Ambiguity and Risk

Sometimes coaches want to first 'figure it out' and then lead the coachee to a solution using questions.

Master coaches embrace ambiguity. They don't need to know the exact path or even the final destination. They take risk, exploring with clients areas that might bear fruit.

Embracing ambiguity makes the coach a mutual learner and fellow-traveler with the coachee.

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Learning Literacy

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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