WARNING: IT’S A THIN & UNSUBSTANTIAL SUBSTITUTE

Last week I did an executive coaching session on-line for a group study. It was okay; but not great. Afterwards, I could not shake the gnawing feeling that something very significant was missing. But what? As I stayed with the sensations, I began to feel that the screen deprived me of half of my tools and that I could not do some of the things I would have done if we were in-person. I felt I was painting a picture with a thin pencil.

The feeling was similar to what I experienced after doing APG with a group of people in Romania. I knew it was sub-par and low quality as I heard the questions from the participants. I also felt it as thin and almost insubstantial due to fact that when it was all done and over, I really had not meet and encountered the participants. So what was missing?