Coachee's Willingness as a Critical Factor

The Necessary Willingness to Start

When starting a coaching process, it is crucial that the coachee (client) is clear that the path may be slow at times and will definitely require effort on his or her part. This is not a magical or passive solution.

Therefore, an indispensable condition is that the coachee must be willing to go through the experience; that is, he/she must be willing to go through the process.

Without this internal willingness and active commitment, the process cannot succeed, regardless of the coach's skill or the quality of the tools used.

Will as a Decision and Intentional Act

Will is a determining factor in any change process. As a famous phrase states, "the preamble to all change is wanting to decide and having the will to do it".

This underlines that transformation does not occur by chance, but as a result of a conscious decision backed by determination.

Author Enrique Rojas defines will as, first and foremost, an intentional act of being inclined or directed to do something. A crucial factor is involved in this act: the decision.

The Three Ingredients of Will

According to Rojas, the will understood as resolution ("knowing what one wants or where one is going") is configured from three associated ingredients that form a whole:

The tendency or preference for something: The initial desire, the natural inclination toward the goal or change sought.

Determination: The clear and firm clarification of what it is that one wants to achieve, defining the objective precisely.

Action: The fundamental step of beginning to move actively in pursuit of what one wants to achieve.

Willingness, therefore, is not just wanting something, but clearly deciding it and acting on it.

Fundamental Involvement for Success

Thus, it is essential in any coaching process that the coachee not only desires the change, but also has the necessary will and is actively engaged in the experience.

He or she must be willing to invest time, energy and effort, to face possible discomfort and to follow through with the agreed actions.

This willingness and commitment is the engine that drives the process and maximizes the chances of achieving the desired results. Without the