Come closer to the edge: article in 'Coaching at Work'
As an executive coach I believe that I need to take some risk if I’m to offer my coaching clients the opportunity to stretch and grow – and that such risks offer me too the opportunity to grow and expand my coaching repertoire. Some of my clients have invested themselves in the unfamiliar approaches that I might bring to coaching, and have gained a great deal from putting their trust in a technique they didn’t understand, just because they trusted me.
I’m aware that only if I can be a role model of risk-taking – with a good enough understanding of the risk – can I aspire to offer coaching of value.
To learn more, see my just-published article in Coaching at Work Jan/Feb 2015 if you’re a subscriber, or e-mail me directly at lw@lindsaywittenberg.co.uk for a pdf
