3rd Act Coaching

What is 3rd Act Coaching?

Through one-on-one sessions for 1 to 2 hours with individual work assigned between sessions, 3rd Act Coaching:

• Honors the client as the expert in his/her personal and professional life with the agenda that provides the direction for the coaching relationship.

• Supports and encourages the client in self-discovery; and exploration of options and potential

• Helps clients to design a plan for a life that has vitality, balance and fulfillment.

How do we work together?

• Core Roles of the Coach: Strategic Partner, Supporter, Expert, Listener, Facilitator, Change Advocate

• Assumptions

  • The client is creative, resourceful and whole.

  • The client is not in need of fixing.

  • The client is capable of taking center state with the answer.

  • The client is best served if the coach is skilled at staying off stage. The coach's role is to be supporting cast, without attachment to being right.

  • The coach avoids answers and solutions, relies on intuition, the power of questions and occasional suggested ideas to support the client in writing her 3rd Act

  • The coaching relationship preparing for the 3rd Act necessarily occurs over time and rests on a commitment of confidentiality.

• What the coach brings:

  • A process and conceptual framework.

  • Spirit of inquiry and appreciation.

  • Understanding of and experience in applying behavioral and systems disciplines such a psychology, group dynamics, human and organization systems based on solid training and experience of being coached.

  • Assessment methods as appropriate.

• What the client brings

  • Emerging goals and desired outcomes.

  • Curiosity about the process, the opportunities that await and what can be different or better.

  • Willingness to engage with time and energy to meet, do "homework" and give conscious attention during and between meetings.

  • Openness to self-exploration and change---the essence of coaching.

What is the Process?

• Establishing a partnership: Explore goals and purpose for 3rd Act Coaching, building the relationship and agreeing on how we will work together.

• Learning the context: What was the Second Act? What is happening now? What is changing? What is the impact?

• Assessment: Depending on client goals, provide opportunities for self-assessment and feedback to gain self-insight.

• Commitment to learning and change: Fostering acceptance and commitment to learning and change---Going on stage for the 3rd Act---through the identification of specific goals and actions.

• Responding to challenges and opportunities: Supporting and assisting the client to leverage strengths and learn from the dilemmas and challenges he/she is facing.

• Celebrate, Evaluate and Move on: Recognize and acknowledge success, evaluate progress and move on to new goals.

How do we focus?

• We will explore the balance of energy and interest in the Physical, Financial, Emotional, Social, Mental, Professional, Spiritual aspects of life.

• Based on the future that is opening up we will examine these provocative questions:

  • Who am I?

  • Where do I belong?

  • What do I care about?

  • How should I contribute?