The simple two step coaching process that I just followed
Over the years I have learned many coaching models and have tried to integrate them all using fluid intelligence; meaning, I pick and choose whichever one is most suitable in a given situation without getting into a session with a pre-determined model. But of them all, the model that has had the most profound effect on me is the one I learnt from Michael Neil. Michael says that there are only two steps to coaching: Show up Respond to what comes up Now this may appear overly simplistic to some but there is profound depth in this. While I cannot detail out here the depth in these two steps, especially the first one, let me for the time being illustrate with what happened just now. I was assigned to coach a gentleman who was once a successful entrepreneur but then lost it all. Since then he was struggling to get going again but in his own words didn't seem to have reached his goal yet. We built quite a good rapport in our first call and then he shared with me the li...