Sue's Introduction
Coaching is a way of life and it is my way of life. The core of how I work is to coach either on a one to one basis or on a group scale so it is a natural step to offer this module as a way for others to learn explicitly about my approach. And for me coaching means supporting my clients to realize their true potential and therefore the unique success that is their right.
Of all of the techniques that I have learnt over the years (and they are many!) I have found nothing to compare with NLP as a basis for coaching. I love NLP for this because with NLP we can give the ownership of the learning and the change to the person being coached. And at the same time the NLP based approach relies on the coach engaging fully and personally with this process. In other words the coach has to be learning as much and more than the subject for the coaching process to make a difference. Paradoxically then the coach and the subject of the coaching are one.
My experience with coaching has spanned many years and may disciplines. In particular I draw from my experience of working with Gene Early (a master of NLP modelling and of coaching), Frank Farrelly (master of Provocative Therapy), Ernst Rossi (disciple of Milton Eriksson), Peter Honey (master of Behaviour Analysis and Learning Styles) and of course John Grinder and Richard Bandler (founders of NLP) and many many more. Most of all those that I have learnt from are those that I have coached. I have sometimes wondered just who is the coachee here!
Sue Knight
