HOW DOES POLITICAL COACHING WORK?

I noted in the post last week that if you are doing Executive Coaching and/or Group and Team Coaching, you are already doing some political coaching. It is inescapable. That’s because if you are dealing with groups of people interacting, communicating, dealing with differences, working through conflicts, figuring out how to delegate, how to share “power,” etc., then you are already dealing with politics. So how are you doing?

Yes, while you may not officially be a “Political Coach,” and while someone may not have hired you for that, and while your client may not be in “politics” formally, your coaching will be touching on political issues. Lots of them.

What then do you need so that you can increase your effectiveness when you get into this domain? What frames of meaning would support you in this dimension of coaching? What does the Meta-Coaching system offer you?