Isn’t curiosity a wonderful thing? The more I’ve become comfortable with just being curious, the more I’ve learned. But then the more I’ve learned, the more there to be curious about. It’s a never ending cycle. Curiosity is essential to good coaching. And it’s been essential to me as I’ve explored the foundations, principals, practices, theories and processes of Coaching for Change.
My journey into the coaching profession began with general curiosity about the coaching profession. I had several encounters with executive coaches in a short window of time. Who were these people? How did they become coaches? And why would someone use a coach? As I was intersecting with these coaches, my company announced a merger. Now my curiosity was increased by a sense of uncertainty. Would I have a job after the merger? Should I start preparing for a transition career? What was my exit plan should the worst happen? Could this coaching gig be something that might make sense for me?
I sit back now, more than two years later, amazed at the different point of view I have of coaching. Through reading and lecture, by discussing and interviewing, from research and
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In the first semester, I kept the laminated card with the process close by for every coaching session both with my client and my peers. Early on, I needed this aid to identify where I was in the process and where I needed to take the conversation. But just as with questioning, by the second semester I had gained confidence and could quickly recognize where I was in the process and how I needed to navigate to a good conclusion. Processes and structure are comforting to me in my work and my daily life. The Coaching for Change process was a natural fit for me and will be the foundation for my future coaching
This constitutes the single largest barrier to successful coaching. Common barriers to
Gray Collins also focuses on how to evaluate coaching potential. The evaluation form is mending to help potential coach to make a decision on the possible success of a coaching relationship. A coac...
Flaherty, J. (2011). Coaching: Evoking excellence in others (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
...o know me as a person, to understand me and know there was more to me than just sports. The caring element to credible coaching is by far, in my opinion, the most important aspect of credible coaching. We all grow old and phase out of our sports, but relationships last forever.
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
A coach is the initial leader and face of a team. He should work on creating an atmosphere of pride for the team and area they’re representing and teach each player the importance of attitude, confidence, character, knowledge, goal setting, and be able to tie these qualities into life as they represent the team off the field as well. It is important to bond with players, but continue to have an obviously present line that should not be crossed under no circumstances.
There are three main styles are coaching. These are: autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire. According to Lyle (2002) the autocratic style can be characterised by the primacy of the decisions taken by the coach, a dominating and direct approach to IP-behaviour, the transmission of knowledge is one way, the coach determines the rules and rewards and there is a rigidity and a lack of personal empathy. Essentially what this all means is a coach is there to do their job of facilitating athlete learning, they have the power and set the rules and there is no interest in interacting on a personal level.
Cicero suggested that curiosity was an essential joy for learning and understanding while St. Augustine defined it as a futile hunger for knowledge (Lowenstein, 1994). During the 1960’s, after the field of psychology was launched so was contemporary research on curiosity. D.E Berlyne was an important founder of the concept and study on “exploratory behavior.” He proposed that curiosity is our need to obtain new information and a physical understanding of the world, which increases our likelihood to explore the things around us (Litman & Spielberger, 2003). Jordan Litman (2005) stated that absorbing more knowledge is satisfying because we hope to dismiss feelings of ignorance and doubt instead of additionally fueling our curiosity (Litman,
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.
"Not all those who wonder are lost." Is a quote by J.R.R. Tolkien, and this quote emphasizes that questioning isn't a bad thing. Curiosity is an important factor in the development of a human mind. When someone is interested in a topic they do their research to further improve their knowledge on what they already know. But in the article "The case for curiosity" it states otherwise. Susan Engel the writer states that "Given that curiosity has such a positive impact on learning, you might assume that teachers are doing everything they can to encourage it. But that's not the case." The reason I bring this is up is because kids aren't interested in these redundant topics. In order for students to be curious they need to be creative. The lack of
Coaching has evolved over centuries and can be identified back to ancient Greece when the philosopher Socrates used questions to encourage people to find their own answers. This proved successful in people making life changing decisions. The late Sir John Whitmore confirms this approach when he discusses how Socrates philosophy is part of the substance of coaching and will be around for a very long time (Whitmore, 1992).
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.
Curiosity is an important and powerful trait. It keeps your mind active because curious people are always asking questions and search for the answers in their minds. It opens your mind up to new ideas. When you are curious about something, your mind can anticipate new ideas that relate to it. It takes curiosity to discover a new world of possibilities. With a curious mind, there will always be new things that attract your attention. Pandora in Theogony by Hesiod shows us why being curious can be very dangerous. Although it may seem being curious is such a great and healthy trait because it helps keep your mind active, there can also be a downside to it.
In today’s society being a coach can be extremely complicated especially compared to earlier years. Coaching requires not only many technical and personal skills but also has to include positive psychology that will affect all athletes regardless of gender, age, and race. After reading various articles this leads me to the question, what is a coach? How do coaches differ from one another? In addition are we forgetting the importance of not only coaching but the sports psychology aspect of coaching overall? Regardless of what you may have read or heard I believe not only do all coaches have their own coaching style but every coaching technique and style is different. Coaching styles and positive psychology are two techniques that can provide