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Coaching, Intuition, Risk management
Abstract
Intuition calls upon combined wisdom acquired during a lifetime. It is a speedy, creative and subconscious process that can get to the truth of things without reasoning or analysis. It works sufficiently often to be taken seriously. Coaching an unregulated profession, can deliver successful results through the intuitive approaches of both the coach and the coachee. These approaches carry risks which need to be managed through honest assessment and review. Not using intuition is also risky because intuitive insights are at the root of holistic thinking and innovation. Neuroscientific research provides evidence of the power of subconscious mind and confirms that, whilst intuition may be more available to experienced professionals, varying types of intuitive powers are available to all and capable of development. Readers are invited to share their stories and learning about the use of intuition in coaching via.
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A personal story
There have been some magical moments in my work as an executive coach. Moments when a great deal was achieved very quickly through a process that the rational part of me does not fully understand.
Take the example of the first time I met with a very senior churchman to explore some performance management issues. I sensed that I was sitting with a very distressed man. There were no overt body-language clues. he was too professional for that. I parked my pen and any preplanned questions. This was an opportunity to connect soul to soul and there was no time to prepare.
He told me that a close relative of his had died and he would soon officiate at the funeral. He knew he had to rise above his own grief as all the family would look to him for support and comfort. I do not know why I did it, but I asked him to imagine that it was him in the coffin. What would he want everyone to say about him? What would he want to have achieved? Was he going in the right direction to achieve it? We worked together for some two hours and...