This requires more skill on our part, and it takes more time, more patience, and a deeper relationship with the client" (Weiss 2004: 6).
Level three coaching shifts away from focusing on the issue and is more about focusing on the person: why the client wants the things he/she desires. If the original goal is to find a better-paying job, the life coach might explore more deeply the role of material goods in the client's life. For someone who struggles with their weight, this stage might involve understanding why the client became overweight in the first place and reevaluating the role of food in the individual's life. "Our aim is to shift their limited sense of who they are, so that they can engage in and interact with the world in entirely new ways" (Weiss 2004: 6). Quite often, people have a very limited sense of their own competencies and possibilities and it requires the eyes of...
Clients often need concrete, measurable benchmarks to feel a sense of accomplishment, such as running in a 5K or landing their first job interview. This sense of accomplishment can then be taken to the level two stages of coaching, whereby they can identify what made them so successful in this one endeavor and seek to replicate it in other spheres of their life. Finally, the client can take what he or she learned regarding specific short-term goals and can apply the life lessons into multiple components of his or her life and lead a more fully realized existence as a result.
Reference
Weiss, P. (2004). Three levels of coaching. New Ventures West.
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