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The Role of Curiosity in the Coaching Session – The Coach’s Perspective

A Research Paper By Isabelle Finger
Executive Coach, UNITED STATES

Human beings were blessed with the gift of curiosity (which doesn’t mean that other animals are not curious!) and this phenomenon plays a crucial role in the person’s development and life in general. For the coach, curiosity is one of the key engines of any impactful session. In this research paper, I’m going to focus on a very specific aspect of the first of the “C’s”: the curiosity of the coach in a coaching session. To do this, I’ll look at two main questions: What is curiosity and how can coaches best use it in coaching sessions?

Embrace vs. Tolerate

A Coaching Power Tool By Isabelle Finger
Executive Coach, UNITED STATES

The first step for clients is to understand where they stand on the dichotomy between tolerating suboptimal situations and embracing change and growth. The use of both terms as “power tools” Embrace vs. Tolerate by the coach helps the client reframe their perspective and see their life and their potential through a more empowering perspective. The next step for the client is to leverage this awareness in their life by taking action and by learning. The coach can support this journey by fostering accountability and cultivating learning and growth.

The Phoenix – The Process Fire-Ashes-Rebirth

A Coaching Model By Isabelle Finger
Executive Coach, UNITED STATES

The Phoenix – the eagle-like bird who dies in flames and get reborn from its ashes – is a powerful symbol that continues to inspire writers (e.g., Fawkes, the Phoenix created by J.K Rowling as Dumbledore’s trustee companion) and artists in general across generations and cultures, as well as politicians (e.g., San Francisco added the Phoenix to its flag after the earthquake of 1906 as a symbol of the reconstruction of the city) and marketers. From the very beginning of my journey as a coach, I’ve felt that this symbol helps understand and describe what happens when someone engages in a coaching process.

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