Useful list of 30 coaching models — or techniques — to draw from
Seasoned business mentor Frederick Pearce has compiled a list of what he refers to as 30 coaching models.
They would not have been called “models” in the coaching schools through which I studied in the late 90s, early 2000s. They were taught more as a variety of tools and techniques a coach would draw upon in any given situation.
And it was expected that a coach would draw upon a variety of them at different, appropriate times — even perhaps within a single 30-minute session with the same client.
A coach schooled that way is likely to be more versatile and effective than one who views each of these “models” as a distinct system of coaching. Not clear to me that Pearce views them that way, so I don’t want to suggest that he does.
The list is useful and inspiring and a quick refresher of various approaches you might take as opportunities arise in the coaching relationship.
– ken winston caine
9.12.07 UPDATE: Frederick Pearce’s summary of the 30 coaching models has moved and I have updated the link. And, as I looked at them again, I recognized them as a course that the late Thomas Leonard developed in late 2001 or at the very beginning of ‘02 and to which I had lifetime rights to share. Am going to dig deeper and see if I can find Thomas’s more fleshed-out versions of these and may post more on it when I do.
