It’s tempting to gravitate to the “can-do” people in the group. The people who see what we see, do what we do, and in the end, get it done. They are, after all, people like us.
Of course, for coaches and teachers, that’s a trap.
Last night, while unpacking The Dot with a few coaching friends, that became obvious.
It makes sense to think about the behaviours you want to encourage and discourage in those you coach. But ask the same question of yourself, and a bigger question surfaces.
What do you want to put at the centre of your practice?
For Peter H. Reynolds, who wrote The Dot, it was courage, curiosity and collaboration.
What would your practice look like if you placed those at the centre? What would your students see more or less of? And what would they reflect to you?
Tx you so much to those who attended last night. It takes a little courage to run an hour workshop based on a 4-minute “kids’” video, but what I got back was curiosity and collaboration — and for that I’m grateful.