“Coaching
helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how
that compares to where you would like to be.”
-Elaine MacDonald
Recently,
I participated in an exercise in which I was paired up with one other person
and was instructed to talk about something that I was going through in my life
at the time. The other person was “the
Coach”. His responsibility was to help me
work through the situation that I was currently dealing with. He was given a list of questions to use a
guide if he wanted to. After about 10 minutes, we swapped
positions. I was now the coach helping
him work through something in his life.
One of
the greatest challenges we discovered was the listening aspect of the exercise. As a coach you are looking for every clue
possible to help the other person in their attempt to move forward through this
obstacle. The listening required
complete attentiveness as well as exercising compassion and empathy. It was a challenge, but a learned
lesson.
By the
end of the exercise we found that we were both shocked at how we came to reach
a conclusion as to what step to take next in these circumstances. It proves just how important and effective
taking a coaching role in someone’s life can actually be.
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