{"id":9220,"date":"2021-08-02T09:03:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T09:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=9220"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:27:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T09:27:54","slug":"the-paradigm-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/the-paradigm-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paradigm Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"

In coach training<\/a>, many of the people in the program come with education and experience \u2013 a very impressive group each time!\u00a0 The paradigm in which they have functioned throughout their career is to be the expert and be the \u201cgo to\u201d person who knows what to do and how to do it. \"The<\/p>\n

At the start of the class, we discuss being a SME, Subject Matter Expert, or being a PE, Process Expert.\u00a0 Ironically, when a client hires a coach the top two considerations, according to the Harvard Business Review, are experience in a similar setting and a model or process.\u00a0 The interesting nuance is that experience in a similar setting is less about expertise and more about understanding.\u00a0 At the same time, according to ICF<\/a> research, the number one indicator of success in a coaching relationship is the rapport between the coach and the client.<\/p>\n

For a coach, there is a responsibility to be a process expert.\u00a0 This involves learning the coaching competencies, ethics, and the process for coaching conversations.<\/p>\n

Being a SME is a pro\/con question.\u00a0 On the pro side, the coach understands the client\u2019s circumstances.\u00a0 When applied correctly, the expertise informs coaching questions.\u00a0 On the con side, SME may mean the coach falls into the trap of being an advisor, consultant, guru, or mentor which is on the unethical side of coaching.\u00a0 If a coach is not a subject matter expert, they stay in the place of being open and curious.\u00a0 If a coach is a subject matter expert, they must work to keep their ideas and opinions out of the way and only use their knowledge to ask truly open questions to the client finds their own solutions.<\/p>\n

The paradigm shift is away from thinking it helps to give answers to a place of realizing that it is more helpful to partner with others, so they find their own answers.<\/p>\n

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