REALIST Coach

 ... Communicating Effectively Domain, Competency 7. Evokes Awareness Introduction The second of the two competencies concerned with the effective communication of the coach is Evokes Awareness. The competency and job analysis process identified and analyzed certain “ kernels ” that emerged as highly effective characteristics in the coaching process. These included: •         The client being open to change or learning. •         The coach listens to the client. •         The coach utilizes appropriate coaching methods and approaches to cause the client to shift. Competency 7: Evokes Awareness Definition: Facilitates client insight and learning by using tools and techniques such as powerful questioning, silence, metaphor, or analogy. 1.       Considers client experience when deciding what might be most useful. 2.       Challenges the client as a way to evoke awareness or insight. 3.       Asks questions about the client, such as their way of thinking, valu

  Cultivating Learning and Growth Domain, Competency 8: Facilitates Client Growth   Introduction This fi nal competency sits under the domain of Cultivating Learning and Growth and epitomizes the overarching function and purpose of the coaching process. The speci fi c use of the words learning, and growth immediately tells us that coaching is not just about solving a problem, working on an issue, reaching a goal, or addressing a challenge. It is about much more than that. On one level, it is about using the coaching process to work with what the client brings into the session in order to establish speci fi c, positive, and forward-moving outcomes. On another level, coaching focuses on how the client can nurture and fully leverage their experience of addressing their topic in a way that maximizes their personal and professional potential in a much broader sense. In this way, coaching most de fi nitely has a micro and macro level of focus in many ways (see Table 13.1 ). This comp