Volume 3. Issue 6
JUNE 2007

A COACHING TOOL THAT MUST BE MORE

Early during Coaching School Results training, we were introduced to the language of positive presupposition as one of several useful coaching tools. There was never doubt in my mind about its effectiveness. I became very purposeful and developed confidence in my ability to use it during coaching sessions.

Recently, my work has led me to discover something new and unexpected about this tool. For it to be most beneficial, one must truly believe that the person they are interacting with is planning and acting in ways that will produce positive results. The language of positive presupposition cannot be a tool to be stored away and called up for periodic use. It is a tool that has to permeate the core of one’s being and become one’s automatic response for results to be maximized. The realization that the language of positive presupposition has to be more than just a tool has wiped the smug confidence off my face and left me with renewed resolve, energy and excitement as I work on changing me in order to fully utilize this tool.

Neuro—Linguistic Programming (NLP) training materials consider presuppositions as a set of filters through which one views the world. Since energy follows attention, attention should focus on the positive if positive results are desired. “… the unconscious mind is very literal and does not process negatives. If I say ‘don’t think of a pink elephant’ what happens in your mind?” Can you avoid picturing a pink elephant? “Questions are a very effective way of directing attention.” According to Gregory Bateson, “the questions we ask are more important than the answers we get.” The language of positive presupposition is powerful because it focuses attention on the positive and through the use of powerful questions.

In their book How The Way We Talk Can Change The Way We Work, Kegan and Lahey write, “It is very hard to lead on behalf of other people’s changes in their underlying ways of making meaning without considering the possibility that we ourselves must also change.” This explains why a coach cannot expect clients to change if the coach is not willing to change himself.

This discovery leads to another question. Does a coach need a tool kit? Are there any tools that a coach can store away to use when needed, or is the tool kit only useful for temporarily holding tools until they can be integrated into the coach’s being? What do you think?

http://www.nlpschool.com/articles-nlp-presupositions.htm

Kegan, R. & Lahey, L (2001) How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way we Work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

By: Bob Carter, CSR Leadership & Life Coach

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