INTELLIGENT COACHING~(~R): UNLEASHING HUMAN POTENTIAL

摘要

In the Winter 2002 issue of The Journal for Quality and Participation, I explored the need for organizations to "Rethink...Or Else!" Increasingly, there is a need for people, teams, and whole organizations to change the way they think if they are to adapt successfully to an increasingly complex world. In my experience working with leaders throughout North America, I have found that the biggest hurdle when exploring the topic of coaching is overcoming predisposed notions (assumptions) about what coaching is. More than ever before, leaders need to rethink the discipline of coaching because if done well, coaching has the power to unleash tremendous amounts of human potential, while increasing motivation and sustaining high performance. There are a number of models and theoretical orientations surrounding the discipline of coaching. Frederic Hudson's The Handbook of Coaching provides an outstanding resource that captures the many faces of coaching. Although there are a number of definitions and types of coaching, most practitioners probably would agree that the over-arching objective of coaching is to improve performance by unleashing human potential.