This week my coach challenged me: “Thierry, you just said ‘maybe’ three times.”
“Did I? Wow… Maybe I need to commit!”
“You just said it again!”
I was dumbfounded. And something clicked.
First, I had just had a major insight about a personal issue I was discussing with my coach.
Second, only a day earlier this coach had shown up without any coaching experience. And yet here he was, coaching me like a pro – after just two days of hands-on learning at a client-centred leadership programme.
Good coaching and leadership isn’t rocket science. It’s about slowing down and tuning in. This week we had a group of 11 senior leaders who were used to a fast-paced and directive way of working. Within a day they saw a different way. And the next day they experienced the results.
So did I !!
Being a good ‘client’ is an important skill. We can’t develop our craft as coaches and leaders unless we are open to learning with and from others. To be effective, we must be willing to be coached and led by others.
This is why we coach each other on these leadership programmes – we don’t teach anything. It’s about inspiring and supporting each other’s learning through mutual vulnerability.
Client-centred programmes are based on experiential learning and key concepts from humanistic psychology. It’s called ‘client-centred’ because we enable the client to do their own learning. No slides, no BS, just learning by doing – together.
This is what makes it so powerful. For everyone involved.
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