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Identifying solutions rather than solving problems
In our culture, it is most common to focus on problems and their
causes, analyzing and diagnosing so that a solution can be found.
The solution-focused process dispenses with problem analysis.
Instead of focusing on understanding the problem better, the
time available is spent learning as much as possible about goals,
solutions and resources. As a rule, once coachees have put
discussing the problem behind them, they are surprised how
much they have to say about the solution. It almost feels as if
they did not have this information earlier, and only discovered it
during the conversation.
Albert Einstein is supposed to have said, 'No problem can be
solved by the same consciousness that created it'. Solutionfocused coaching thus avoids drawing attention to the problem.
It prefers to draw coachees' conscious attention to solutions.
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