Coach
Gavin Sorey
I have been leading and coaching within organizations for nearly 20 years, including creating and providing Leadership and Team Development as well as Organizational Development. I am a SHRM-SCP professional and have completed the Leadership Coaching Certificate program at the University of San Diego.
COACHING
What is Coaching?
CLARITY
Coaching provides a space of safety for opportunities and possibilities to come into view. This can provide clarity on where to focus on growth.
OWNERSHIP
Clarity on where to focus on growth will provide insight into exactly where ownership is required, and by whom, for growth to be made possible.
DIRECTION
With clarity and ownership of what is and what can be coaching can provide direction for the path forward of growth and transformation.
What does a Coach do?
A coach is a partner to help actualize potential that enters the partnership as an equal. The fundamental element of coaching is the belief that the client is capable and equipped to take on the challenge of growth. The coach helps bring this potential to the forefront.
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A coach will create an open space to understand, challenge, explore, and consider what is and what could be. A coach does not tell or instruct. They are a partner to guide.
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At Flawed Leader, we Coach based on the Core Competencies as defined by the International Coaching Federation.
Exploration
Explore goals and why they matter
A Coach will partner to explore what the client would like to achieve. This happens as part of the arc of sessions and within each session. This exploration allows us to define clarity about the subject at hand. Further exploration will help define why the goal is important and exactly what the intended outcome is from the group of sessions and within each session.
Safety
Create a safe space to explore
The effectiveness of coaching and within each individual session relies on the Coach creating a safe space for the client to bring their whole sleves into the space. The more vulnerable, open, and honest a client is, the more effect a Coach can be in supporting awareness and going deeper to take on the hard work of growth.
Presence
In it with you
A Coach is not just a facilitator, but is with you by your side. They'll sense into the whole person. The Coach will be present to the needs of the Client. The Coach does not choose the path of the session or sessions, they are there to help guide the client down the path of their choice.
Listening
Hearing to take it deeper
Listening is about what is being said, but more importantly, what is not being said. A Coach will sense into the totality of the space. They will pay attention to verbal and non-verbal cues, as well as guide connection from previous sessions as it's relevant to the moment. This deep listening will allow for greater support and insight together.
Awareness
Brining into focus
Through a session or series of sessions, a Coach will help bring to light observations, challenge ways of thinking, explore narratives and their relevance. The Coach will ask questions as a means to provide reflection on how the Client engages in the situation and with the world around them. This awareness will help the Client have a broader understanding of their role in their growth.
Growth
Making it all tangible
Through the partnership, a Coach will work with the Client to help them understand the observations and awareness they're receiving from the process. This will include inviting the Client to explore what they've learned about the situation, themselves, what they plan to carry forward, how they'll carry it forward, and what they may need to be accountable.
What is required of the Client?
An openness and willingness to bring your whole self into the growth process is required. A Coach can only help support a Client to the extent that the Client is willing to put in the work.
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A Client that is willing to put their whole selves into the growth process will have the space to explore and evolve into their path forward.
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You are capable of great change with the right mindset and support.
CONTACT
Grow. Together.
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Consultation
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Compatability
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Schedule sessions
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First session
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Growth!