{"id":5127,"date":"2014-07-14T06:03:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T06:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=5127"},"modified":"2022-09-18T17:38:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T17:38:30","slug":"the-coach-is-a-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/the-coach-is-a-student\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coach is a Student"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>An Illustration: One error in a teacher\u2019s thinking is the idea that they<\/em><\/strong> are the teacher.\u00a0 Some of you might be thinking to yourself, \u201cStrange sentence. If they are not the teacher, who are they? And, more importantly, who then is the teacher?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Fair questions all.<\/p>\n

Good teachers think of themselves as both a teacher and also a student.\u00a0 Good thing too, because the role of a teacher, if not symbiotic, is ineffective at best.\u00a0 It is important that teachers continuously learn about their audience and learn from their audience because therein lies the fuel for effectiveness in any growth environment. \u00a0Professional coaching is the same.\u00a0 As professional coaches<\/a> it behooves us to think of ourselves as \u201cThe Coach\u201d and it is important to balance that thought with the awareness that we are also students of our coachees.<\/p>\n

As students of our coachees, we learn about their strengths and weaknesses, their internal currency, their barriers – everything that makes up the sum of their whole. \u00a0We also have the privilege of learning new ideas for creating change.\u00a0 It is also important (and most likely inevitable) that we learn a lot about ourselves, and how we present in the company of different individuals or groups.\u00a0 This is great news because the more we learn about ourselves the better coaches we become.\u00a0 Learning what is behind concerns, what makes us feel fulfilled, what fosters in us the ability to be present in the moment with our coachees, and\/or what might be a barrier to it \u2013 the list goes on.\u00a0 This awareness is as critical to a coach\u2019s talent as a formal education because otherwise, the best formal training will stagnate.\u00a0 Coaches and their coachees benefit from a continual openness to learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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