After the ice-breaker, the coaching session finally begins with a specific session.
First, a theme is established. Next, the client is asked to say what goals the theme depicts and how he or she would like to end today’s session. This step is critical and is key to making sure that the 30-minute to one-hour session is meaningful.
We use the word “theme” as if it were Japanese, even though it is a foreign word. In other words, it can be explained as “something important” to the client that he or she has not acquired at this point in time.
As the saying goes, “Everything has a theme,” the client must first become aware of his or her true inner theme and bring it to the surface. If the coach asks, and the client simply says, “I just listed them for now,” it will be difficult to motivate the client to “try to get to the bottom of the theme. Even if it takes some time, it is important for the client to realize that this is the true theme.
Coaching is an act of sharing a certain amount of time between the client and the coach. At the end of the session, if the client recognizes that the time has brought value to him or her, he or she is willing to pay the coach the contracted amount. The recognition of value is achieved as the client accumulates a sense of closeness to his or her subject matter.
Coaching is not small talk or idle chatter. Coaching usually lasts from 3 to 6 months. Coaching truly works when the client sees growth, behavior changes, and tangible results are delivered to the client throughout this period. The ultimate goal of coaching is to “solve the subject matter, which is the theme.
Now, once the theme is determined, the goal exists beyond that. As the client becomes aware that the theme is “something important” to him or her, and as the theme becomes more specific, the outline of the goal to be attained becomes clearer.
The goal is the client’s “desire to be that way,” and when the goal becomes real, the client has an intrinsic motivation to “go for it, to achieve it! When the client has a realistic image of the goal, he or she is intrinsically motivated to “go for it and achieve it!
As you can see, the theme setting and the goal image are the key points at the beginning of the session.
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This article was written in Japanese and converted into English using a translation tool. We hope you will forgive us for any inadequacies.
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