Coaching with Urgency: Building Skills, Trust, and Transformation: Michael Sonbert
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Coaching is intentionally building skills, showing and modeling best practices, and intentionally training people to be better.
-His work has been in some of the most difficult zip codes to work in. They see coaching in more of a model practice. They define clear directions.
-Sky Rocket Your Teacher Coaching (Skyrocket Education and Rebel Culture)
-Intentionally building the relationship, and finding out about them as a person, realizing there is an amazing human here. Their perceived resistance from this person was actually just them wanting to know how to get better and not liking conversations that felt cloudy, they liked straight talk. Knowing what works for people and what doesn't is needed. It is powerful being able to connect with people and have them trust you.
-Relationships are at the heart of our model.
-Expertise is something that builds relationships. When someone can put their trust in you. No teacher wants to waste their time. Relationships are built when one person feels like they are in very safe care with the other.
-Accountability, a promise that we make to each other, it is important, like any relationship. I can count on you and you can count on me. Shared expectations for success can be pivotal. Set those expectations to be able to hold each other accountable.
-We think of schools as high reliability organizations, like airlines or hospitals, when adults make mistakes people get hurt - short term or long term. To hold people accountable, we have to do that on the front end. Let's discuss what we previously agreed to.
-Shared accountability to maximize time.
-We need to commit to doing these things together, and then we can hold each other accountable. It can be the kindest thing you can do for someone.
-It is never too late to set shared expectations in a coaching cycle. What do you need from me to be successful? Or just start this in the next cycle.
-AI and coaching
-Coaching vs. support
-What is the problem you are trying to solve right now?
Connect with Michael:
-Skyrocketed.org or Rebelculture.com
-michael@skyrocketed.org or michael@rebelculture.com
-Instagram @michael.sonbert
-LinkedIn - Michael Sonbert
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