The Mentor Leader Written by Tony Dungy and Nathan Whitaker, this book discusses the concept of mentor leadership, which focuses on building and shaping the lives of the people in front of you. It provides a Christian perspective on leadership and also incorporates stories from the authors’ experiences. Tony Dungy was an NFL player for 3 years before becoming the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1996 and later the Indianapolis Colts in 2002. Throughout this time, he gathered leadership skills from his own mentors and from his experiences to write this book. Nathan Whitaker, a Harvard Law School graduate, was involved in football administration for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Jacksonville Jaguars for many years.
I am a firm believer that strong leaders can either make or break an athlete’s career. Talented mentors have the rare ability to transform a stubborn and/or tired mind to one reborn with the hunger to continue. It is an amazing feat when thought about; how could one person make such a mammoth impact that he/she could completely change someone’s thoughts? Coaching cheerleading was one of the most demanding positions I have voluntarily placed myself into, not because I believed I lacked the expertise to effectively instruct, but because I placed pressure on myself to do well; however, this was a different form of it.
Key philosophies of the profession has developed from the Freudian view that people are basically sexual animals (Freud, 1905/1958) (Hansen, 2012), to the vision of Carl Rogers self-actualization model and vision of human strength (Rogers, 1951) (Hansen, 2012), and the behavorists theory that describe humans as basicaly computers that can be programed to change (Beck, 1976) (Hansen, 2012), counselors have witness dramatic and lasting human change. Historically, creative visons have fueled advances in counseling, not scientific discoveries (Hansen, 2012).
That’s fair and true. However, there are some goals you’d really like accomplish. A business coach will help you experience the achievement of those accomplishments through an acronym called P.A.R.T.Y. 1. Perspective – It’s difficult to see the picture when you’re in the frame. When you have an experienced and wise coach looking at your
To effectively guide conversations, a coach needs to keep these as ‘real as possible’, using trust and truthfulness to drive action, change and results. _____________________________________________________________ The notion that our lives succeed or fail one conversation at a time is at once commonsensical and revolutionary (Scott,
All of us want to help solve our members problems. But I think I never coach, I just mentor, give advice and problem solve. When the instructor said coaching is about people solving their own problems, that has sort of resonated with me. I can think of a few instances in just the past couple months where I helped a member and served up a solution on a silver platter, but it would have benefitted them much more if I stepped back and just asked the right questions. I’m going to try harder in the future to keep some ideas to myself and let the member come to conclusions on their own.
Along the way, the various techniques, the counselor’s skills, and the client’s motivation to improve can affect the process. Adler believed the important aspect of understanding the client
Any feedback should be confidential so as not to identify any individual coachee. 1.3 Present the case for using coaching or mentoring to benefit individuals and organisation performance. Benefits to the individual Coaching and mentoring when delivered in a structured and engaging manner can bring significant benefits to an individual in both personal and professional development. Both approaches help develop and increased level of confidence and self-awareness, improved inter-personal skills, managing conflict and enhanced leadership skills (Roberts 2000, Beamont 2002). They provide the opportunity for feedback on strengths and areas for development in a safe, judgmental environment and can help accelerate learning.
Life coaching has become increasingly popular over the last ten years as people have realized mental health is just as, or more important than physical health. Not only has it become popular, it has recently found its way into healthcare by “applying new ways of engaging the patients and making them accountable for their health” (Ammentorp). Having a knowledgeable, educated person who can be there to assist those going through difficult times is one of the most rewarding jobs in todays world. Life coaching is based upon the cognitive behavioral approach and is used to help give people guidance and overcome obstacles they face within their own limiting thoughts. Life coaching is quickly becoming the preferred choice of many who are open to seeking
As I learn more about counseling theories, I realize that it is important for a counselor to not act as an expert on a client’s life, rather, this role is solely
However, organizations do not just operate by themselves they are powered and led by people. Leadership is one of an organization’s greatest assets and understandably needs to be developed. Since the ancient Greek times and even in our day mentoring has been identified as an innovation
This reflection will discuss my key learning’s in the workshop from module 4 – ‘Developing leadership in self and others’, and integrating it with the article by Kelly (2008), ‘Management mentoring in social service organisation’. Within the group discussion, we talked about what a mentor is and the function of a good mentor in the social work field. Ragins and Scandura (1994, pp. 962) in Kelly defines a mentor as “an individual influential in the work environment who has advanced experience, knowledge and is committed to providing upward mobility and support to careers”. The group identified the function of a mentor depends on what the mentee (protégé) wants to learn from the mentor, the situation, learning facilitation and a mentor who is supportive and guiding, which exhibit the function of a mentor.
For this assignment, we were asked to conduct coaching sessions in groups of three with our colleagues for two months and draft a reflective essay on our experience. I hope this reflective essay will help me understand the in-depth concepts of coaching while helping me interact and respond better to people in different situations.
SOAR Essay “ A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has to see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you always known you could be.” Tom Landry, one of the greatest football coaches of all time, said this is what it takes to be a coach. A research done on Australian coaches shows that “Coaching has the potential to play a significant role in shaping an individual and community’s identity, culture, and knowledge.” Coaches play a very effective role not only on kids but on adults as well. You can go to coaching for anything you need help with in life.
Discuss how counselling uses an inter-disciplinary approach to helping with examples. “Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals” (American Counselling Association 2010). Counselling is a process of engagement of two people one who is professionally trained to help and the other is the seeker of help, to identify the solution of the problem underlying through purposeful conversations. Counsellor does not give advices or control his/her clients rather helps them to think more broadly about the issues in a free environment. It works on the principle of choices and unconditional positive support.
