(3B1C) Coaching definition and purpose are intertwined
The Definition of coaching can't seem to be extricated from the (3B1) Purpose of Coaching because (3B8) Coaching is future focussed and as a result how you describe what it is almost always talks about what it is meant to do.
Here's how I have defined coaching:
(3B) Coaching#Coaching is a reflective social process that centres and empowers the coachee to evaluate their own ideas and options, and use their own agency to make meaningful progress.
The process itself needs to take into account its purpose: making meaningful progress in the life of the coachee.
However, if you describe something like basketball, you could say it is a ball sport played on a court with two teams (why did I pick a sport I know nothing about). If you ask someone what is the purpose of basketball, you might get answers like:
- to have fun
- to make friends
- to win
But you cannot divorce coaching from the purpose of empowering change. Without change, it is no longer coaching.
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