...since I last posted.
I've been doing a lot of offline reading, as well as having my first coaching session which will form part of my assessment.
I won't go into all the things I've learned here. But I will summarise three things that I've started to understand over the last 3 months.
1) Coaching is effective.
I won't lie; I've had my doubts, but it does work. One of my cohort had a 10 minute piece of coaching on our second module, over whether to do a surprise birthday for her husband. She sent round an email this week to say had just done the party, and she was obviously delighted. She said she couldn't have done it without the coaching, and I believe her.
2) Coaching is simple
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying coaching is easy. It's incredibly difficult. But when it's done well it feels very simple. It's not simple learning how to be a great coach, but I honestly think that good coaching should be simple coaching.
3) Coaching is rewarding
Motivations for getting in to coaching vary. I'm not sure that mine was initially as altruisitc as it could or should have been. However, the reward from helping people helping themselves is real and powerful.
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