DIFFERENTIATING TRUE CHALLENGE AND PSEUDO-CHALLENGE

There is the skill of challenging and there are a large range of things that can challenge a person. There are also many things that you could call “challenging” which are not “challenging” as we use that term in coaching as a coaching skill. I mentioned the five dimensions of challenging in the last post (Morpheus #35). Now I want to identify one thing that is actually not challenging, although some coaches when frustrated by their clients, falsely calling it “challenging.”