THE FIVE STAGES OF META-COACHING

Would you like to know the five stages of coaching? I am sure there are numerous ways to create “stages” of coaching. I recently identified these stages as a way to distinguish the levels and qualities of coaching that a client goes through over the period of a coaching program. They depend on the developmental level of the client. And where did these stages come from? I got my inspiration for this from Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey and their Situational Leadership model (1968). It was there that I got the idea of using the two axes of direction and support.

Direction speaks of the amount of direction that you provide a client as you facilitate the coaching processes. At first you will provide more direction and guidance as you help a client to truly become a “coaching client” —co-creating the direction, the outcomes, enabling the accessing of resources, actualizing possibilities, etc. Support speaks about the personal care, empathy, and presence you bring to the client.