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Directive Coaching: Structuring with an Objective

In: Coaching with Colleagues

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  • Erik Haan

    (Ashridge Business School
    VU University, Amsterdam)

  • Yvonne Burger

    (VU University, Amsterdam)

Abstract

The most basic and straightforward coaching approach is undoubtedly the directive approach, in which the coach keeps a grip on the conversations and puts the coachee on a leash, so to speak, providing encouragement and helping him or her resolve their issues.1 This book does not describe the most directive methods, which simply involve the coach answering the coachee’s questions and explaining how to tackle the issues arising. These sorts of directive technique are not examined more closely because we believe that coaching always focuses on helping the coachee to find his or her own answers (see also the definitions in Chapter 1). We do discuss a number of extreme directive methods in Chapter 9, in which the coachee does receive answers to his or her questions, albeit highly absurd ones. These are given with a completely different aim in mind than that of providing a solution — namely, that of mobilising the coachee’s own problem-solving abilities.

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  • Erik Haan & Yvonne Burger, 2014. "Directive Coaching: Structuring with an Objective," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Coaching with Colleagues, edition 0, chapter 6, pages 63-76, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-35920-9_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137359209_6
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