YOU IMMUNIZE A PERSON AGAINST CHANGE

The next item on the list of things that could go wrong is “You immunize a person against change.” At first glance this one seems completely insane! As a coach you are a change agent and people come to you to make a change, so how in the world could you mess that up? How could you immunize someone against change?

To answer, let’s review what we mean by change in coaching. The essential idea is that of making a difference in one of the ways that a person is functioning— mentally, emotionally, verbally, behaviorally, or relationally. Given that, What change does your client want to make? I hope you ask that question, and ask it that directly. It will help. To make that difference, as a coach, you will want to know what your client wants to exchange.

“You want to change X from what to what?”