Research-based coaching methods are rigorous and backed by science.
The alternative is to suggest that coaching is an art form.
When we offer up research we are not on our own. Instead, we are standing on the shoulder of others. And that can feel safe and secure. After all, it’s not our thinking, it’s theirs.
Misunderstanding the creative process of coaching is not our problem, it’s theirs, they simply don’t understand art.
But what if there was a different way?
A way not hidden behind the work of others, or the mystique of individual interpretation, but art for all.
After all not all “experts” are created equally. Knowledge moves on and tastes develop. What if instead of valuing “experts” we valued flexibility? The ability to change our minds based on the feedback we receive and the change we seek.
No longer subservient to research-based methods provided by experts stuck in their ways. Or in awe of obscure coaching methods that seek attention not change. A new model for education based on a new definition.
Coach; A person whose only intention is to create change by modeling a flexible approach to their methods so that others may follow.