What's so special about co-active coaching?
The Coaches Training Institute defines Co-Active Coaching as:
a unique, proactive alliance in which coach and client work together as equals to meet the needs of the client. Fervent curiosity is more important for the coach than specialized knowledge. Skills and techniques are important; authenticity and connection are more important.
CTI holds that all people are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole, and capable of finding their own answers to whatever challenges they face. The job of the Co-Active Coach is to ask questions, listen, and empower rather than instruct and advise. We also believe that all parts of people's lives—their careers, relationships, recreation, personal growth, and finances for example—are interrelated and may be addressed on the way to the client's goal. We coach the whole person to extraordinary results.
Sometimes referred to as the “art of coaching”, the Co-Active Model is about equality between coach and client. Co-active Coaches respond in the moment, trusting that they have the training and know-how for any situation that may present itself. Clients are never categorized or addressed with a standardized solution. All coaching models are not created equally.