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The improvisation in coaching sessions - coaching
Improvising is an art that requires continuous development and a lot of practice to perfect it without interfering with the value of the content and information we transmit. There are many opinions about improvisation as a useful resource when communicating with our clients. While some prefer to adhere strictly to a methodology and script, others are more flexible in their exchanges with clients.
Throughout this guide, we will explore some of the fundamental aspects of improvisation as a tool when conducting our coaching sessions, so that you can learn about its usefulness and how to make the most of it.
Prejudices are preconceived ideas that we often adopt before we have all the necessary elements to form an accurate and coherent value judgment with reality. Having prejudices is a human attitude, but it can considerably hinder our coaching sessions and affect the results we pursue with them.
It is possible that in our first discovery session we have developed an erroneous criterion of the events and of the general aspects of the specific problem, this leads us to propose strategies and actions that are not in line with reality. By means of the tool of improvisation, we can naturally correct our strategies and adjust them to the reality that we discover in the exchange with our clients, being this a very effective resource to correct the prejudices that we had previously formed.
The ability to apply improvisation in our coaching sessions presents a second very valuable aspect: to be flexible in favor of the client's personal interest. Even in the moments where we have been able to conceive the problem correctly during the first discovery sessions, without forming wrong prejudices, our actions and strategies to recommend may not be adjusted to the maximum in favor of the client's personal interest.
Not always the most effective strategies are the ones that most appeal to the client, that is why a coaching session is not a monologue, but an exchange on both sides, where the client defends his interests and points out what are the points that most concern him. In case we fail with the previous planning that we have carried out before the session, we can improvise according to our knowledge and strategies to reformulate new actions that are closer to the satisfaction of the client's personal interest.
The fact that we can improvise in a session with our clients is not opposed to carrying a previously prepared script. The script and improvisation are two tools that complement each other in an effective way, each one plays its role and fulfills certain particular needs. Having a script allows us to have a series of guidelines so that the session flows in an organized manner towards the satisfaction of certain objectives.
By incorporating improvisation, we offer an additional layer of protection against the appearance of situations that have not been preconceived and that could alter the expected results. Do not be afraid to develop this skill and let it develop progressively, the situations that arise in your day to day life will force you to improve in this valuable art for the development of your coaching sessions.
