Coaching Agreement & Coaching Presence How they impact coaching effectiveness April 24, 2015 Janet M. Harvey, MCC CEO & Director of Training ICF Global Past President ICF Foundation Board of Trustees Chair Let Go & Let Come Present with each other What, before we begin, is in your awareness as a bias about our subject today? Write it down for yourself What do you want to achieve from todays hour together? Write now in the Chat Pod 2 ICF Definitions What is Coaching & Coaching Relationship Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought- provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential A Professional Coaching Relationship exists when coaching includes a business agreement or contract that defines the responsibilities of each party 3 Distinguishing Coaching Consulting & Mentoring Expert Role CoachingConsultingMentoring Client is held as the expert who has the answers Consultant is the expert who provides answers and direction Mentor is the expert who provides wisdom guidance and answers Client is responsible for his/her own learning choices and results Consultant is often perceived as responsible for results Mentor may include advising, counseling and training Emphasis is on balance between process and actions Emphasis is on problem definition and strategy, structure and method for solution Emphasis is on support for taking action 4 Distinguishing Coaching Therapy Restores Wholeness CoachingTherapy Focuses on clients growth and forward movement in the present and future Initial focus is often on underlying issues from the past Helps people achieve personal and professional goals and to maximize potential Diagnoses symptoms, illness, disease Helps people understand their behavior Facilitates learning, growth and transformation Professional expertise and guidelines that facilitate a path to healing Asks What and How questions to stimulate client imagination and creativity Looks for root cause of behavior (e.g. family of origin history), asking Why 5 Ways of Perceiving All Matter ~ What Serves When in Coaching 6 Internal Focused Field Global Coaching Agreements TOMS Elements to Probe Fully 7 Topic declared as the territory, landscape, context, relevant situation, person, place or thing Outcome declared as the desired result a client achieves either through the session exploration or as a result of new behaviors and actions chosen to implement after the session Meaningful Underlying Issues declared as the obstacles preventing progress toward a desired outcome and worthy of exploration in the session to choose a new relationship, behavior and/or action Success Measures declared as the evidence of progress toward an outcome and the recognized experience of achieving what is desired Perceiving Styles of a Coach Definitions & Scope 8 Facilitator is always running in the background and supports managing the coaching process Clarifier is a foundational resource for establishing the coaching agreement or agenda so that client accountability is fully established Reflector opens the way for the coach to ask more aligned, effective questions that invite client insight below the surface of what is known Pathfinder generates options and choices so clients can feel creative, resourceful and free Gold Miner accesses client Essence, unleashing personal power and freedom Perceiving Styles of a Coach Learn to Distinguish 9 Pathfinder ICF Core Coaching Competencies 10 Completion Today Anchor Learning What new awareness emerged today for you that you will use right away with clients? 11