Reflective Entry Leninka

I think the assignment of this week was successful done for both. This work helped us a lot to have a reflection about high performance teams and the abilities and skills of a good leader.  This time we created the most inviting & supportive coaching environment this time. We were to a place very quiet that we used the last time and it worked a lot for us.

As a coach, the subject of the week was very helpful for me and also for Patrick. Therefore, I listened to him very attentively. In this session, I took notes of the important points because I wanted to remember them and discuss them more. When I had the most important insights, I started to ask him about his opinion his expectations about the work of his teamwork. How he felt at the beginning of the work in order to discover his expectations. I think it was important to develop the mirroring part so he can know what to improve.

 In the summarizing part, I emphasized his expectations of the meeting and which points he considered it was necessary to improve in order to have a successful meeting. For the questioning part, I felt more comfortable about asking.  I think this step is very important to me. Actually I can question with more freedom than before. This session was the best for me because we could talk in a very open way about the subject.  The questioning part was very helpful to discuss the catalyzing part. For me it’s very hard this part because it’s the time to help Patrick to find new opportunities and new discoveries. So, I think this coaching assignment help him understand more how to manage conflict. When you want to have the best performance of an assignment, it’s important to know the strengths and weaknesses of each member.  All of these findings helped us for the catalyzing part. This part helped me in the same way as Patrick I think. It’s important to know your group, to work as a team and have a scheduled of all the work.

As a coachee, I think Patrick helped me a lot to understand more about resolving a conflict. For me, it’s very difficult to deal with confrontation. So, It’s a part we discuss a lot with Patrick. Sometimes, I need to put some order in the group work. Sometimes, I feel so stressed about the work that I don’t delegate to others member of the group. Patrick listened to me a lot and he helped me to catalyze this problem. He saw how stressed I was with the academic load and he made me to realized that I need to organize my teamwork. So, avoiding confrontation and not organizing myself was affecting the teamwork. I think these sessions were very helpful to me because I also I win an excellent coach and a special friend. When you have trust with your coach and you see him also as a friend, it’s so easier to discuss our problems and discover more of ourselves.