference in their

district, university, organization or have a larger impact on the world.


Coachee Readiness

Has ideas and goals and is ready to move forward.

May need help focusing their attention May need some inspiration Needs someone to rein them in


Birds-Eye View of a Coaching Relationship

Before coaching Coachee has: Thoughts Experiences Beliefs Fears Knowledge Skill Dreams

Coach & Coachee

Working together:

Discovery process

Inspires “can do”

Viewpoints expand

Goals & actions begin

Determine personal values

After coaching, the Coachee has:

New beliefs

New points of view

New thoughts

More confidence

The Outcome: New Results! ©2006 The Change Place

Realistic Expectations

• For how long should coaching take place? – Plan for 3-6 months or longer – Can vary depending on readiness and goals

• How long will it take to reach a goal? – Depends on coachee sticking with a plan – Set target dates in the beginning

• How long should coaching sessions be? – 30-60 minutes is most common – Can be longer if job-shadowing is included – Can be as little as 10 minutes


Phases of a Coaching Relationship Start Moving! • What Happens:

– Coach & coachee get to know one another – Trust and rapport developes – Identify and explore current challenges – Goals for coaching are discussed – Coach is deeply listening – Assessments may be used, if appropriate

• How Coachees May Feel: – Uncertain or enthusiastic – Curious


Phases of a Coaching Relationship Keep Moving! What Happens: • Specific goals are established • Coachees are in action toward their goals • Obstacles are seen as opportunities • Coachees are on a roll! • A solid foundation of trust is present • Coach supports through discomfort How Coachees May Feel: • Exhilarated or exhausted • Anxious and uncomfortable • May want to slow down or stop


Phases of a Coaching Relationship Renewal!

What Happens: • Initials goals have been met • New, way bigger goals are often set • Coachees have new attitudes, beliefs and outlook

How Coachees May Feel: Unstoppable Like a whole new person!


Creating Coaching Competency • There are dozens of coaching skills!

– In this course, we will focus on the most essential ones to begin coaching.

• There are numerous tools and techniques. – They will included in various modules.

• Expect a minimum of 30-60 hours of guided training and practice to feel competent. – There is more to coaching than many people guess. – This course is a beginning! – Take it slow and go easy on yourself!


Essential Coaching Skills Part 1 Learning to be a Great Coach

• Reframing – Help coachee see situations with new eyes, to

see from a different perspective – Shift from negative to positive – Consider new possibilities

Sounds Like: – What’s another way of looking at that? – How can that work for you?


Essential Coaching Skills Learning to be a Great Coach

• Acknowledging – Lets coachee know they have been heard – You can paraphrase or mirror their comments – You are just stating what is

Sounds Like: – I hear you’re working so hard at that, but not getting

the result you want. – I can hear your frustration.


Coaching Skill Practice

• Review the two coaching skills in the previous slides. Think of a scenario or professional challenge you have. In your group, find a partner. One become the coach, one the coachee.

• Conduct a brief coaching conversation using your new skills.

What was the result? What was different? How did it feel as coach or coachee?



• Powerful Questions – Coaches ask lots of questions! – Help coachee think – Challenge their assumptions – Help coachee go deep inside – Uncover doubts, fears, beliefs – Open-ended – Begin with “how” “why” “what” Sounds Like: – What’s stopping you? – What can you learn from that?



• Forwards Action – Coach is action and results oriented – Every time you’re coaching, new actions toward

goals are identified – During coaching, help coachee consider new

actions – Encourage them to do more, more often – Hold the coachee accountable to do them Sounds Like: - When can you call that parent this week? - How willing are you to try that before next session?


Coaching Skill Practice

• Review the two coaching skills in the previous slides. Think of a scenario or professional challenge you have. In your group, find a partner. One become the coach, one the coachee.

• Conduct a brief coaching conversation using your new skills.

What was the result? What was different? How did it feel as coach or coachee?


Summary

• Establishing trust early is necessary for success.

• Clarify when and where coaching will take place.

• There are professional standards and competencies for coaching.

• Expect the coachee to move through phases during the coaching relationship.

• There are dozens of coaching skills coaches need to learn.


It's kind of fun to do the impossible. ~ Walt Disney

You have brains in your head, You have feet in your shoes, You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

~ Dr. Seuss


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