Executive
Coaching with
It is important to attend to the system co-created between you and your client. Within interactional fields, people establish ways of relating that become like choreographed dance patterns over time. These patterns are either useful or counterproductive. Typical client - coach patterns include a wide variety of behaviors. Here is a sample of them (these first two are useful, the second two less effective):
Every relationship develops
a systemic "dance," and the coach-client relationship
is no different. It is important to take an inventory and figure
out the types of dances you develop with different kinds of clients.
Can you name the typical patterns of interrelating that you and
your clients develop over time? Are these patterns effective for
your clients and your coaching?
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