2009/4/24

Reflection on Peer Coaching - The Session Eleventh

Peer Coaching with Mrs. Faiza Ikeda

April 16, 2009, I had my eleventh peer coaching with my peer coach, Miss Faiza.

Here is the summary from my coach and I would like to share it with you.

My wins for the last week:

~ A much better inner dialog practice with myself

~ Exercise more with jogging 6km, 3km/per time, three times/per week

~ Test my passion game in more detail.

~ Start to get more confidence about my coaching model.

I feel that you have done so much and made a great progress in so many ways since you joined the ICA and I really wish to ACKNOWLEDGE YOU for that!

How does it feel to have learned and accomplished so much in such a short time?
Coaching truly is a transformational process, isn't it?

In our last session we used a process I learned through NLP, it is called Core Issue.
You can find more about it in the book that I can recommend to any coach:
"Coaching with NLP"
http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_ss_fg_eng?__mk_ja_JP=%83J%83%5E%83J%83i&url=search-alias%3Denglish-books&field-keywords=coaching+with+NLP&x=0&y=0

Using this process we explored what spirituality means for you
and you found that you could connect with it much better this way, it felt more realistic now.

We also mentioned a teacher of mine (Bert Hellinger, developer of Family Constellations) and what "enlightened" means to him.
You seem to like his definition. And this relates what Nani Ma says about serving (the paragraph I sent you).

It seems like you are defining what spirituality and enlightenment mean to you - How exciting:)

We are going to start with our 12th session soon, so let's have fun and make this a memorable session ~

your coach Faiza

2009/4/16

Reflection on Peer Coaching - The Session Tenth

Peer Coaching with Mrs. Faiza Ikeda

April 09, 2009, I had my tenth peer coaching with my peer coach, Miss Faiza. Here is the summary from my coach and I would like to share it with you.

Wins for this last week:

~ The biggest win was the creating of my coaching model, draft.
~ Created 9 passion cards and put some of them up (at work and at home, in the car...)
~ Kept my exercise routine - running 3 times a week, 3km each run

We discussed what coaching means to me. Thanks to the Passion Game I felt that I have more clarity now around this. Coaching is one of my skills and it helps me reach what I want in my life.

Besides being a coach, I also want to be a teacher and facilitator (team building for example).


We also looked at the Wheel of Life again and had me grade my levels of satisfaction for each area in this moment. It seems like I have a pretty smooth ride.


After this we did something fun, something new and daring:
Faiza offered me a coaching challenge of having a laser (5 min.) coaching session to coach her.
I went for it

The powerful questions I used as the coach:

~ What was the reason (What made you) you started thinking about working with this partner in the first place?

...
So it originally sounded like a good combination and what you are concerned about is your partner's commitment.

~ Do you have any ways, any criteria to test your partner's commitment?...


What I noticed in this session about your coaching competencies:

- You listened to me deeply and without interrupting

- You asked me good, powerful coaching questions

- You were fully present in our session

- You helped me create awareness

- You helped me design an action

For a list of all coaching competencies go to:

http://www.coachfederation.org/research%2Deducation/icf%2Dcredentials/core%2Dcompetencies/


What I acknowledged myself for in this session:

~ I really enjoyed the laser session
~ I noticed the improvement in my Wheel of Life.
~ I was grateful for the coach using the right pace with me

My homeplay for the next week:

~ keep playing the Passion Game by taking the next step - Have fun with the Markers!

~ think about practicing more coaching

Thank you, my dear coach, Miss Faiza!

Reflection on Peer Coaching - The Session Ninth

Peer Coaching with Mrs. Faiza Ikeda

April 02, 2009, I had my ninth peer coaching with my peer coach, Miss Faiza. Here is the summary from my coach and I would like to share it with you.

My wins:
~ worked on my coaching logo, card and model: the symbol on the card is a crystal vessel (also the name of the blog).

"Crystal"~ stands for transparent, not hiding anything.
"Vessel" ~ represents a container that can contain a lot of water / flow
Chinese ancient philosopher "Lao Tsu" said something like:
Water is the best, it can wash everything, it's flexible, and it can carry a ship...
A leader should be like water (the best is to be like water).

"Vessel" = Coach listens to the client, and is being like water (flexible, can wash everything)
"Crystal" = clear, transparent, and strong
"Crystal Vessel and Sky" = both can be as a symbol of "Dreams" (client's dreams get realized through coaching)

The meaning of my name:
Jen - empathy, kindness, following the power of nature
Yung - courage (People should never give up. Never Say Never!)

