My Integral Coaching Approach
a comprehensive response to life
Looking at a person as a whole.
Unlike many other ways of coaching, Integral Coaching tries to understand a person as a whole. For example, if a client has presented an issue with his or her performance at work, many coaching methodologies would focus on ways to improve performance at work. This is an effective way of responding to the issue, but often, as we have also seen in many movies, a person who is not performing at work can be a consequence of his or her suffering in a personal relationship. Or a person with an issue with his or her family may be because of a very poor environment at work. Looking at a person as a whole, beyond the realm of the issue, enables Integral Coaching to address the presented issue at its core, which can at times be in some other area of the clients life.
A comprehensive structured response.
Integral Coaching integrates several principles and philosophies (adult development theory, ontology, phenomenology and pragmatism), as well as blends it with thwarting self judgements. If required, but not limited to, Integral coaching can also use personality tests like enneagram to respond to a client as well as blend somatic work.
Integral Coaching combines inquiry & advocacy, finds a new language (or stories) to set clients up not only for long-term excellence, but also to become self-correcting & self-generating.
A short-term and a long-term response.
Integral Coaching offers being practical (aid for the short-term) and integral (developing over time). It looks at what can be done “now” at the same time explores how a current instance is a manifestation of something larger, something long-term. This response meets a person exactly as they are at a particular moment in time. It is a way of coaching that feels doable for the client and also provides long-term impact so that the client experiences richer, longer-lasting growth.
A tailor-made approach that blends pragmatism and depth.
The kind of practicality Integral Coaching offers is specific, tailored and crafted for each person, so it lacks the generic markers we’re used to. Today’s “Best of” lists and “Five steps to ___”, while efficient, can short-change us from appreciating the kind of pragmatism that arises from depth and nuance. We can all benefit from noticing how we take what our culture offers to the masses, and then begin to attune more closely to a truer need.
What is Integral Coaching?
Faculty of SF-based New Ventures West answer the questions: What is Integral Coaching? And what makes this approach different from other types of personal development work?
