What "Coaching Basics" triggers

Sometimes feedback from readers is so encouraging that you should hang it on the wall – or at least post it on your blog. Take, for example, the feedback on ‘Quadro Coaching Basics’, which I’m reproducing here – with the author’s permission.

I was reading something in the ‘Coaching Basics’ Quadro yesterday and one question in particular caught my attention (see below). I’ve experienced the power of questions first-hand myself, but it never ceases to amaze me what they can trigger. After half an hour, I decided to stop writing for the time being… :)
I really appreciate the fact that you wrote this coaching guide (for me as well).

04.04.2011 09:23
Coaching Quadro 1.7
Imagine you’ve become a really good coach. How do you think you managed that? What steps did you take along the way?
– I’ve had plenty of practice.
– I’ve often asked people if I could coach them.
– I did a coaching training course. It wasn’t the certificate that mattered most, but the fact that I had a really good learning environment.
– I have set myself a clear goal: coaching is important to me and I want to develop my professional coaching skills.
– I have always seen myself as a learner.
– I was willing to try things out and experiment with questions.
– I’ve watched with interest to see how others coach and how they’ve become good coaches.
– I’ve had coaching myself.
– I always had a range of topics and issues for which I could seek coaching at short notice.
– I’ve taken advantage of many opportunities where others could ask me coaching questions.
– I’ve also read about coaching – not extensively, but it has been helpful in my practice.
– I have maintained relationships with other coaches.
– Where possible, I’ve sat in on sessions run by other coaches.
– I have asked friends and Christian coaches to pray specifically for my development as a coach and to bless me with what God has entrusted to them.
– I have deliberately avoided focusing too much on coaching, but have also made room for other things, aspirations and passions in my life, so that this subject has always retained its special appeal, its light-heartedness and its enjoyment.
– I’ve tried coaching in various contexts.
– I’ve been thinking about creative and innovative ways to apply coaching.
– I haven’t shied away from coaching people, even in difficult situations.
– I have often asked God what else he would like to give me to help me develop as a coach.
– I have regularly asked God to grant me His blessing and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit so that I might become a coach after His own heart.
– Whenever I felt like it and had the freedom to do so, I came up with new coaching questions for myself.
– Whenever the opportunity arose, I plucked up the courage to speak to groups of people about coaching and to write about it.
– I’ve also asked myself some coaching questions, written down the answers and reflected on them.
– I have shared my coaching insights and experiences with people who were interested in coaching, and have encouraged them to develop their coaching potential.
– I’ve been on the lookout for people in whom I recognise coaching potential.
etc., etc.
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