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Frequently
Asked Questions with Answers
I
get asked some questions often enough that I've written up answers and published
them here. I hope you find them useful. If your question is not answered
here, please contact me.
Questions
- What is integral coaching?
- What support does a coach provide?
- What do you mean by "way of being?"
Answers
Question 1: What is integral
coaching?
A: Integral coaching is a powerfully effective way of expanding
self-understanding, nurturing development, and integrating the life
of clients. This has the impact of enabling the client to be more effective
and fulfilled in the aspect of life the coaching is focused on.
For a description and illustration of how coaching works, please read
"An Interview with Steve March"
posted elsewhere on this site.
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Question 2: What support does a coach provide?
A: The coach and the client form a partnership that supports
the client. The coach facilitates the assessment, designs the coaching
program, and supports the client through regular coaching conversations
either face-to-face or by telephone. During the contract period, the
coach tailors the client's coaching program as necessary to better help
the client fulfill the purpose of the program. To effectively do all
of this requires the coach to be grounded, centered, and fully engaged
with the client. In this state, the coach brings forth appropriate knowledge
and wisdom to compassionately respond to what is happening for the client.
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Question 3: What do you mean by "way of
being?"
A: Quoting from "An Interview
with Steve March" posted elsewhere on this site,
We all have a way of being and acting in the
world. We don't act as a result of accepting inputs, thinking, and generating
outputs as computers do. As Heidegger pointed out, we are thrown into
life as if we are falling through time. Even stopping to think about what
we are going to do is acting. At every moment you are acting. It is unavoidable.
"Way of being" is an important concept for understanding coaching.
The intent of coaching as I'm defining it here is not to help you think
better or faster. Sure that may be helpful sometimes, but that isn't very
helpful when you need it most - when you find yourself thrown into a situation
with no time to think. This happens all the time. It is where we find
ourselves most of the time. In these situations, you're actions dependent
entirely on your way of being. The intent of coaching, as I'm defining
it, is to build the capability to be effective in these situations through
developing your way of being. In this way, you are left capable of self-correcting,
self-generating, and excellent performance independent of the coach at
the conclusion of the coaching program.
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