Take Charge of Your Life!
A Group Coaching Experience
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach [email protected]
What is Coaching?
What does the word
“coaching” mean to you?
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
What is Coaching?
Coaching Is: A partnership between coach
and coachee.
A process for the coachee to discover what’s best for him or
her.
A forward-looking, positively focused way to explore
options and opportunities.
Coaching Is Not:
A method to get an expert’s advice on what to do. • (That’s “consulting.”)
Observing and learning from a seasoned professional. • (That’s “mentoring.”)
A way to apply a quick fix. • (That’s usually not effective.)
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
“Consulting brings expertise to the coachee, coaching brings expertise out of the coachee.”
Did You Know…
� Anyone can call him/herself a “coach”. � There is no license or certification required.
� Many who say they are coaches have little or no formal coach training.
� Many coaching programs are just a few hours long.
� Being an effective coach takes years of practice. � Great coaches are trained to L-I-S-T-E-N � Great coaches are trained to understand that the
coachee has the answers – the coach supports discovery, awareness and action.
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
RACE to Find A Great Coach!
Great Coach!
Relationship • Assess your “fit” with
the coach’s style
Accolades • References, Referrals,
Recommendations
Credentials • What qualifies this
person to serve as a coach? (Look especially for coach-specific training. It makes a difference!)
Experience • Many of the best
coaches have professional and/or life experience in their areas of specialty.
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
Basic Coaching Ethics • Avoid misuse of influence • Recognize personal issues • Respect different approaches
Professional Conduct
• Communicate role and boundaries • Construct clear agreements • Avoid involvement • Refer as appropriate
Conduct with Coachees
• Full disclosure to coachee • Avoid personal benefit Conflicts of Interest
• “Las Vegas” (what happens in coaching stays in coaching)
• Obtain agreement before sharing any information
Confidentiality and Privacy
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
How Does Coaching Work?
Dialogue Trust Honesty Deep Hearing
Powerful Inquiry,
Observa-tion and
Comment
Core Issue Identifica-tion and
Ownership
Action and
Account-ability
Sustained Change
And Transfor-mation
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Accountability
Partnership
Powerful Questions: The Core of Great Coaching
� Examples of Great Questions � What would you do if you
knew you couldn’t fail? � What’s holding you back? � What does the ideal
situation look like? � What changes are within
your power? � What are you willing to give
up? � Which of the options you
identified would work best for you?
� Examples of Not So Great Questions � Why don’t you try this? � My cousin had the exact
same thing happen, do you want to know how he fixed it?
� What happened in your past to cause this problem?
� Why are you having such trouble with <insert issue>?
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
Word Power � What comes to mind when you hear….
� Challenge � Organized � Crazy � Special
Do your answers change based on way the word was said? Great coaches are able to let go of assumptions about the meaning of words. They probe to understand what the word means to the coachee.
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
Are You Ready for Coaching?
• Do you have a genuine interest in self-improvement? Willing and open?
• Are you willing to invest the time to be coached and to follow through?
Time to invest in yourself?
• Coaching looks forward, not back. Coaching transforms in a positive way.
Confident and positive?
• Coaching is goal focused. Start with a goal that is easy to understand and feasible to attain. (Your coach can help you create or refine it.)
Have an achievable goal?
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
Our Coaching Agreement Values *
1. Participate fully
2. Communicate your needs
3. If your needs are not being met, say so
4. Respect and support others � Help them clarify their
needs; exchange information to meet their needs.
Ground Rules *
1. Start/end on time
2. Confidentiality
3. Manage your time � Be succinct
4. All opinions are honored
� No “wrong” opinions
5. Respectful disagreement is OK
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
* Developed by Authenticity Consulting, LLC for “Facilitating Coaching Groups”
Your Turn! � Roles:
� Coach
� Coachee � Timekeeper
� Observer � Observer - participants
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
For More Information Further Reading
Lillian J. LeBlanc, PCC
Professional Certified Coach
Contact Me:
Benefits of Using a Coach: International Coach Federation
Before You Hire a Coach: International Coach Federation
Lillian J. LeBlanc, Professional Certified Coach
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