Coaching Gems – collection of quotes about coaching from people attending training sessions that we have run, and possible source of topics for further discussion.
- Connecting people with their inner wisdom, (before they are 85!)
- An intuitive response to the crisis we are having in our ways of learning & knowing
- Cultural creatives – challenging the traditional ways of knowing & learning.
- Main learning is happening outside the education system
- Language creates distinctions which causes us to see the world in a different way.
- We are hooked into 1 way of explaining things, coaching supports us to see other perspectives
- The organisation as a whole organism.
- The whole is present in the smallest part.
- If we don’t open ourselves to be surprised we close ourself to life.
- Be comfortable with not knowing.
- The most powerful questions have no answers – they are guiding lights.
- We have created difficulties to learn. – emotions & body are part of learning.
- We get to know stuff (conceptual learning), but not what to do.
- King, Warrior, Magician, Lover – masterful coaches know what’s missing. http://bit.ly/9YALDF
- Align corporate strategy + people strategy to achieve results.
- Insight – Motivation – New skills – Real world practice – Accountability.
- Coaching helping people put training into practice.
- Internal coaches designing & doing follow-up.
- More about the student learning than teaching.
- Teaching is dominated by judgement.
- Have a clear idea of what you want.
- Safety through lack of judgement, embracing what is and seeing possibility-readiness needs the right environment.
- The means of moving needs to be satisfying.
- Pure clear awareness of Current Reality
- CHOICE – keep it with the choice maker
- TRUST is the glue between present + future – when we are being coached
- Learning through doing work