Workplace coaching is pretty common these days and is needed more than ever. When stress hits the hot button most of us have a hard time seeing through the color red that coats our perceptions.
Red is universally understood as a color for survival or to provoke. Red light when we are driving means stop. Red flag means danger. We “see red” when we are furious. Red cape in front of a bull gets him going. Gossip can be described as red hot.
When cheerleaders want the crowd at a game revved up they can wave red scarves and the stands get fired up, red hot, for the home team.
That’s the job of a cheerleader. Not so for the coach. That job requires a steady hand and skill to keep the players cool and clear headed; passionate yet purposeful. It’s the same way at work as on the field.
Coaching in the work setting can save both time and money. When we are red hot under the collar and a coach can help us find the way out of the upset it can shorten the length of time to stay angry and also limit the depth of the dissention.
Every team I have worked with using the OUT technique through our PatternAware™ Coaching has learned to keep the color red out of the crucial conversations that inevitably have to take place for conflict resolution to occur.
We can all learn to coach each other for positive results to take place. The key factors of successful coaching using the OUT technique concerns the ability to Observe behavior patterns that get in the way of honest dialogue, Understand where these patterns come from, and finally how to Transform them to their healthy opposites.
While cheerleaders have their place and can get the energy going, coaches get us to the finish line and help us win the game.
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Tags: Behavioral Patterns, Coach, Coaching, Leadership, pattern aware, Workplace Relationships