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Coaching
is People Development
- Coaching is Personal Development
-Behavior based Coaching for personal
development, success, and
self-improvement
Behavior
based coaching, whether it is to enhance work performance or
achieve greater satisfaction in one's personal life, involves
personal development and growth. Such development typically occurs
within the context of self-knowledge and self-awareness.
Personal
development
Clearly, coaching belongs in the
contemporary landscape of personal development methodologies. Its
aim is for the individual to become more self-aware, to assume
greater responsibility for his or her life design and to grow and
develop as a person. Today however, it is behavior based coaching
that answers some of the questions that remain unasked or
unanswered by the traditional, outdated coaching models and the
myriad number of pseudo-scientific and amateur self-help programs.
For instance, many personal development programs and courses
suggest that we can change any aspect of our personality. Personal
development is presented as something that can be attained
relatively easily, as long as we have the will to change. Research
however suggests that typically, humans overestimate their sense
of control and underestimate their vulnerability to control by
others or force of circumstances..
Personal
development and Behavior
Longitudinal research on
development through the life span suggests that our behavior is
both stable and subject to change. As coaches, we need to
recognise that those behaviors that can be modified through
coaching and those that are immutable. Fortunately, there is is
now a growing body of research into models of personal change and
the various stages of change people go through. Behavior based
coaching goes beyond false promises about change and examines what
we can and cannot change. It presents research-based and
scientifically validated means of instilling new optimism about
achievable personal change.
The following nine areas of
personal development are integral to the behavior based coaching
model:
- the authentic self and its
relation to meaning, purpose and values
- self-knowledge
- self-responsibility
- self-esteem and self-efficacy
- self-regulation of emotions
- a sense of control
- mindfulness
- self-transcendence
- motivation and life
stages
Behavior (what we do or say) is
extremely complex as it is a function of many factors. these
include environment; perception; consequences of behavior; past
experiences and learning; emotions; needs; and motivation. Our
knowledge base, intelligence, values, and goals and expectations
also contribute to our behavior. Biological and genetic factors,
as well as unconscious processes, likewise play a significant role
in the way we behave.
Behavior based coaching is the
key to sustainable people and personal
development
The behavior based coaching
approach to achieving personal change is based on the
behavioral sciences, which seek to explain why people behave the
way they do. It presents replicable, reliable and validated
methodologies for managing behavior and effecting lasting personal
change.
The
key to success in any personal development change initiative is the selection of the
appropriate behavioral based change model to fit the
client's specific needs. Dr
Skiffington's industry-proven Certified
Master Coach Course (world's
top-rated coaching course -ICAA
Survey 2005) meets
the critical needs for coaches to be trained and mentored in the
use of
a range of validated,
reliable behavior
based personal change coaching
models, tools and techniques.
See: -Behavioral Coaching
Institute's invitational,
fast-tracked, 4 Day,
Very Small Group
Certified
Master Coach course
(conducted by Dr Skiffington in New York, London, Sydney etc).
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