{"id":5381,"date":"2014-12-10T06:03:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T06:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=5381"},"modified":"2022-09-09T14:15:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:15:48","slug":"significant-learning-in-coach-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/significant-learning-in-coach-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant Learning in Coach Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-08-27-19.24.30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-08-27-19.24.30.jpg\" alt=\"Significant_Learning_in_Coach_Training\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-08-27-19.24.30.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-08-27-19.24.30-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-08-27-19.24.30-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coach training<\/a> it is often a discussion of what a coach is NOT that starts the most important paradigm shift from helping by solving the problem to helping by empowering.\u00a0 A coach is NOT a mental health professional and a coach is NOT an advisor.\u00a0 Instead, a coach is a strategic partner.<\/p>\n<p>Explore an analogy: Consider (for example) parenting. Some parents manage every aspect of a child&#8217;s life for as long as possible.\u00a0 Other parents start working toward independence at a younger age.\u00a0 Ultimately the child will become an independent adult.\u00a0 What are the pros and cons of starting the transition sooner instead of later?<\/p>\n<p>Cons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The child will make mistakes.<\/li>\n<li>It can be risky.<\/li>\n<li>The parent wants to be fully engaged.<\/li>\n<li>Time efficiency in the moment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pros<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children learn by making mistakes.<\/li>\n<li>The relationship is stronger when children learn independence and thereby earn respect.<\/li>\n<li>Children become more effective decision makers as adults because of the practice.<\/li>\n<li>In the long term, it becomes a time efficiency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apply these thoughts to coaching.\u00a0 When the coach truly empowers the client, asking questions to which the coach has no idea of the answer, then the client gains confidence, buys in to the plan, follows through, and creates meaningful change.<\/p>\n<p>An effective coach learns to listen completely, rephrase and reflect what the client says, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-questions\/\">ask short, simple, open questions<\/a> to give the client the space to be their own best expert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In coach training it is often a discussion of what a coach is NOT that starts the most important paradigm shift from helping by solving &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[70,77,48,45,50,55,81,49,80,88,102,84,115,117,103,82,107],"class_list":["post-5381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-code-of-ethics","tag-core-competency","tag-effective-coaching","tag-goal-setting","tag-goals","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-life-coaching-certification","tag-opportunities","tag-roi","tag-strategy","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5381","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=5381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10411,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5381\/revisions\/10411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}