The Coaching Manual, 4th Edition

Chapter 10

Consolidate your learning

Confine yourself to the present.

Marcus Aurelius

Key points of learning

Collaborative coaching is an effective, respectful approach

Collaborative coaching is effective because of the underlying principles that support it, namely:

• The relationship is based on equality, which encourages openness and trust. The coach does not claim to have all the answers and the coachee feels their contribution is valuable.
• The coachee appreciates being really listened to and the effort the coach makes to understand them.
• Coaching conversations have a clear emphasis on enquiry, and the coach works to facilitate the coachee’s understanding of their situation in order to increase awareness and surface insight or clarity.
• Solutions ...