Co-Active Coaching

Brainstorming is generative, so look for ways to build on ideas, not just take turns adding one more idea to the pile.

Exercises 1. Curiosity Spend thirty minutes in a coffee shop being curious about everyone in the place. Without actually talking to anyone at first, release your curiosity and pose the following questions to yourself: I wonder where they are out of balance in their lives. I wonder what they value. I wonder what they are missing in their lives, what

We believe that coaching is chiefly about discovery, awareness, and choice. It is a way of effectively empowering people to find their own answers, encouraging and supporting them on the path as they continue to make important choices.

with, a combination of perspectives, or even an entirely new perspective that came out of the exploration.

In co-active coaching, we say that a second outcome, which is complementary and just as important as action, is learning.

MANAGER: So, what would a different perspective be? Direct Report: Well, it could be summer vacation. You know, school’s out, no more teachers, no more books. MANAGER: Good. What’s the theme in this perspective?

The accomplishment is a message about who the coachee can be. There is a shift from the satisfaction of “ahh” to the breakthrough awareness of “aha”—a new strength, a renewed capacity—like finding muscles they didn’t know they had or had forgotten they had.

Odd as it may sound, blurting is actually a skill worth developing.

What is your vision? Who are you becoming? What is present when life is most alive for you?