What are the frameworks the coach training is based on?
The Institute of Executive Coaching offers a coach training program based in positive psychology and adult learning principles. We teach what we refer to as a “gold mining mentality” – meaning that when you are coaching an executive you want to look for the “gold” rather than focus on all the “dirt”. The coaching relationship is framed within an adult learning cycle that encourages a systematic, solution-focused process of setting goals, taking actions that ensure sustainable behaviour change and reflection to make sense of those changes. We use John Whitmore’s GROW model as a basic beginning structure at Level One, and then move “beyond GROW” at Levels Two and Three. We also refer to Ken Wilber’s Integral model, as a framework for coaching within the organisational context.
