Silence, some say, is golden. According to coaching guru Dr Angus McLeod it is also enormously powerful in that it can help people talk themselves into uncomfortable reality. He says: In coaching, the most profound perceptions and motivations arise because the coachee has been able to self-reflect (without an interruption from their coach/leader). These silences can run for several minutes and the coachee is never, in my experience, aware of that time span because their focus is wholly internal. The self-reflective silence may create a novel solution, greater certainty, massive motivation, a great feeling of stupidity for not having thought of the solution before and/or an overwhelming desire to start on their plan instantly.
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