A META-COACHING SESSION Coaching an Overly Reactive to Conflict Manager

What does a Meta-Coaching session sound like? And what better way to comprehend a Meta- Coaching session than to see one, well, at least read one. Well, here is one example, consciously using the Well-Formed Questions, getting a contract, and then moving forward with an intervention. For seeing, I will have to refer you to some of the DVDs that we have. But for reading one, here is a transcript of a session, locking in on the subject, then gathering information about what the client truly wants, then moving the session forward.

MH: What do you want? [WFO Question #1.] Carl: I am really frustrated with my board— we have a lot of complaints when we meet and we end up with a litany of complaints and it hardly seems that we ever decide on anything or achieve anything worthwhile. So there’s a lot of stress and ineffectiveness with the board.