Coaching Forum: Friend Vs. Coach

We'll kick off 2014 with a discussion of Friend Vs. Coach. Consider:

• How do you draw the line between Coach and Friend?
• You want to create a harmonious coaching relationship, but what is the boundary?
• Share a time when you navigated the line between Friend and Coach.
• What are the tools, tips techniques you’ve used to steer a Coaching Engagement and keep things on an appropriate professional level.
• Is there a time where you’ve crossed the line, and had to deal with a Coaching Engagement that got off track?
• Do you provide Coaching Services to your friends?   

Benefits of the Coaching Forum:

• Share organizational coaching best practices
• Discuss coaching challenges
• Share strategies for building coaching programs
• Coach and / or mentor effectively to augment training and development initiatives
• Develop managers and leaders to effectively coach
• Evaluate the benefit of an internal vs. external coach
• Build collegial relationships and a collaborative network in the local coaching community
• Advance your knowledge and understanding of coaching
• Explore building coaching cultures within an organization

Convener: Chris Roediger, croediger@zoomtown.com