8 DAYS AND 8 WEEKS

Can you learn the core competencies of effective coaching in eight days? Is that possible? Okay, yes, technically that is possible. Is it probable? No. Even with your preparation and back ground in NLP (Coaching Essentials) and in Meta-States (Coaching Genius) it is not really all that probable. Even if you had the full NLP Practitioner course it would still not be probable.

“But,” you say, “the actual skills of the seven core competencies are not that difficult to understand or do.” And yes, you are right. They are not. So what’s the big deal? “Why is it that even those who have worked with people in a helping role, perhaps as a consultant, a therapist, or a trainer, find it challenging to reach the benchmark of those behaviors indicating competency as a Coach? What makes demonstrating them in a coaching session so seemingly difficult?”

The answer is several things. The biggest challenge lies in all of the things that you have to un- learn in order to become skillfully competent with these seven skills. What do you have to unlearn?