Coaching for Action: A Report on Long-term Advising in a Program Context

Creating the Process Advisor

Now that CCL had created a baseline understanding of the seven competencies necessary for the development process, it proceeded to consider a name and a definition for the role that was necessary to play within the LeaderLab program as participants were guided and helped through their program endeavors.

Naming and Defining the Process Advisor

Given what we knew about developmental action learning, we felt that the word process—defined as a natural phenomenon marked by gradual changes that lead toward a particular result—was at the core of programs like LeaderLab that emphasize development or training programs for future action. We wanted the role to be a blend of advocate, partisan, and adherent. And the best word ...