| 11. What does coaching ask of an individual? |
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To be successful, coaching asks certain things of the individual, all of which begin with intention…. * Focus—on one’s self, the tough questions, the hard truths--and one’s success * Observation—the behaviors and communications of others * Listening—to one’s intuition, assumptions, judgments, and to the way one sounds when one speaks * Self discipline—to challenge existing attitudes, beliefs and behaviors and to develop new ones which serve one’s goals in a superior way * Style—leveraging personal strengths and overcoming limitations in order to develop a winning style * Decisive actions—however uncomfortable, and in spite of personal insecurities, in order to reach for the extraordinary * Compassion—for one’s self as he or she experiments with new behaviors, experiences setbacks—and for others as they do the same * Humor—committing to not take one’s self so seriously, using humor to lighten and brighten any situation * Personal control—maintaining composure in the face of disappointment and unmet expectations, avoiding emotional reactivity * Courage—to reach for more than before, to shift out of being fear based in to being in abundance as a core strategy for success, to engage in continual self examination, to overcome internal and external obstacles |
