A NEW PLUS

In case you were wondering, the weird shadows that appear in the Powerpoint explaining my new venture, Coaching Plus for Peak Performance, are not friends of ET heading for home, but 3 generations of Rays in the Cajón del Maipo Cordillera on our way up to the El Morrado Glacier (taken about 4 years ago). What a memorable bonding experience with Peter and Philipito which had a lot to do with building and maintaining trust.

I am delighted to report that CPPP is going strong and I am excited to see how the brave souls who trusted me to be their coach and have dared to do this in English are demonstrating surprising abilities to express highly complex and frequently delicate matters (difficult enough to express in their mother tongue!) in the very safe environment we have created... and they have already seen the early fruits of using me as a sounding box and point of accountability (for their own decisions and results) as they begin to execute their plans.

30+ (gulp!) years of experience have shown me, however, that the skills acquired by practice in the classroom or coaching space do not automatically transfer to real life and the moment we find ourselves in a a less "safe" environment, the self-doubt, hesitation, stuttering and memory gaps begin to take over.

I am therefore keen to move on to stage 2 of my experiment in building self-confidence/trust for language learners by creating a safe space for groups of like-minded individuals to share their ideas and get used to expressing themselves to groups in English, overcoming their fears and reaping the benefits of the 3 "S"s !! - Synergy, Serendipity and Syncroncity.

I shall start the ball rolling in the first meeting by presenting my preferred coaching model "The Heart of Coaching" by Tom Crane, in a Round Table Meeting which will I hope provoke some interesting discussion on different coaching models and experiences involving all the audience.

In subsequent meetings we will encourage other members to make presentations on some other aspects of Coaching, Leadership, HR, OD or Personal Development intended to generate a similar interactive meeting.

Provisional date for the first meeting is Monday 9th April at 19:00 somewhere in Providencia (Exact location to be confirmed). There will be no cost ...and no coffee or trimmings!!! ;) Let me know if you are interested by adding your comment to this blog or mailing me at: philiprayr@gmail.com

Hope you can make it!!