First coaching experience

Being able to play the role of a coach, a coachee and an observer was really special to me. In fact, the coaching exercise made me practice and know what this profession is really about. I had a great time and I have really enjoyed going through this experience with my classmates.

As I mentioned before, each member of the team played a different role (coach, coachee or observer) and this was very helpful because this made us understand the whole process of professional coaching.  I was the first to talk about my summary (as the coachee) and I felt a little bit intimidated at the beginning but as soon as the coach started to ask me questions and showed interest in what I was saying, I felt more at ease. I think that this was a general feeling, the conversation came naturally and we felt comfortable around each other. The team members also tried to stay focused on keeping the conversation going and to apply the five key processes of a coaching conversation; each one of us listened to what the other person had to say, asked questions without interrupting the person who was talking, paraphrased, etc.

I felt more comfortable as an observer because all I had to do was to see if the team members are following the five key processes of a coaching conversation and make some remarks at the end of the conversation. This task seemed to be pretty easy for the three of us.