The ICA Coaching Process #2

The second class in this course was held on Wednesday, March 28, 2007. We started the class talking about what we have learned. It was brought up that there is a phase process to coaching. There are patterns that will happen in coaching relationships. Again the “Quitting Phase” was brought up and how important it is to keep the vision and keep focused on the goal. It was brought up that sometimes the client will take the coach in a new direction and what should we do with this in coaching. I feel like it is ok to coach on the new area but then try to revisit the old goal and bring them back to the other incase they are avoiding that issue. It was also brought up that we need to trust our instincts…if we feel like we are being pulled away from the goal we can address that.

This was a continual theme throughout the class. It seems that maybe this ‘getting away’ from what was originally being coached is somewhat ‘normal’, if you want to call it that. We as coaches need to have tools that bring the coaching back to the main goal and what surrounds that. Sometimes dealing with some immediate pressing things is necessary to help the client get back to their goal.