GETTING A LEADER TO GO INSIDE

The idea of going inside lies at the very essence of coaching. Why is that? Because our focus is not primarily on behavior—the outer game, our focus is on the inner game of meaning, understanding, values, intentions, identity, memories, imaginations, assumptions, thinking, etc. It’s the inner game that determines the outer game. Training focuses on the actual behavioral skills that a person needs to do and perform in order to succeed. But sometimes a person knows what to do, but just cannot get himself to do it. That’s where coaching comes in.

In coaching, we take a person inside to her inner world of thoughts, emotions, memories, imaginations, etc. Why do we do that? Because it is inside where the decisions are made, the permissions are granted, and the intentions are set. It is inside in the person’s belief structures that her inner world is put together and where she lives. It that inner world is well-designed and healthy, then going there and making a few adjustments in some of the meaning frames is a walk in the park.