Change (and adapting to it) needs to become an ingrained
habit and this is a simple way to do so with any coaching technique.
Coaching is becoming widely acknowledged and people realize
just how effective it can be.
Coaches use various types of tools and methods for life
coaching, personal coaching, career coaching and many more…after all, Coaching
is about getting the very best out of someone and enabling them to make
decisions that will improve their life.
This book is a tool, a booster to use with all of these
different coaching methods. It's a booster for coaching results, to allow
every coach in every field and level of coaching, to take the coaching to
a new level, suitable for dealing with a rapidly changing environment.
The world around us is changing, and fast. It is becoming
more and more complicated and the pace of technological change is one of the
highest in recorded history. Naturally, this new reality creates new
challenges. The goals that we want to achieve, for example, can be
ever-changing – and therefore seem unachievable.
To face these challenges, we need strategies that will help
us regain a feeling of control over our goals, and help us reach them. We need
ideas that will enable us grow and flourish, while at the same time help us
face the uncertainties of change.
The need to develop new strategies and ideas, and adapt to
changes, is at the heart of many coaching processes. Why? Because as coaches,
we recognize our coachees' universal need to deal with change. They need to
understand what needs to be changed, and they need to learn how to both
preserve their newfound behavior so that it doesn't dissipate within a week or
two, and how to easily change again when needed.
Based on Lean and Agile methods, our Agile\Lean Coaching
Booster teaches people how to see change as a habit, and embrace change as a
way of life. This book will help people leave their comfort zone, turn dealing
with new changes into a habit, and help them change our their habits
effectively and quickly, all while demonstrating how it can be repeated in the
future.
Lean and Agile methods boost productivity, promote
innovation and have been tested (and proven) in real-life situations. They have
achieved better results than any other method so far. The Booster also
introduces a framework that helps you coach easier, working together with your
coachees towards the goals they have developed themselves.
The Booster is written to be simple and intuitive, showing
you how to simplify the complex environment of change in which we live. This
makes it easier for us to set goals and establish a vision, as well as cope
with changes.
It's not that the questions we ask, as coaches, are not
suitable anymore; it's not that the goals and value we help the customer
realize have lost their relevance; it’s the way we manage the flow that leads
to achieving these goals that has become unsuitable for rapidly changing environments.
Anyone can use it, anyone can take the framework suggested,
follow a few simple principles and apply it to any kind of coaching method.
This book was written out of our experience as Agile
coaches, dealing with rapidly changing environments. All we did is merely
collect these amazing tools and present them here for your use.
Enjoy :)
