Reflective Entry - Leninka Lazo

In my opinion, this meeting was the best of all the coaching sessions. I think really helped the environment. We chose an inviting and supportive environment and that helped the coaching session.

The listening part was easier than before. The subject of this week was very interesting and Patrick opened himself because he has a lot to contribute to the meeting. In this part, I listened carefully. Also, I demonstrated with my eyes and physical movements that I was interested about his experience. In the mirroring part, I asked him how he felt in the meeting and how was his expectations before it began, in order to invite the reflection. I think it was important to show him, how the meeting can be transformed in an unproductive meeting and what it could produce that. In the summarizing part, I emphasized the most meaningful insights of his experience in a meeting. For example, being prepared before a meeting, and the importance of the presence of all the members of the group.   I think we discovered that our experiences in the bad meeting were similar. Indeed, we didn’t have clear objectives of the meeting before it started, so, the whole meeting didn’t have a purpose. In the Questioning part, I asked him questions to get deeper of how to conduct meeting effectively. For example, how he would do different if he had to do again this meeting? When I did this, he discovered important insights for his next meeting. In the catalyzing part, I think both found opportunities and new discoveries.  I think we found together new approaches of managing meeting such as: being always prepared, have clear objectives, the importance of all the group, how each person is a key factor for accomplish a successful meeting and all the opinions are important.

As a coachee, it was the best session for me. I think Patrick is a great coach because each time we are together, we can find new discoveries. I talked to him about my meeting experience and he listened to me all the time. He showed me that my opinion matters. He asked me a lot of questions about how I can handle better a meeting. The environment where we talked was great because we used a quite space. He asked me how I felt when all this conflict in my meeting happened and he gave me his opinion too. I think was easier for me to talk because I trust him more and I value what he said to me. Before, it was harder for me to express myself deeper and I talked in a superficial way in the coaching meetings. I think this session was better in comparison of all the others. In my opinion, the key is to have trust in your coach. When you reach that level, as a coachee is easier to talk and that helps the coach too. I think that beneficiates us because together we can find more discoveries and opportunities and that improves our coaching session.