Coaching Know- How
Volume 1, Issue 4, July 2010
 
CFI remembers Dr. Udai Pareek  
by the CFI Team

On March 31, 2010, the HR & OD Community in India lost one of its most commended missionaries and CFI lost one of its beloved Honorary Fellows - Dr. Udai Pareek. Fondly known as the ‘Father of HRD’ in India, he served as a pathfinder, researcher, consultant, philosopher, teacher and the ideal role model for many in this field.
Psychological Literacy for Coaches
by Dr. S. Sabesan

Psychologically minded or literate is very central to CFI’s Coaching Model and to that end we spend a lot of time and effort to impart this to our prospective CEO Coaches, Leadership Development Coaches as well as our certified Coaches. In this article, I aim to explain the various facets of this Psychological Literacy.
 
Peer Supervision and Support – the CFI experience
by Saumya Rastogi

CFI has been encouraging its Coaches and interns to actively seek and participate in peer supervision and support which its members have embraced enthusiastically. In this article, we are pleased to share with you some of our Coaches’ experience with Peer Support and Supervision. 

 
Systems Perspective as a differentiating Coaching competency

by Ganesh Chella

The importance of a Systems Perspective for Coaches goes beyond mere effectiveness – it seems a pre-requisite. It has been our experience in CFI that when Organisations seek out Coaches, they almost subconsciously seek out not just the most skillful Coach but the Coach who brings the greatest Systems Perspective to their Coaching engagement. They do this by seeking our Coaches who have “been there and done that” - Coaches who have experienced or witnessed all or some of these system issues and dilemmas. In this article, I would like to examine the subject from a variety of perspectives so that Coaches are able to nurture and develop this dimension and also leverage it in their Coaching engagements.
 
 
How Coaches use Type knowledge to help their clients achieve their potential
by M.Hariharan
Just for a moment Imagine you work for the UN. You are currently posted in the capital of a particularly disturbed country in Africa. In the middle of an important meeting, your security officer rushes in to inform you that there is a bomb threat and all of you have to immediately evacuate the building. It is quite likely that what you choose to do first would be influenced by your psychological type because ‘type’ influences your every day choices and behaviour.
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CFI’s Coaching Model

CFI promotes a holistic Coaching model that is Coachee-centric by approach, humanistic by orientation, empowering by style and eclectic by design. It prepares its Coaches to be highly skillful in their Coaching conversations and deeply mindful about the psychological dimensions of Coaching. CFI's Coaching model focuses on managing problems and developing unused opportunities.
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Editorial
The scientific origins of Executive Coaching can be traced to such diverse fields as positive psychology, consulting psychology, adult education, counselling and so on. These sciences have together contributed to the creation of the technology or ‘know-how’ that Coaches use in their Coaching relationships with clients. This edition of CFI’s Coaching Digest focuses on some important aspects of this ‘know-how’ through a fine collection of research based articles.

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The CFI Editorial Team

  • Ganesh Chella
  • Ashok Jayaram
  • Dr. S. Sabesan
  • Saumya Rastogi
  • Bhairavi Prakash
 
CFI News
CFI’s Bangalore Chapter conducted a one-day Workshop in April on “Coaching and Organisation Performance” to enable business heads and management thought leaders in Bangalore to acquire a better awareness of Executive Coaching and of CFI’s activities in this space 
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