The thing is last year, I was encouraged to participate in a 2-weekend coaching sessions and I could do just the first part. I came back, feeling stressful and hopeless. Here's why:
1. I didn't have that much desire to be a coach as I already have lots on my plate.
2. It was a new learning experience and I wasn't sure I'd get it.
3. After exercises to be both a coach and a coachee, I felt I failed completely, especially when I had to coach a participant.
After that first week, I reflected on what happened and said to myself 2 key lessons ka:
- I've served more as a mentor and what a coach has to do has made it tough for me to change.
- It was hard for me to strictly follow the guided questions since I couldn't be myself and it was so mechanical.
My life as a coach ended from this first week and first time!
Then, we invited this professional coach to help offer key tips to GMS university presidents and I too went along with his little workshops. To my surprise, my feeling of discomfort was less and when I was asked of one powerful question, it opened up my mind to think that it could help our own selves and others to know themselves better.
Even so, when another opportunity knocked on me the past weekend, I was again reluctant with fear in me. I decided to end my fear and this time here were what I got ka:
1. I was able to tackle my fear successfully.....I'm not afraid to learn till the end and I CAN kaaa!
2. After having told my mentor how uncomfortable I was last time and that I'd prefer using my own style to include all required, she set me free and I was able to pursue my coachee with questions I had without much difficulty (obviously, as an amateur, I was guided several times in between and it made me feel so good ka!)
3. The gathering was with much younger gens, mainly Y and Z. Thanks to Fulbright Thailand, I didn't feel alienated to be among them....I was the only baby boomer the first day ka. Several kids said my participation inspired them about being life-long learners ka. Oh! ok! 5555!
One key learning ka: A coach is to ask powerful questions to her coachees......it's their contexts and it's they themselves to answer kaa! So so EdPEx!
Yesterday, I used the coaching techniques on an OHEC (MHESI) staff and a group of EdPEx participants, both found their answers on their own kaaa!
As an amateur, I need to practice more and for now, I have a little fear left with some drive to acquire more experience laew ka.
Anyone wants me to help coach mai kaaa?
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