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Coaching in the Kitchen!
June 20, 2005
Before I start this weeks 'Inspiration' a quick reminder
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Happy bidding :)
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now on with the show ....
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Coaches often use the metaphor with clients of 'peeling
back the layers of an onion' to represent the process of
coaching. Coaching starts at the outside of the onion and
step by step removes a layer until the core is reached.
This week I would like to offer up a new metaphor .....
'Coaching is like renovating a kitchen floor' - truly!!
Last week my husband and I became the owners of our new
house ... actually the house is very old ... we are simply
the new owners. The previous owner lived there for 55 years
so there is a lot of history in this house. We bought this
house knowing that the kitchen floor may need some
work."Some work" is defined as anything between replacing a
few floorboards to replacing the entire floor!
We pulled up 4 layers of linoleum before we reached the
wooden floor underneath. We discovered that some parts of
the floor have totally rotted away and will need replacing
and some parts of the floor are still in good condition.
The most important thing is that we now know what is truly
there so that we can develop our plans from that starting
point.
So here is how the my metaphor relates ....
In coaching you work one layer at a time to reach what lies
at the base (just like removing layers of linoleum). Quite
often you don't know what you will find until you get
there. You may not always like what you find, however, the
most important thing is that you do the work to remove the
layers because only once you know what is really there can
you create what you really want. Once you know the true
state of your base you have a point to plan for .... the
potential is then enormous.
Have an inspiring week!
Linda
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