In a
general aspect the conversation went well. We all listened to each other and we
really tied to understand each other point of view about coaching. We tried to
focus on the five key processes we exposed during the first class. I think we
all listened well to each other and tried to ask questions. The three other
aspects were harder to put in practice: mirroring, catalyzing and summarizing.
It is a hard exercise to listen well and, at the same time, to think about all
those other aspects. I think that these abilities will be developed through
experience and involvement in that exercise.
What I
noticed is when the coachee was speaking, usually the coach wasn’t saying
anything (I wasn’t talking either when I was a coach) but little “ok”
sometimes. When the coachee was over with his presentation, then the coach was
asking questions. So, to me, during the coachee presentation it was hard to see
the difference between the coach and the observer. I would like to have pieces
of advice about what to say when one is in the coach role who is listening to
his coachee.
Later on I
would love exercises with more spontaneity. Indeed, we all had prepared our
“speech” about coaching days before the Skype interview, so to me it was more
like a presentation and not a real exchange between a coachee who is
spontaneous and a listening coach.
Overall I’m
very satisfied with the exercise which I find very interesting and different
from other classes. I’m very satisfied with my team members too, we all
considered the exercise as something serious and we all tried to be constructive
and really get into it.
One more
thing, we faced technical problems with Skype so we had to restart the call at
least 4 times and we didn’t have any video working. Personally I really missed
the visual contact.
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