May 20, 2022 - 10:00 am - 11:30 pm - Virtual
1.5 Core Competency CCEUs
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Description of Course
Observation and reflection are superpowers in coaching. When a coach practices the skills of observation and reflection, it builds presence, trust, and awareness in ways not possible with the most powerful questions.
It sounds so simple, yet my experience has shown incorporating observation and reflection proves to be difficult for many coaches. Perhaps it feels too simple to be powerful, or it’s too easy to feel valuable. Yet, practicing the art of noticing what is happening for the client, ourselves, the relationship and the field creates clarity for our clients to help them see a different way forward.
In this presentation, we will explore:
- The value of noticing and reflecting on multiple levels
- The myths of noticing and reflecting as part of the coaching conversation
- How to use this superpower to stay out of fixing and problem solving and allow the client to look deeper into what is going on beneath the surface.
- How the art of noticing a client to uncover unconscious stories which work behind the scenes to guide decisions.
This presentation will address core competency 7 --Evoke Awareness
Participants will understand how careful observation and reflection offers a way to ask about the current state of a client’s feeling, thinking, values and behavior. Participants will explore ways to expand the client’s current thinking by clarifying their ideas through noticing what is current and creating space for clarity; participants will practice sharing observations, intuition, comments and feeling with an invitation to the client to explore them more deeply.
About Jody
Leading the session:
As a coach, Jody brings her passion and expertise for the power of narrative into her work with individuals and in workshops. She helps clients define their vision and move into it physically, intellectually, emotionally, and intuitively. She uses the power of a clients’ narrative to dislodge patterns that no longer serve them and to create pivots to strategically incorporate new choices.
Jody’s enthusiasm for learning and teaching serves as a catalyst in her work as a coach, presenter, and workshop facilitator. Her curiosity and willingness to share has resulted in many presentations for ICF Washington State coaches.
Jody has done extensive work with Dr David Drake in his study of Narrative Coaching. She acted as a co-facilitator at his 2018 and 2019 Seattle Crossing the Threshold retreat and was a curriculum consultant for his WBECS Narrative Coach program. She also hosts study groups to help peer coaches navigate his work.
Jody is an ICF credentialed coach, PCC. She holds certifications as a Narrative Coach, a Daring Way Facilitator™, and a Voice Dialogue Facilitator. She is currently completing the ICF Assessors training. She served on the ICF Washington State Chapter Board of Directors and as President in 2014.
Jody has BA in Literature from Gonzaga University and was a certificated Washington State secondary educator.
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