Leadership Coaching -- The Coaching Flow

Coaching would be much more straightforward and uncomplicated if one could simply memorize and follow a prescribed series of steps in a pre-established sequence to achieve a specific set of results. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. The coaching process is more improvised than scripted, more spontaneous than structured. And, there simply aren't seven steps to become a great coach.

Instead, the coaching process flows through three phases, namely Discovery, Creation and Commitment, which the Leader Coach must navigate as the Talent takes on the often rough and unpredictable waters of personal and professional change. Because these phases are distinct, they are often misinterpreted as a static, linear model for undertaking dangerous conversations. Rather, the coaching flow is, as a client of mine once described it, "an unguided pilgrimage to my best and scariest furture."

Over the next few weeks, I'll be taking a closer look at Discovery, Creation and Commitment. In the meantime, for more information on high performance coaching, download our coaching e-book here.