CliftonStrengths Group Coaching - Motion For Impact

[Hit the Pause Button]

In coaching, one of the common moves that coaches do is to hit the pause button. This move is done intentionally to slow things down and to invite people to observe their mental & emotional states. By doing that, the aim is to facilitate awareness and learning. 

Different ones at Motion got to do that yesterday as we had a group coaching session together. We hit the pause button after three consecutive weeks of back to back events. 

We explored assumptions behind team work. We talked about how to collaborate better. We talked about how to better understand each other using each other’s CliftonStrengths profiles. 

It was a good pause. 

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Performance Coaching for Results

ICF requires certified coaches to continue their learning and practice so I am delighted to complete a Performance Coaching Workshop last weekend by The Coach Partnership. It was fun being a learner again!

I’m also delighted that I get to apply what I’ve learnt immediately as a team coach at Motion: For Impact. So straight away, I did some performance coaching over the week to help team members win at their game! I love the simplicity of this approach.

What’s performance coaching❓
It’s a type of coaching that aims to help individuals win and achieve their goal. The foundation of Performance Coaching is the trust and care between coach and coachee.

It’s a great set of skills for managers who are looking to reduce the reliance of the team on the manager. It is a practice that yields sustainable results.

✅ Staff grow their skills and deliver the required results. They grow their confidence.

✅ Managers benefit in the long run with a more motivated and skillful team and having more time freed up as a result.

✅ The coach helps coachees clarify specifics about their goal. Often, the goal isn’t really that clear.

✅ The coach drills the coachees on their commitment and why they want the results. The coachee might possibly fail at the initial stages. Knowing the purpose strengthens the ability to be resilient.

✅ The coach holds the coachees accountable for the results they want to create for themselves. It’s easy to not hit the goal and find excuses. Having someone to hold a person accountable strengthens the will to succeed.

❌What Performance Coaching is not:
It is not a last ditch intervention to help uncommitted staff.
It is not a tool for managers to achieve their own agenda.
It is not sports coaching. No tactical plans are given by the coach.

🏅What has been my personal learning?
A performance coach needs both the supporting and challenging muscles to serve the client. I realized my challenging muscle is much stronger than my supporting one. So I am now more conscious in my coaching practice.

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CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) Team Workshop

After running a CliftonStrengths plus ontological team coaching session for the management team a couple of months ago, I had the privilege of following up with a team workshop for the wider group. This group of participants work in the public sector and is taking part in the CliftonStrengths Team session for the very first time. I was glad I am able to run a session for them. It was a fun filled morning!

Victor Seet • World & Singapore's 1st Gold Awarded Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach • Newfield Certified Ontological Coach

CliftonStrengths Workshop & Ontological Team Coaching - Wargaming Asia

It was a very fulfilling day spent with a group of seven HR managers.
1. The group was very engaged, participative and took risks to learn.
2. I use the design format of a Cliftonstrengths workshop followed by an ontological team coaching to focus on team application. It went very well.

Objectives of the session:
1. For each HR professional to gain greater self awareness and dive deeper into their individual strengths and weaknesses.

2. For the team to deepen their level of trust collectively.

3. For the team to understand the strengths and aspirations of each person to better collaborate, and jointly make decisions together.

Brief Summary of the Day:
MORNING: We started with a CliftonStrengths discovery workshop, covering the top 5 CliftonStrengths results. There were lots of conversations and activities to help the team engage with each other in a very light-hearted way. There were lots of laughter and many great questions were asked. The activities were specifically designed to help each leader listen to how each other think, feel and behave. This set up the context for the team to build trust and to go deeper with each other as the day moves along.

AFTERNOON: We started with a focus on application. I did some ontological team coaching. I coached the team in the area of trusts and emotions and there were some useful conversations on team mood. Each person committed to bringing the mood that will best serve the team.

Victor Seet • World & Singapore's 1st Gold Awarded Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach • Newfield Certified Ontological Coach

Values Workshop - Culture Building

Together with my Chief Experience Officer, Hajar, I co-created and facilitated a values workshop for the Motion team. We spent a few months planning for this values workshop as part of a larger frame of building and strengthening the culture for the existing team.

The day went very well. I led an icebreaker that had so much laughter and I loved it! The people were very engaged and by the time the workshop ended, we had many meaningful conversations among the different ones.

Victor Seet • World & Singapore's 1st Gold Awarded Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach • Newfield Certified Ontological Coach

CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) Workshop - Singapore Tourism Board (CMIT)

Fantastic time running my 20th CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) workshop for Singapore Tourism Board. The team was very engaged and this is probably the most “Singaporean” team I have done a workshop for. The most top 5 strengths of the team almost mirrored that of the top 5 most common strengths represented by Singaporeans (based on the data that was provided by Gallup).

Was glad once again that I could facilitate a workshop that helped the team understand their team dynamics through understanding their individual and collective strengths. Hope that the session will be more helpful as the team collaborate with each other.