Assignment: multidimensional process
Assignment: multidimensional process
Assignment: multidimensional process
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Assignment: Coaching is a multidimensional process. What are the different roles that Executive Coaches must play?
Question 1
Executive coaching is a complex process in which multiple factors and relationships are at play. Coaches must interact with their superiors, trainees, colleagues, and, in many cases, human resources staff. As such, executive coaching is demanding work and calls for a high level of knowledge and skill. An effective Executive Coach has the capacity to handle the demands of the job while teaching employees new skills, building successful teams, improving morale, and supporting strategic change. It is a process that goes beyond the individual coach and the things that coaches can observe. In short, executive coaching requires a high level of awareness, empathetic understanding, and keen insight. In light of your understanding of the role of an Executive Coach, justify the following statement: Coaching is a multidimensional process. What are the different roles that Executive Coaches must play? In what ways might these roles be in conflict? Your initial post should be a minimum of 300 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates postings by Day 7
Question 2
Our attitudes, values, beliefs, worldview, and assumptions are deeply engrained and significantly impacted by culture. In many cases we react to others (i.e. colleagues, acquaintances, friends, etc.), based on our cultural norms. For instance, one might assume that an acquaintance lacks independence because he or she frequently relies on family input to make important decisions about his or her life. This assumption comes from a place of judgment in which one persons values are viewed as superior to another. To be effective, Executive Coaches must understand the relationship between culture, attitudes, values, beliefs, etc. In understanding these relationships, Executive Coaches can minimize the possibility of misunderstanding or misguiding a client.
After completing the assigned reading, address the following questions: What cross cultural competencies would you say are essential to effective coaching? Why? What is the connection between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and effective cross cultural coaching? Is there risk involved in working from the premise that all people are the same?
