According to Hicks and McCracken (2009), the coaching process assists a person to think through and self-discover what action that person needs to take, and although a coach might point out possible answers. The key is to facilitate a coachee’s self-discovery. In addition, Griffiths and Campbell (2009) stated that the coaching process is goal-oriented. However, problem analysis is not a part of the coaching process. Instead, it involves helping person to find one’s own path forward. Thus, one way is to make the person identifies goals that one wants to move towards (Hicks & McCracken, 2010).
Bivens (1996) stated that a coachee needs to have a correct picture of one’s own current reality before setting one’s goals. This is because a person only generates productive solutions for action if one knows where one truly is in relation to one’s goals. Furthermore, it is discussed that a person’s mental model usually determines one’s perception of current reality. According to Bivens (1996), one’s mental model is usually developed by opinions and images of the past that a person carries in one’s mind, and subtly distorts what one sees. In essence, a person tends to based beliefs and principles on one’s mental model, and therefore, acts accordingly (Bivens,
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For example, it is discussed that a coachee’s commitment to a goal might be increased when one’s goal attainment leads to a favorable reward. Nevertheless, the coachee needs to expect that one is able to eventually achieve the goal, but if this expectation is missing, the reward by itself usually does not inspire one’s commitment to the specific goal. In essence, a person does not pursue a reward, no matter how valuable, unless one believes that one’s effort will pay off (Hunt & Weintraub,
Stoltzfus (2005) says “coaching is based on internal motivation” (p. 115). It is said that the coach can come up with the greatest ideas on how to better a client, but until the client motivates themselves to change then presenting ideas is a complete waste of time. In my past coaching experiences I have set goals for my clients in hopes that they will buy-in and change. This methods according to Stoltzfus is a waste of the coach’s time.
This constitutes the single largest barrier to successful coaching. Common barriers to
My coaching philosophy will come from many experiences I’ve had over the years with different coaches. I’ve played on many different teams and was able to observe many different personalities in coaches. So I know what I like and what I do not like in a coach. I am blessed to have been around so many coaches, because after college I will want to coach for a living. The best part of me wanting to be a coach is that I’ve been in the player’s position, so I will understand more than others.
John Wooden, Vince Lombardi and Bill Walsh all have similar styles of coaching and philosophies. Each coach has had thier fair amount of championships and awards. None of them would have reached these goals without imputting their teachings and philosophies to their teams. One was a coach of a high division college, that has a history of winning. On the other hand two are well respected and known coaches in the football world.
The author shows how coaching differs from counseling. To start with, Collins supposes that counseling focuses on negative psychology that includes dealing with conflicts, spiritual struggles, and emotional matters like depression, while coaching focuses on improving team-building and performance, career growth and finding fulfillment (2009). According Collins, counseling fixes what is wrong, while coaching enables individuals to reach their goals. Coaching is centered on the present and future likelihood, getting unstuck and attaining the set goals, while counseling is centered on causes of the problems that are as a result of the past, and attaining healing and stability.
Coaching is a very complex and demanding profession. It requires many technical and personal skills (Chamber, D., 1997). All coaches have their own style of teaching. There is no right or wrong method of coaching. Nevertheless, the coach’s philosophy determines his or her coaching aims and objectives, while having a huge influence on the athletes and it’s surrounding environment.
Lennard (2010) reminds us that the models merely provide an outline, a structure, and a direction. She also emphasizes the models are used to facilitate a method of exploration which is extremely important for client self-awareness and continual development. Coaching is centered on unlocking a person’s potential to maximize his or her own performance. Focusing on improving performance and developing skills is essential for an effective coaching outcome (Fielden, 2005). The use of a model can lead to greater insight and understanding by simplifying and clarifying this process.
I chose the Cognitive Behavioral Coaching method because it deals with the mind which has always fascinated me. Cognitive approaches are most appropriate when the coach can identify errors in thinking by the client. Stober and Grant (2006) indicates deeply ingrained mental models or schema can hinder new insight and be inadequate for a dynamic business environment. This is the reason for the importance as coaches to assist the coachee in recognizing and understanding self-defeating thoughts influencing their behavior and hindering their
Coaching is not an easy task and figuring out the best way to lead and guide employees can be overwhelming and challenging. Alex is now in a position where she has to be a motivator, leader, and a coach to several employees. She needs to understand the concept of coaching and the behaviors that go along with her coaching style. The concept of coaching helps develop and grow employees to achieve performance improvement, but it also helps the managers see how the employees embrace their job tasks and asses their results in comparison to the overall mission of the company (Bawany, 2015). Therefore, Alex needs to look back at her previous managers and determine what qualities and behaviors they possessed in order to improve her performance. Also, she must look at what personality traits James has and look at his previous managers to see which manager coached James to perform the best while working for the company.
Starr, J. (2008) Coaching Manual: The Definitive Guide to the Process, Principles and Skills of Personal Coaching. (2nd edition) Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.
A proper coaching philosophy contains principles which improve character development, teach step by step tactical and technical skills, form proper progressive physical training regimens, and carefully utilize team management to handle and control problems with administrative issues. A coach with a sound philosophy should mold a team with strong cohesion, and he should treat players not only as teammates, but as family and friends who are encouraged to develop communication and lifelong learning of skills through positive support and role modeling from the coach (Mergelsberg, 14-15). The philosophy should also contain written documents of implemented strategies and techniques, so that the coach will know what to improve upon season by season
The coach has to act and support the client’s decision. Because my coaching peer was an experienced professional coach, I learned where I was hitting the mark and where I needed improvement. The experience in this assignment was enriching because it was actionable as I was actually able to demonstrate coaching and discover areas where I was strong and internalize and reflect on those areas, after personal critique, where I needed improvement. This assignment further contributed to the importance of cultural understanding pockets we have in the United States as well as my continued and personal growth as a global leader in
“People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. One may have learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.” As a child he always looked at being able to play or coach a sport at the professional level. For the reason of me just loving the game of Basketball. Also i know it will make an impact on lives because people look up to you and the money in make will give back to communities and change lives around you. The career of a Professional Coach is a challenging and fun career,because of the level of competition and it’s a dream job. The research will describe the career of
I wanted to start telling the story of our experience by sharing the feelings I brought into this exercise. A few years ago I underwent an experience of coaching through several sessions that left me this taste in the mouth that the coaching as a tool to develop others is not very effective. I have not taken the time to deeply analyze what went wrong but in general if I had to choose to do it again I think I would choose another methodology to foster change. Its objective in general is to assist in building behavioral skills, but in my opinion to really look for a long lasting change you need to give a deeper understanding to the lack of a certain skills, strongly reflect on the variables linked to it as could be the emotions, values and motivations that conduce you towards a behavior different that that one desired. Personally, I enjoy seeking information that allows me to jump beyond the facts, and staying on the behavioral side of the reality limits my passion for inspiration and insight.
Coaching, however challenging, is a great way to influence the lives of others while also building their character. For as long as there have been sports, there have been people teaching the sport to the players and making them better at it. Coaches must have certain qualities in order to obtain success. One must also look at a coach’s motivation for his job, his passion for what he does, his methods for coaching, and how he became a coach in order to fully understand him. There are many questions someone may want to ask a coach about his profession if they are interested in coaching. Some questions would include: Why did he choose this as a profession? How did he get into coaching? What does one have to do to get a job as a coach? How does a coach become successful? I aim to answer all of these questions and more in my paper.