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What is the ‘Coaching Stance’ and how does it impact any coaching situation?

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The coaching stance is what the Agile Coaching Institute (ACI) refers to as “the heart” of their Agile Coach Competency Framework.  The coaching stance is supposed to be the place you start from and return to.

The coaching stance elements highlighted are:

  • maintaining neutrality – do not judge peoples’ attitudes or actions; question them about the whys and how they think that they may improve things
  • serving the CLIENT’s agenda – do not approach a coaching situation with a set of pre-defined directions that you want the client to follow
  • reducing client dependence – introduce thinking and decision techniques that, once used by the client, they no longer NEED your services
  • not colluding – do not COLLUDE with the client to introduce attitudes and practices that would be detrimental to the organisation EVEN if they believe that that is what they want
  • signature presence – bringing your best self to the coaching situation


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