Recently I took another look at one of our training programs. The learning objectives were clear. Then it hit me - the challenge wasn't what the participants needed to learn but what they already knew. Participant preconceptions and prior experience can hinder as much as help. For what we already know can get in the way of what we need to learn.
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." --Alvin Toffler
To learn, we often have to unlearn first, then we can relearn.
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Hi, Keith--
Great thoughts! I describe the progression to new coaches this way:
First, we are ignorant and incompetent...we don't know what we need to know and don't know how to do what we need to do (especially when it comes to coaching basics)
Then, we become conscious but uncomfortable...we know what we should do, but struggle to do it when it comes to coaching skills.
As we practice, we become conscious and increasingly competent.
Our ultimate goal--to become "supernaturally naturally"...our coaching skills flow from us because we've worked hard to develop them, but we are even more aware of how the Holy Spirit is leading our coaching conversations!
Ignorant and incompetent...
Conscious but uncomfortable...
Conscious and increasingly competent...
Supernaturally natural!
That's how I see coaches grow.
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