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The What-IS-Coaching Model

Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.
Alice: I don't much care where.
The Cat: Then it doesn't much matter which way you go.
Alice: ...so long as I get somewhere.
The Cat: Oh, you're sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.

From Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland

What Is A Coaching Model?

Using a coaching model is a little bit like using a map and compass when you're going hiking, it helps you get to where you are going. And, like Alice, if you don't know where you are going then it doesn't much matter which road you take. Just don't complain when you get to that somewhere and it doesn't quite agree with you.

Why You Need A Coaching Model

The gap between where you are now and where you want to be, is where you will use a coaching model. In other words, it acts as a frame of reference when you're going from point A to point B.

How It Works

So you have a clearer picture of how you can use a coaching model to get results, imagine that you're going hiking and on this trip you're using three things as a frame of reference.

A Map

The Territory

There Are Many Types of Maps

If you've ever seen a map, you realize that there are many types of maps used for different purposes. For your purposes, when you create a map what you're doing is defining your unique vision of where you want to go, starting where you are at this moment. You are laying down the groundwork and crafting a strategy to get to where X marks the spot.

Mountains and Valleys

Once you've gotten clear on the map, it's time to take a look at the territory.

What are the possible obstacles that can get in the way?

What forces are at work that keep you going in circles?

Is there a better way to get to where you're going?

It's All Up To You

If you're like most people, you face several challenges that have you stuck. You may be undergoing a change process in your business; on a personal level, you feel lost and don't know exactly what you want; you may be having problems in your family structure that's pulling it apart at the seams.

At this point, you're pretty much telling yourself to give up and then you stick your head in the sand, hoping that things will change even when you're convinced that they're not.

And that's the problem. What you're telling yourself is what is getting in the way, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy where we believe that we can't change the way things are.

Well guess what? Things can and do change, every day and for many people. Most problems can be solved, what you need to do is act and think differently.

The Difference Between Strategy and Tactics

A tactic is a technique used to achieve a short-term gain. A strategy is a carefully designed plan to achieve a long-term goal. In a coaching model, you will be integrating and applying different tactics with the long-term strategy in mind.

What is the bottom line?

In order to achieve lasting change, you will need to take the strategic approach.

The What-IS-Coaching Model

Firstly, you need to take a bold step in how you think about yourself. Simply put, you do have the strength to make a difference.

Once you consciously realize this, you can begin.

The What – IS – Coaching Model was designed specifically to achieve change by getting to the root of why people change in the first place.

The model teaches you to apply a set of strategies and tactics that will help you answer the two questions that open the door to lasting change.

Is it worth it?
Do you have the ability to do it?

By deliberately applying these techniques to behaviors, current and desired, and by receiving coaching to accelerate the process even further, you will make change inevitable.

Are you ready for coaching? You may be interested in our Life Awareness Coaching Program.

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