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1.3 PERSONAL COACHING MAXIMS
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Listen better, talk less.
Understand what motivates coachee.
More is in you: everybody is capable of achieving more.
Let the past be past: it is no indication of the future.
But learn from it.
5. How we see ourselves is what matters most: People’s
believes of what is possible for themselves are their only
limits.
6. A coach must be genuine, empathic and always provide full
support
7. Coaches do not provide the answers
8. Coaching does not include criticizing people
9. All coaching is always completely confidential
10. Some needs cannot be met by coaching
11. Coaching is about identifying goals and finding ways to
achieve them
12. Coaching always implies change

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