Three Approaches to Coaching

Within the Columbus workshop we focus on the 'empowering' nature of coaching as a development process, especially when it comes to establishing options. For consideration are alternative appraches that in certain situations may be more appropriate:

• Directive Coach - the coach tells the coachee what he/she must do. A solution is given to the coachee. "What you need to do is ........". The coach needs to consider the balance between the coachees commitment and complience if this approach is used.


• Consultative Coach - the coach recalls a personal experience similar to the coachee's situation and explains what he/she did at that time and the result it had. This offers an additional 'option' for the coachee to evaluate as a possibility.


• Empowering Coach - the style explored during the workshop in which the coachee is encouraged to generate many options (sometimes quite creatively) for later consideration.