Transforming the lives of women in Sudan

Posted by Dave Buck on January 21, 2008 under CoachVille Caffeine, | DAVE BUCK | 2 Comments to Read

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Maya Balle
Here’s what’s happening on the CoachVille Caffeine program Tuesday, 1/22 -

I will interview Coach Maya Balle (of Liz Walker Journey Productions) on the topic of transformation. We’ll talk about how she survived the great Tsunami and how she then got involved in a film project about transforming the lives of women in Sudan featuring ths story of Rev. Dr. Gloria White Hammond.

Maya is on the leadership team for the New England ICF Chapter and is just an all around amazing person.

And also a bit of Coaching News…
A story in the Training Journal online describes a fascinating new coach training method “using drama-based training to show its managers how to incorporate coaching into their management style, provide feedback and help coachees to improve their performance”. Actors are brought in to play the role of clients so the coach trainees can practice what they are learning.
I think it is fascinating. I love the idea of practice.  At the same time, a BIG part of coaching is using your intuition to see what is REALLY going on beneath the surface.  I wonder how that works with an actor? Here’s the link:
http://www.trainingjournal.com/news/768.html

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  • Terri Z said,

    I agree – practice is essential! In this narrow scope of coaching, centered on frequently encountered scenarios in their business, I can imagine the technique is effective. From a broader perspective, which includes more personal ‘whole life’ coaching, the acting part of the process does put me off a bit. A main foci in many coaching conversations is authenticity. An important coaching conversation is to explore with the client what is authentic for them, how they can live authentically, etc.; and you just can’t ‘act’ authentic.

  • Phillip said,

    I imagine it’s a lot like football (or soccer!) practice–it’s not like playing in a real game, yet it is vital to learning specific skills and repeating them so they come naturally when you are involved in a real game. I did some of this type thing (with fellow students, not actors)in counseling class and it got you used to thinking in that mode and using those skills, so it definitely had value. Also I think there’s more to acting than outsiders realize and part of it is genuinely feeling those feelings (under controlled conditions)and going with what happens inside, so it might be more effective than you’d think. But obviously, it isn’t going to be the real thing either.

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