THE DANGER OF MIND-READING AS A COACH

I have recently heard about several coaches giving responses to clients that bordered on mind- reading or giving interpretations. It’s a temptation and a tremendous danger. The worst case of it that I ever saw was in Quebec City Canada at the ICF conference that Michelle and I first presented the Axes of Change. That was 2004. We were there with Denis Bridoux and in one workshop, 500 people were gathered in the main auditorium to hear a MCC — a Master Certified Coach by the ICF. I was excited to see and hear what a “master” could do. But I was severely disappointed. And I wasn’t the only one.