{"id":140,"date":"2018-06-10T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/achsahs-springs\/?p=140"},"modified":"2018-06-10T00:00:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T06:00:11","slug":"coaching-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/achsahs-springs\/2018\/06\/10\/coaching-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I am on a missions trip in Kenya right now, I was directed to conduct my interview with someone on the missions team. \u00a0I was able to steal a little bit of time with the President and Founder of Sew Love Foundation Inc.<\/a>, Lori Peters late one evening when the tasks of the day had been completed. \u00a0Due to the fact that there are 5 ladies staying together in a room and Lori is a friend outside of our roles with Sew Love, the interview ended up being less formal than it would have been with a fellow student, or a colleague from work, but still a valuable learning experience.<\/p>\n

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Q: \u00a0What skill behaviours to see as contributing to your success?<\/p>\n

A: \u00a0First and foremost is a passion for the \u201cwhy\u201d \u2013 why are we doing this. \u00a0Second would be a faith in God, that he will guide and provide, and trusting in what he shows me and leads me, and being led by the Holy Spirit. \u00a0Next would be dedication, which is different from passion. \u00a0When things get hard, you can\u2019t not keep going, you \u201ccan\u2019t not\u201d get the job done and let things slide because the \u201cwhy\u201d holds us, and the \u201cwho\u2019s\u201d hold us. \u00a0Lastly would be learning to ask for help, and releasing people to help without getting in the way and not hyper-focus and not be controlling.<\/p>\n

(At this point there was a break in the interview and there was a significant amount of coaching that took place but I was not the primary facilitator of that coaching. \u00a0One of the other members of the team staying in our room actually made the comment that Lori does not \u201cdo this well\u201d \u2013 does not ask for help when needed. \u00a0Lori gave a number of reasons why it is difficult, but was also able, with prompting from both team members to give responses as to why these barriers cannot hold her back from continuing to ask for help. \u00a0She has been offered assistance in the past, and then had people not follow through, or assist in a way that was not helpful \u2013 she recognized that she needs to communicate and set expectations for follow through and what it is that she needs for assistance. \u00a0Another barrier she identified was that she has difficulty asking for assistance when she feels she isn\u2019t organized and doesn\u2019t have the entire plan set out, and she was able to self-identify that she doesn\u2019t always need to have all the details in place and that she can release some of the planning and delegation to others.)<\/p>\n

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Q: \u00a0When are you at your best? \u00a0When do you perform well?<\/p>\n

A: \u00a0Honestly, when there are crises. \u00a0In pressurized situations I can rise to the occasion when others would crumble. \u00a0I see this as a gift from God.<\/p>\n

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Q: \u00a0Where do you want to be 5 years from now? \u00a0Describe your idealized future as if it is happening.<\/p>\n

A: \u00a0I want to be more present with my family \u2013 my family back in Canada and my Sew Love family here in Kenya. \u00a0Not so wrapped up in the tasks and the details, but present with the people and in relationship with them. \u00a0And I want to be in a place where I am taking better care of myself.<\/p>\n

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Q: \u00a0How do you get there? \u00a0What ideas do you have for realizing this?<\/p>\n

A: \u00a0Ask for help. \u00a0Don\u2019t get caught up in the details that don\u2019t matter. \u00a0That is very difficult for me due to the way that my mind works, but it is absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n

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For the last 2 questions I recognize that as a leader there were opportunities to facilitate a more in-depth conversation and ask for greater specifics. \u00a0However, as I stated earlier the interview ended up being less formal than I had anticipated, and at one point Lori became quite emotional as she recalled that her first trip to Kenya was with a young woman from our church that we lost to cancer late last year. \u00a0My leadership decision at this point was to not pursue the line of questioning further and leave the coaching for another opportunity.<\/p>\n

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