Walk the talk
We believe in the rigour of practising what we preach both as an organisation and as a staff team. We expect graduates to do likewise which in turn builds the integrity of the organisation. All the items below we expect of ourselves and will endeavour to embody.
Life long learning
This programme is part of your learning journey. We expect you to come with substantial knowledge on coaching, leave with greater skill, but even more open to continually learning from experience.
Integrity
Fundamental to good practice is a high level of integrity. Knowing your values and beliefs so you are able to adapt and compromise while maintaining strong ethical boundaries.
Fun, humour & laughter
We loose so much by taking ourselves too seriously. Makingmistakes and learning from them becomes so much easier when we can laugh at our own folly or misjudgement. We then convey this relaxed learning style to our coachees taking the stressout of the work. See HBR article “Changing an organisation one laugh at a time”
Complexity
While models give us the illusion that we know what we are doing, the reality is that we are constantly searching in a kind of fog with our clients for the best possible direction. We make choices and interventions out of a vast array of data often guided more accurately by instinct than intellect.
Creativity
If we are to adapt to changing circumstances then being creative and innovative gives us more options and opportunities for action. We can make breakthroughs with our clients by coming oblem from a completely different angle.
Frustration & Anxiety
Healthy frustration and anxiety comes at the point when we have exhausted our tried and tested methods and they don';t work. Our mobilised energy is contained and seeking a way out. At these points we mostly leap for an simple solution to relieve the discomfort. The key is to tolerate the anxiety for within it lie the seeds of a new, creative and untested possibility to emerge.
Self responsibility & Self directed learning
There is no freedom without responsibility – a wonderful paradox which sums up the essence of self directed learning. You have the freedom to choose the optimum path of learning but have to take considerable responsibility for negotiating and creating that reality. 21st C organisations are having to grapple with the empowerment dilemma if they are to survive in the complexity of a rapidly changing world
Courage & Risk taking
We learn best from understanding our failures and mistakes. This requires us to have the courage to take risks and experiment with new approaches/behaviours. Our greatest discoveries were made by those who thought differently and overcame the fear of ridicule and dismissal.
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