How to Coach Yourself and Others Popular Models for Coaching

2.6.2 Practical Narrative Approach to Coaching The narrative approach to coaching investigates the stories that people construct in their lives to define who they are and what they do. It is the coach’s role to help coachees identify stories that are limiting them from achieving their full potential and to assist in finding an alternative story that is more beneficial. The coach has four main aims when implementing the narrative approach: 1. 2. 3. 4. Search for alternative explanations Search for unique outcomes Encourage a future with the alternative story Find ways to create an audience who will perceive and support the new story. Let us look at some of the main concepts of this approach: Dominant Stories Dominant stories are stories in a person’s life which he or she strongly believe and have had things happen in life that have reinforced this story. They can have both positive and negative affects on the individual’s life and affect not only the present but also the future. Stories consist of the following elements (De Jong & Berg, 2002):     156 Events Linked in sequence Across time According to a plot

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