{"id":11483,"date":"2023-04-13T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T11:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=11483"},"modified":"2023-03-15T20:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T20:11:50","slug":"unacknowledged-influencers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/unacknowledged-influencers\/","title":{"rendered":"Unacknowledged Influencers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each time we make a decision, there are multiple considerations involved.\u00a0 These include other people, time, money, logistics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/resources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resources<\/a>, emotions, biases, energy, physical wellness, and more.\u00a0 Sometimes these considerations are voiced and other times they are simply underlying reasons.\u00a0 Sometimes a decision is imposed and sometimes we make it because of urgency before considering the importance or relevance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11484\" style=\"width: 825px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13-Apr-Unacknowledged-Influencers-.png\" alt=\"A diagram with words that are found in the blog, along with cutouts of 2 heads facing each other.\" width=\"825\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13-Apr-Unacknowledged-Influencers-.png 825w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13-Apr-Unacknowledged-Influencers--300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13-Apr-Unacknowledged-Influencers--768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13-Apr-Unacknowledged-Influencers--100x60.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unacknowledged Influencers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decision making can be approached in different ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prioritize Fast versus Slow \u2013 when the circumstances are familiar, quick decisions can be an easy default. Some simply prefer quick decision-making because they are fast paced.\u00a0 When the decision is about something new, it may involve more time to consider the different angles.\u00a0 Some simply prefer to have time to ensure it is the right decision.\u00a0 Decide whether you want to make this decision quickly or give it time.<\/li>\n<li>Short-term versus Long-term \u2013 sometimes the approach to a decision involves considering the short-term versus the long-term benefits and impact. This can be done by talking or journaling.<\/li>\n<li>Risk versus Reward \u2013 some decisions are based on avoiding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/responsible-risk-taking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">risk<\/a> or alternatively taking the risk because of the potential reward. List both the risks and the rewards to consider for this decision.<\/li>\n<li>Determine the importance of time for Information-gathering versus Opportunity Costs \u2013 some decisions invite time gathering information while others are expedited so as to take advantage of the opportunities. Figure out whether gathering information is more important or deciding in time to take advantage of an opportunity.<\/li>\n<li>List the Pros and Cons. This age-old process is best done on paper where you physically list the pros and cons of each choice, sometimes assign a value to each item on the list and review the lists to make the decision.<\/li>\n<li>Describe the Best, Worst, and Most Likely possible outcome. This process helps move past being stuck to fully considering outcomes and in turn making a choice.<\/li>\n<li>Describe each decision as if it has been made. By talking through the action plan for each decision as if that is the decision, it becomes clear which decision works.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above examples fail bring in all the influencing factors \u2013 additional reasons behind making a specific decision.\u00a0 Have you ever heard about a decision someone made and been surprised or wondered why they made the decision?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When coaching clients, how aware are the client and the coach about these influencers?\u00a0 How important is exploring the influencing factors?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coach training<\/a>, coaches learn about an opening session when starting a coaching relationship.\u00a0 This session includes a big-picture exploration of what the client wants in all areas of their life.\u00a0 It can highlight competing priorities and influencing factors.\u00a0 The opening session and session two are foundational for developing rapport and the coach understanding the client and their context.\u00a0 This increase coach efficacy for listening deeply and noticing when something else is at play.\u00a0 Developing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/building-rapport-in-coaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rapport<\/a> also means the coach can ask probing questions that invite the client to consider their influencers.\u00a0 When the client considers their influencing factors, they are more fully supported in making their decisions in a way that best serves them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each time we make a decision, there are multiple considerations involved.\u00a0 These include other people, time, money, logistics, resources, emotions, biases, energy, physical wellness, and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[470,471,16,40],"tags":[2216,48,85,2214,735,1634,426,2217,2218,356,2213,2215],"class_list":["post-11483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-resources","category-coaching-skills","category-coaching-stories","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-avoiding-risk","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-considerations","tag-emotions","tag-influencers","tag-information","tag-opportunity-costs","tag-rappor","tag-resources","tag-unacknowledged-influencers","tag-voiced","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11485,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11483\/revisions\/11485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}