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COACHING - “A Way of Being” When we think about coaching, most of us think of coaching in the context of sports and fitness coaching to life and business coaching. By definition, a sports coach is ‘ a coach is a person involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople. A coach may also be a teacher.’ Coach (sport). (2017) In a School Coaching model teachers who coach other teachers are visible. The teacher coach listens and questions and then listens some more which leads to further questioning in order to build awareness. This process allows and leads the teacher coachee to identify a goal or way forward.

“Leadership Coaching is a dialogue in which the coach and the coachee collaborate to unlock the coachee’s potential and maximize performance. Coaching is a relationship that helps coachees to learn and enhances their professional effectiveness and on-the-job performance, ensuring accountability and support for managing workplace issues, reaching goals and sustaining development. … and also it is about transforming good intentions into great results.” (Growth Coaching International)

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