Sunday, February 17, 2013

Feedbacks - Coaching cession #2 - Ladder of inference


The past coaching cession went well. First of all we did it in person and not on Skype which, in my mind, was easier because we were not experiencing any technical problem.

We were all very attentive and listening to the coachee. In my opinion the questions that the coaches asked were meaningful. I felt we tried to ask questions which could make the coachee realize that he forgot to see the problem from a different angle. For instance, Abhinav made me think about the fact that my reaction regarding my boss wasn’t only related to anger or disappointment. Indeed, he made me realize that it could have been related to the stressful environment I was working in.

Moreover, I have the feeling that I was listening in order to understand. Indeed, I wasn’t trying to listen in order to find questions but I was interested in the stories my teammates were telling. After my coachee story (Ingrid) I had to take a few seconds in order to find relevant questions because I hadn’t done it while she was speaking. I really liked doing that and I’ll try to do it next time too.

I also liked the fact that we had to tell a personal experience and not our opinion about something. It was helpful and made us personally involved in the coaching process. Moreover, I really felt it made my peers very involved in the way they were listening to the other member. It is always harder to tell personal experiences because we have to involve our emotions, especially for conflict related situations…

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