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Transformation and Co-Active Coaching

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As the New Year unfolds, I’ve been thinking about the truly remarkable nature of co-active coaching.  Even as I write this post, co-active coaches from around the world are working in global corporations and small businesses, in education and in the legal field, coaching people to reach for a greater expression of themselves and to live lives of authenticity, intimacy and response-ability.  Co-actively trained teachers are bringing unfettered curiosity into the classroom.  Parents are listening deeply to their children and asking them powerful questions rather than telling them what to do all the time.  Managers are designing their alliances with direct reports.  Couples are creating a shared vision for the future.

As 2010 unfolds, it’s clear to me that it’s time to stand firmly for the transformative nature of co-active coaching.    Over and over again, I hear from others. . .those who employ coaches, those who teach coaches additional models and skills, those who use coaches. . .that co-active coaches generally stand out from the crowd.  What is it that makes co-active coaching so special?

â?¢  Co-active coaching is committed to creating change agents in human consciousness. Co-active coaching focuses at the level of core identity–who people are and how they perceive and interact with their world.  We believe that whatever their walk of life, people long to evolve as human beings and continually grow towards more expansive, aware and integrated ways of being in the world.

â?¢  Co-active coaching is committed to change that is transformative, rather than incremental.  Co-active coaching creates leaps in awareness that open up new possibilities in dramatic ways for people.  We believe that when people are able to let go of restrictive ways of viewing themselves and the world, they discover more authentic, creative and resourceful ways of creating fulfilling lives and vibrant workplaces.

â?¢  Co-Active Coaching operates holistically, encompassing heart, mind, body and spirit in both themselves and their clients.  We believe that human beings are much more than a collection of parts and when a person is able to move forward in an integrated way, all manner of solutions and opportunities arise that were not visible from the different parts.

â?¢  Co-Active coaching puts interrelationship at the center of every interaction, understanding that coaching is a co-created process and that results are always more rich when created together.  We believe that interrelationship is at the center of all that we do as humans and when we open to the interrelationship that always exists, the range of creative opens as well.

CTI and the co-active coaching model is one of many bodies of work thriving in the world today.  I love the feeling that we are not alone and see CTI as a part of a large orchestra, playing together to empower human kind.  Maybe CTI is the violin section or maybe we are the flutes.  Whatever our part, may we play it with gusto, with passion, with commitment, with joy and above all, with gratitude.

  • A beautiful and inspiring vision! I love it and I love how you stand for the transformative nature of co-active coaching. I think the challenge for CTI in the next future years in delivering this vision will be in making that difficult shift from seeing co-active coaching/leadership/life as a brand to be managed TO a movement that can be facilitated or led but can't be controlled in the traditional business brand management way. The work of Seth Godin is of course a wonderful resource that can be used to help any organisation ask the difficult questions of itself how this can be done and how stakeholders/advocates/followers can be engaged, communicated to and valued in meaninful, movement building ways. A good example of a movement with much similarity with the Co-active approach is Authentic Leadership. Authentic Leadership is a movement has been picked up by practioners, advocates, leaders in different ways throughout the world - incorporating a vast range of practices from Art of Hosting to internal leadership programmes such as that used by Price Waterhouse Coopers and leadership programmes at the Tavistock and Ashridge Centre. Anyway, thank you for such an inspiring blog post Karen - really gets me thinking and reflecting in many ways!
  • Sharing a vision. Curiosity. Listening Deeply. Teachers, parents, executives, entrepreneurs, etc.

    In this post you take away any limitation of Co-active coaching, and open doors for co-activity on any field of our life. I am excited to see how CTI will flourish and evolve in the decade to come. Your vision is very well align with the changes our world is facing. Totally dancing in the moment :)



  • helgamgenanntmatzko
    Hello as a Coach, Gestalt Therapist and the founder/director of the Gestalt Institute RI, I was delighted to read your definition of co-active coaching with which I am familiar. However, your detailed descriptions of co-active coaching in your blog sound just like explanation of Gestalt/Therapy/Coaching which is basic to my practice and all of my programs development. I am delighted to have like-minded practitioners. Co-active coaching and Gestalt Coaching is unlike any other and ever so successful for our clients. Congratulations!
  • jennet
    I've seen with my own eyes and experienced it myself how powerful Co-active coaching is. The courses bring all of these points to life. And everyone in the room - whether it's the student, the leader, or assistant - are transformed. Co-activity reaches into our core and we emerge changed. The tunnel vision becomes a panoramic view. How amazing to be able to see so many new things.
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