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Common issues dealt with in executive coaching involve those necessary in order to reach desired outcomes in key areas of business and entrepreneurship including: *Generating possibilities *Making choices *Setting expectations (self/other) *Communicating clearly *Managing time *Learning from past mistakes *Solving problems *Improving working relationships *Managing up/down *Balancing personal and professional life Another rapidly developing area of coaching is that of life coaching. Life coaching involves helping people to reach personal goals, which may be largely independent from professional or organizational objectives. Similar to transitional coaching, life coaching involves helping people deal effectively with a variety of performance issues which may face them as they move from
In summary, coaching and modeling must address several levels of factors: •Environmental factors determine the external opportunities or constraints which individuals and organizations must recognize and react to. They involve considering where and when success occurs. •Behavioral factors are the specific action steps taken in order to reach success. They involve what, specifically, must be done or accomplished in order to succeed. •Capabilities relate to the mental maps, plans or strategies that lead to success. They direct how actions are selected and monitored. •Beliefs and values provide the reinforcement that supports or inhibits particular capabilities and actions. They relate to why a particular path is taken and the deeper motivations which drive people to act or persevere. •Identity factors relate to people’s sense of their role or mission. These factors are a function of who a person or group perceives themselves to be. •“Spiritual” factors relate to people’s view of the larger system of which they are a part. These factors involve for whom or for what a particular action step or path has been taken (the purpose).
Guiding and Caretaking Guiding and caretaking have to do with providing support with respect to the environment in which change takes place.
Mentors help to shape or influence a person’s beliefs and values in a positive way by “resonating” with, releasing, or unveiling that person’s inner wisdom,
According to anthropologist and communication theorist Gregory Bateson, the ability to find analogies is a function of abductive thinking, which he contrasted with inductive and deductive thinking processes. Bateson argued that abductive or analogical thinking leads to more creativity, and was the source of art and genius. Bateson believed that analogies lead us to focus on the deeper structure of our experience, rather than on superficial differences.
Making analogies between very different types of contexts (e.g., skiing and working in an office) can create new areas of “perceptual space.” For example, you might find that, although skiing is something one does by oneself and an office context has lots of other people, there still might be a kind of a metaphorical or analogical relevance between skiing and working in an office.
Intervision has much to do with the influence of the way we represent and conceptualize our problems, ideas and outcomes. One of the goals of this intervision process is to apply visual and symbolic thinking strategies to help map out solutions. A powerful form of co-creativity arises out of the fact that people have different maps of the world. The way that somebody else represents a particular individual’s problems or outcomes can automatically help to enrich that person’s own perception of the situation. In the words of Albert Einstein, “Our thinking creates problems that the same type of thinking cannot solve.” Getting new maps is a very powerful way of finding new solutions.
“If I had already reached my desired state, I would be relaxed and comfortable in front of people right now.”
4.The desired state must preserve any positive by-products of the present state. The positive by-products of seemingly negative behaviors are best illustrated in what are referred to as habits (smoking, overeating, heavy drinking, etc.) Many smokers, for instance, smoke to calm themselves down when they are nervous. A surprising number of smokers smoke to remind themselves, and compel themselves, to breathe deeply. If a smoker quits, and no substitute or alternative has been installed by which the smoker may relax and remember to breathe deeply, he or she will experience a great amount of difficulty and discomfort.
Some indicators that your inner game is in order and that you are in “the zone” are: •A feeling of confidence and the absence of anxiety and self-doubt •No fear of failure or self-consciousness about achieving your goals •A focus on performing beautifully and excellently •Performance comes without effort and without having to think about it
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From Coach to Awakener by Robert Brian Dilts presents key insights from the Taoism tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
Core Themes:
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.
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