As Valentine’s Day approaches and our thoughts turn to
relationships, I thought it fitting to look at Doug Silsbee’s latest blog entry
“The Marriage of Intuition and Rigor”. http://www.dougsilsbee.com/blog/rigor
This is a relationship that every coach could benefit from
examining. Doug is the “presence-based coach” and being absolutely present in
the coaching relationship requires a discipline and practice all its own…then
to be able to determine when your intuition is truly appropriate and useful to
the coaching conversation is a skill on another level completely. And, one worth developing, I believe. So many of us in the coaching profession have
good intuition skills, but by itself, intuition is not enough.
Here is a great nugget from Doug Silsbee on the partnership
of intuition and rigor, “Intuition imbues the coaching process with grace, with
art, with connectedness that opens new territory. Rigor is the process of
recognizing and owning the inevitable pieces of unfinished business, on holding
ourselves accountable to skillful means, and grounding our intuition to ensure
that it is truly of service, at least most of the time.”
He phrases this beautifully, almost romantically. If each
one of us brought this “marriage” to our practices, to our client relationships
it would benefit both parties. This is
definitely worth a read and be sure to check out the comments from his readers
which are really insightful.
Respectfully,
Marggie Paris, LSW, BCC
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