Although I have a lot of experience in some of the areas you may want to address, the most important thing is we work as a team to help you gain your own insights. Insights are often inhibited because people are focused on the current dominant answer.
To get past the impasse, we need to allow the mind the connect subtle signals as opposed to relying on obvious answers. This reflection phase also includes “sensory gating” where distracting stimuli is reduced and we can increase the likelihood that he conscious mind registers nonconscious signals. It’s like a good dance partner. There is always someone leading, but if the leader, or in our case coach, does a good job, you can’t even tell who is guiding the dance.
So what is an insight?
A nonobvious solution from the nonconscious that emerges suddenly into awareness and combines existing data in new ways.
Insights matter because they are the precursor to meaningful:
- Solutions: helps people solve complex problems
- Engagement: facilitates activation of the brain’s reward system
- Change: intrinsically motivates and can lead to behavior change
We want to capture the insight and then convert it into action. In summary, here is what a good coaching conversation or series of conversations looks like: