A Coaching Model Created by Ciprian Negura
(Life and Career Coach, ROMANIA)
My Purpose: {Supporting achievement of one’s highest potential/”best version”} in career/ life
The Need for Change: {Facing exponential change/VUCA environment? Technological ®Evolution}
Drivers for change:
- We face an unprecedented, exponential change of humanity
- The pace of change is faster than ever
- Most of the jobs are at risk in the face of digital automation
- Environments are more Volatile, Unpredictable, Complex and Ambiguous
- Technology evolves faster than one can adapt
- Singularity became a topic for debate
… Humans Need to #Adapt
Humans have Potential: {Yet unleashing own potential can be daunting for many adults; assistance is required}
Personal/<Self> development (Career –Life) can be really hard for most adults, especially the +40s that find their skills obsolete and irrelevant in the new reality
- Discovering one’s Purpose-in-Life is not an easy, straight forward process
- Inward Looking –Self-Discovery is not taught in schools
- Most trainings focus on Problem Solving and not Strengths –discovery/development
- Soft skills gain in importance in the competence mix of the future
- Career moves often put pressure on “stretching” one’s Personal Values
- Stress is a big enemy of Positive Thinking
Integrated Model: {Mixed coaching –Mentoring assistance, Self-discovery workshops & Tools, Skills of the future}
I am proposing an integrated coaching model targeted at unleashing one’s #Potential/<Self> Discovery
- Inward Looking –Self-Discovery
- “Strengths –discovery” focused
- Personal Values –driven
- Positive thinking process
- Tools: CBT, AI, Positive thinking, Strength Finder, SIY, …
Potential: The Coaching Model
- Purpose
- Objectives
- Time plan
- Explore (self-discovery, strengths discovery)
- Nurture / Needs for development
- Train (new) “muscles”
- Iterate(ions/cycles)/ Innovate
- Achievements /Acknowledge progress
- Learn(ingpoints)
In each of the proposed model phases the coach provides support to the coachee such as to find the answers to the difficult questions specific to each development phase:
- Purpose: assist the coachee in discovering its own Purpose by providing specific tools/focused sessions;
- Objectives: support the coachee in selecting the SMART objectives for the coaching journey;
- Time plan: agree with the coachee with a specific time plan, targeted at achieving the specific objectives;
- Explore (self-discovery, strengths discovery): help the coachee to discover its strengths and true self, resources to be used in the transformational journey;
- Nurture/ Needs for development: identify ways to further nurture strengths but also identify needs for further skills/capabilities development (new “muscles”);
- Train (new) “muscles”: keep the coachee engaged in the process of developing new “muscles”; alternate coaching sessions with mentoring and guiding the coachee, identify the right training and resources for skills/capabilities development;
- Iterate(ions/cycles) / Innovate: coachee applies the newly acquired new skills & capabilities in its real life situations; find new paths and create new opportunities targeted at reaching the objectives;
- Achievements /Acknowledge progress: celebrate the successes;
Learn(ingpoints): encourage coachee to reflect on the lessons learnt/learning points from each experience;
The Process
- Goals
- Self-Discovery/Assessment
- Awareness/Reality check
- Acceptance –setting SMART objectives
- Plan
- Execute/Accountability
- Check
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