My Coaching Model Assessment 3D Coaching Model

Name: Raghuraman J Date: 11th October 2012 Email: captainraghuram@gmail.com

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My Coaching Model has been developed on the basis of my belief that ,there
lies many dreams deep down in all of us during our life time . There are times, a few dreams virtually shake us in to action and there are times they lie deep in us in a dormant state and perish with us.

The human will and spirit are so powerful that, what can be conceived can be constructed and realized. . Here lies the crux of my Coaching Model which attempts to help clients to awaken their dreams and play it out fully during their life time.

Happy to present the 3 D Model of Coaching:

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Ask Roger Federer as to how did he produce that ace that finished the match and made
him victorious!!! Chances are that you will get a smile back, but not an answer since there is any!! This is because, research indicates that few acts are conceived in the mind and enacted at the right time to be of value to the beholder. Histories of great acts have invariably come about at the back of great dreams, pursued relentlessly by the dreamer, living it every day with a Missionary focus. Living their dreams gives them reasons to exist. My Coaching Model; which I call it the 3 D Model, rests on the idea of Dream as a start point followed by Design and Do as the third step. While Dream or dreaming is a non-rationale and slightly an emotional indulgence of good or bad imageries, the idea of Design calls for a rational thinking behavior. Thus the model attempts to draw both the elements of brain of the client and therefore amenable for tracking and monitoring. Thus the model helps explore all aspects that govern a clients life experiences.

I will be taking my client through these 3 steps during my coaching assignment. Below are a few aspects of each of these steps.

Dream:
In Dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own. - J.K. Rowling

The Process:
In this phase, the client is encouraged to visualize a desired future state using the visualization techniques. He will be introduced to the ideas of reflection, power of silence and basic meditation techniques which will facilitate his dreaming session. Thru the use of Wheel of Life framework, and by encouraging the use of images/pictures/metaphors and role plays the client will be helped to take a helicopter view! He will be asked to record the best moments of his life so far which will be used to figure out his strength or preferred ways with which he connects with the world. Use of any psychometric tools such as MBTI/Strength Finder can supplement the diagnosis. In a way, the tools can also be seen by the client as non-threatening!!
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Since the visualization experience can impact the client positively, as a coach, I shall match his enthusiasm and energy during the dialogues and will suspend my own Judgments while helping him process his dreams. Spotting for opportunities to acknowledge the clients achievements and offering to celebrate such victories is bound to enhance the trust between me and the client. A robust and co-created Coaching Agreement will pave the way for honoring my commitment to the clients time schedule.

Expected outcome:
At the end of this phase, the client would be in a position to see for himself the enormous opportunities that lay in front of him, would have heightened level of awareness of his own patterns of feeling and thinking. In the process of listing his future dreams, we could surface a few unfulfilled or aborted dreams also. Working on these might also provide valuable insights to the clients overall disposition. With more careful deliberations, the client would be in a position to zero on the dreams he wants to work on.
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Design:
The Process:
Design, an important phase, which is also the mid-way of the coaching journey, gives the wings and limbs to the dreams to take off!!! Here, each of the dreams the client has chosen to pursue is analyzed. This analysis is bound to throw up the various possibilities of situations and responses that either support or restrain the client from achieving the dream. This is the space where the clients dependency on the coach is bound to be high. The client may possibly even expect a solution and may be even ready to bequeath the thinking process to the coach!!! Dealing with certain underlying beliefs/ dysfunctional alignments/lack of confidence to stay focused are some of the challenges a coach may be required to deal during this phase.

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Expected outcome:
At the end of the design phase, the client may be in a position to feel the dream in terms of a destination or as a goal. By the quality of deliberations refined by some bold challenges of the clients assumptions, use of rational tool such as brainstorming etc. and also due to the skill of the coach, the client would be in a position to have a clear visibility of the journey he sets himself towards realizing his dreams.

As a coach, being present, effective communication and powerful questioning are some of the competencies that would have come in play to help the client move from the State of dream to the start line of the journey. Effective use of reframing perspectives, analogies, metaphors, role reversals, what if scenarios are the other possible tools a coach can use to bring about the clarity and confidence in the mind of the client to take the first step of the journey.

Do:
The Process:
The last phase of the journey, The Action Phase is the ultimate litmus test of the coaching journey. Having chosen a dream and converted that into a doable approach model, it is important to understand as to what constitutes action!!! Since the dreams are now represented by a goal or an end point, it should become much easier for the client to look ahead at the road with hope and optimism. Desires alone do not lead to destination. It needs a disturbance to the state of equilibrium and set the client in a motion. The client should be helped to figure out for himself the speed of the journey, the route to take, milestones for check back, fall back options and limits of tolerance and trade off. This is the key to the coaching process since the client is the prime mover and ownership for actions should rest on him squarely. This act of taking ownership, call upon the client to demonstrate his level of commitment, conviction to realize the dream and his focus towards the goals.

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An extensive research indicates that only 5 % of the behavior comes out of conscious state and 95% of our behaviors are unconscious (automatic). Also are evidences that suggest that almost 80% of the people, who attempt to change some things in their lives, slip back to their automated behavior within two months of the try.

Viewed from these facts, the client is the most vulnerable only during this point!! This is precisely when the coach can lend significant support to the client in the journey. Actions, albeit called behaviors are the real evidence to know that the client has begun his journey. With the knowledge that the journey may become difficult to start, sustain and complete, the coach should clearly veer the client to take ownership for taking the required actions.

Expected outcome:
Clearly agreeing to an action, creating evidence of an action being done, setting realistic measures to track progress, levels of celebration on aching each milestone, setting up an appropriate review of progress with the client, offering to help in any other way are some of the aspects a coach would need to look in to during this phase. The knowledge of the
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clients strength/weakness obtained during the earlier two phases can be well harnessed by the coach in setting measures of progress.

Conclusion:

In real terms, a consummate coach can leave a sense with the client that may help him to
conceive the journey as well as arriving at the destination as worthy learning that could accrue to him. . The 3 D Coaching Model is designed with this outcome in mind and helps a client to meet his future from the present!!!

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