But, it is also lonely at But, it is also lonely at the topthe top

(Even Sir Edmund Hilary had a sherpa!!)

Soren Kierkegaard Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards

But, it is lonely at the topBut, it is lonely at the top

You have to• Dream the dream• Maintain the goal• Push the wagon• Carry the burden of responsibilities• Lack the encouragement / the empowerment• Tackle the misfortunes• Suffer the ...

David BowerDream the dreams that have never been dreamt

About the horse eye maskAbout the horse eye mask• Blind

– Sectorwise– Companywise– Traditionwise

• Ignorant towards– Innovation– Creativity– Benchmarking

• Questions / answers• Know when / how to stop / to

start

TariqTariq SiddiqueSiddiqueIf you are failing to plan,If you are failing to plan,you are planning to fail you are planning to fail

LendingLending anan earear..• Asking questions, searching for the

answers• Focus on what it looks and feels like• Raising expectation and look for them• Identifying skills (learn / strengthen)• Developing the person not the

scoreboard

Leo TolstoyEveryone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

The The CoachingCoaching ProcessProcess (1)(1)1. Surrendering control

– We explore your agenda

2. Guidance without steering– Exploring the 7 Roads that lead to Rome

Marcel ProustThe voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

The The CoachingCoaching ProcessProcess (2)(2)3. Promotion of self awareness and responsibility

– Exploring beliefs and values impinging the decision, interpretation and action to take

4. Channeling knowledge, experience and expertise

– Guide the learning curve

Kurt VonnegutBe careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.

Anonymous The more you know, the less you need to show.

The Coaching process (3)The Coaching process (3)

5. Encourage relentless inquiry– Challenging the expert– Balance between advocacy and inquiry

Thomas EdisonOpportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and

looks like work.

The Coaching process (4)The Coaching process (4)

6. Challenging assumptions– Learn to hold assumptions to the hash light

of reality before to proclaim them as truth7. Encouraging open-mindedness

– Wisdom begins where the secret and joy of lifetime learning resides

AnonThe bend in the road is not the

end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn.

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking

what nobody has thought.”

Albert van Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 – 1986)

What coaching is all about.What coaching is all about.• We create the structure within which

the ‘coachee’ can focus his energy.• The Coaching experience is person

centered and appropriate to the person being ‘coached’.

• The guidance of the coach responds to the appropriate level / area of the ‘coachee’

Coaching is enabling: providing focus and direction, tools, information and

insight, and removing obstacles. David Starr JordanWisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.

UnknownThe only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing.

Nice, but not for usNice, but not for us1. Nothing needs to be improved here…2. But that won’t work at our company…3. But we’ve already tried that…4. Our people cannot change, or don’t want to5. We haven’t got the time for that right now…

Anita RoddickIf you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the

room.Unknown

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

Zen sayingMan stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark.

Nice, but not for us.Nice, but not for us.6. But it will cost too much…7. But we can do that ourselves…8. Isn’t it better to wait until…?9. Who is ‘Bizson’ anyway?10. But won’t there be any negative

consequences for our personnel?Thomas Alva Edison

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.Bodie Thoene

What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.George Soros

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

The 10 Most Frequent RemarksThe 10 Most Frequent Remarks

If you recognize yourself in at least 5 of those remarks you definitely need to take

‘some’ action.

The greater the ignorance, the greater the dogmatism’

Sir William Osler (1849 – 1919)

Even Sir Edmund Hilary had Even Sir Edmund Hilary had a sherpa!!a sherpa!!

Anais NinWe don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.