Become A Life Coach » 32 Guru Coaching Tips. Www.what-is-coaching.com/support-files/becomingalifecoach.pdf. Www.what-is-coaching.com/support-files/as_a_man_thinketh.pdf. ICF Coaching Core Competencies. If you're planning on working as a coach, you should know that there is no global governing body regulating coaching as a profession.
That being said, the International Coaching Federation (ICF for short) is probably the closest organization dedicated to advancing coaching worldwide. It provides a general framework, as a set of eleven core competencies, that coaches should master. The WHAT Coaching Model. This Is Really The Most Important Question You Can Ask.
Here's Why. by Jean-Paul Cortes What is really behind behavior? More importantly, how can you help your clients change their behavior? Well, by finding out what may be driving HOW they do things. Perhaps you've heard that one of the surest ways of gaining insight into someone's personality, behaviors or limiting beliefs is by asking them questions. I'm also sure that if your clients are like most people, you're likely to draw blanks more times than not. It makes much more sense to focus on a specific question, I'll tell you why in a second. Let me ask you a question first, when you're asked to answer why, how does it make you feel? If I'm right, do you want to know why you feel that way? When someone asks us why we did something it normally brings up a funny reaction in us humans.
What ends up happening is that we tend to cling to our views, blocking our ability to see other perspectives and perhaps limiting our growth. Coaching Models - STEPPPA. STEPPA stands for: SubjectTarget IdentificationEmotionPerception and ChoicePlanPaceAdapt or Act We'll go over the individual steps in a minute, but first so you can better understand what this model is all about we need to go over something.
The underlying principle behind this model is working with your emotions. According to this model, behaviors are driven by emotion which means that action is motivated by the emotional commitment that people have to achieve a goal. Keeping this in mind, we can go over each of the building blocks of this model: Subject. SUCCESS Coaching Model. By Jean-Paul Cortes The SUCCESS coaching model is another valuable tool within a larger strategic approach of helping your clients achieve their goals.
As many other coaching models, the word success is an acronym that stands for: S: Session PlanningU: Uplifting ExperiencesC: Charting Your CourseC: Creating OpportunitiesE: Expectations and CommitmentsS: SynergyS: Summary Let's break each component part to see how they all fit into a whole coaching model: Session Planning The majority of clients that you'll coach, don't really know what to work on. This step, completed prior to sessions, will give structure to what would otherwise be a disorganized process. Here are some ideas for things you can ask clients to consider in their "planner": - What actions will they commit to? - What challenges did they face since the previous session?
- What will be the focus for the next session? The GROW Coaching Model. By Jean-Paul Cortes Do you want to get things done?
Of course, we all do. And we all know that we all struggle at times at this task. So here's a coaching model that you can use with your clients to provide them with structure and a process for helping them achieve results. G.R.O.W is actually an acronym that stands for: Goals Reality Options Will As a coach you're using this framework to help your clients discover new ways of solving problems. It consists of the following four steps: Goals: breaking things up, your way to mastery We all recognize the importance of having goals.
Coaching Models - Motivational Interviewing. By Jean-Paul Cortes In context, as a model for eliciting change it is useful as a coaching approach and so, should be in your coaching toolbox.
What is motivational interviewing? MI is a style of counseling for changing behavior. It helps people explore and resolve internal ambivalence, and find the best possible solution to a problem. Like coaching, it's goal driven and focused on bringing about change. What are the main aspects of MI? Motivational interviewing is non-judgmental, non-confrontational and non-adversarial approach. As a coach, you role is to bring about change from your client, and not impose your own view on how you believe change should be. Your client's task is to identify and to resolve whatever ambivalence might be hindering change. Proponents of motivational interviewing believe that verbal persuasion is not an effective method for resolving internal conflict. The role of a coach is to help examine and resolve ambivalence, frequently the principal obstacle to change. Coaching Model and Methodology. By Jean-Paul Cortes Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.Alice: I don't much care where.The Cat: Then it doesn't much matter which way you go.Alice: ...so long as I get somewhere.The Cat: Oh, you're sure to do that, if only you walk long enough. From Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland.