Sunday, January 09, 2005

 

Emotional Intelligence: A workshop or coaching

"Emotional Health has become a necessity not an option. There's a direct relation between compassion and humanity and the retention of talent." Tim Sanders, author of Love is the Killer App: How to win business and influence friends

Why don't one time training events or workshops work to help people make meaningful change? They are usually conducted by technically qualified people. They cost a lot, at least in business settings, especially when they are offered to top management. The answer is: those "events" don't work because change is hard. Period. Experts in change, Prochaska, diClemente & all. authors of Changing for Good, report that "only one in five people who decides to make a change succeeds the first time". We can learn what the skills are during a workshop. Learning to implement those skills in our work or personal life takes time, because changing is a process and a process happens over time. Our ways of being in the world and of responding to people and events has formed over years. By the time we realize we could benefit from some new learning, we are usually at least over 30 (until then we think we know it all). More realistically, we are often over 40 or even 50. That's why coaching is way better than workshops when it comes to changing ingrained beliefs, attitudes and behaviours. As you all know, coaching is also better to make a golf champion!

Marguerite Tennier, M.A.
The coach who wants to change the world,
One Man at a Time

http://www.canadascoach.com

If you are not certain how EI coaching can help, email and ask for a free consultation.



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