We used a process-passion game for selecting my top five passions.
And here is the list of my Top Five Passions:
1. I am helping people to reach their goals and improve life quality
2. I am enjoying an ideal relationship with my family
3. I am having free will and time to do things at the present
4. I am a good teacher, facilitator and coach
5. I am totally free in my body, mind and soul

Acknowledge myself:
~ I can use my coaching skills to help people reach their goals. I feel that now I have more power to help others.
~ I am grateful for being able to understand my self better now
~ I am getting a better idea of how to explain my coaching model

My home-play for this week:

Keep playing the passion game by taking the next step in the process.

Thank you so much, my dear coach!

2009/4/9

AC107 Coaching Model (1) -Relection on this course

Moderator- Bill Turpin

March 24, I took AC107 Coaching Model (1), since I am developing my own coaching model, this course gave me some hints in developing the coaching model.

Bill facilitated this class to be a supportive class by asking the attendants for differentiating the coaching model and coaching process.

Bill shared us with his coaching model as an example to describe what’s different between coaching model and coaching process. The definition is as below:
Coaching model: Is how you process as a coach! / Is what I use in each case.
Coaching process: Is what happened to the client! / Is how the client experienced?

Finally, we should be able to pattern, visualize, and verbalize the coaching model. It is how a client describes your way of coaching. It is how you attract your client. It is about who we are, and what we can bring to our clients! Coaching is all about the client, thank you!

Reflection on Peer Coaching-The Eighth

Peer Coaching with Mrs. Faiza Ikeda

March 26, 2009, I had my eighth peer coaching with my peer coach, Miss Faiza. We have talked about my SWOT analysis for my coaching career. The best learning I took away from this session is that Faiza asked me to re-frame my weakness.

The different perspective and different situation, the weakness may become a strength. This helps me a lot in looking at myself and I become more stronger.

2009/3/26

Reflection on Peer Coaching-The Seventh

Peer Coaching with Mrs. Faiza Ikeda

March 19, 2009, I had my seventh peer coaching with my peer coach, Miss Faiza and she gave me our talking summary as below, which I would like to share with you.
My wins for the previous week:
~ Exercised 3 times (running) and went cycling once - This is a great achievement, James!
~ My personal life is getting better
~ Coaching - the ICA classes are quite OK now, I am used to it.
~ Also I was able to attend a learning circle in Taipei with other people who joined ICA at the same time.

At work, I am still finding it difficult to lay people off. And yet I would like to challenge myself in this, to practice: When I feel that something is the right thing to do, even if somebody gets a disadvantage through it, I want to do it because I believe that by doing it I might be able to help them get an opportunity to find a better job...

Maybe I will use inner conversation technique to practice this more.

Changing ours or our client's perspective:
Q: How do you do it?
James: I use my personal imagination. When I lay someone off, I imagine this person half a year later in another place, happier and smiling...

Combination of asking questions: What advantages does the old perspective have?
What disadvantage does it have? Or what is it costing you? Also I will ask the client to visualize a successful situation with the new perspective in the future. There are so many things I feel grateful for. Even though the economic situation in general is not very good right now, I am aware that I am very fortunate having your family and the job that I have. Also I feel that my life is better compared to others because I use coaching to balance myself. I believe that coaching can really make people happier.

Taking away from this session:
~ Every time we coach, I feel more energetic afterwards
~ Visualization
~ Karen Cappello ( The ICA chief learning instructor) and the idea of inspired, authentic action
~ Understanding that you want to have more coaching skills in order to be able to help more people

Committing for the next week to:

~ Create a list of my strengths as a coach
~ Think about my coaching role models and their qualities (You spot it, you got it:)
~ Practice more shifting my perspective for the situation at work
~ Keep running and cycling (my goal is the 5km run)

My acronym, rainbow logo and SWOT presentation are great steps in this direction!

Reflection on Peer Coaching

Peer Coaching with Mrs. Faiza Ikeda

March 12, 2009, I had my sixth peer coaching with my peer coach, Miss Faiza and I would like to describe this coaching process a little for my personal record. I named it as “Transforming Session”. In this session, I had a feeling that my perspective about good leadership is changing, let the member go to find the place where is much more suitable for them may be a good solution as well.
We practiced to use the imagination technology in this session and thought that one year later, the person who had been laid off from our company is happier in the other organization. By doing this way, I can really feel relax in let people go.

If I really want something, I will find a way to get it, not an excuse.

I love this is all happening "in front of my eyes" and I can share it with you.”