18. What’s coaching?
Not advising or mentoring
Not diagnostic
Coachee owns the agenda
Coachee has the answers
Photo by Seth Anderson [link]
19. Guiding our own growth & development
Not a solitary experience, but self-directed
Coaching partners are essential
You’ll have 2 in this course
& self-coaching?
Photo by Seth Anderson [link]
24. Joyful learning
Yerkes-Dodson Law (Harvard, 1908)
Arousal improves performance up to a point
Some stress increases learning
Too much stress diminishes learning
38. Modes of inquiry
1. Pure inquiry
Begin with receptivity
Avoid presumptive questions
Adapted from Edgar Schein [link]
39. Modes of inquiry
1. Pure inquiry
2. Diagnostic inquiry
Focus & redirect
Feelings, motives, actions
Adapted from Edgar Schein [link]
40. Modes of inquiry
1. Pure inquiry
2. Diagnostic inquiry
3. Confrontational inquiry
Introduce new ideas & hypotheses
Substitute the coach’s narrative
Adapted from Edgar Schein [link]
41. Modes of inquiry
1. Pure inquiry
2. Diagnostic inquiry
3. Confrontational inquiry
We tend to move too quickly
Critical to check our assumptions
Adapted from Edgar Schein [link]
60. Course logistics
Photo by Glyn Lowe [link]
Everything’s on Canvas
Syllabus = Home page & PDF
All readings = PDFs or websites
Assignments = Left menu & bottom of Syllabus