Don’t Tell Me, Show Me! Helping Clients Thrive with Experiential Learning Jim Knickerbocker, PhD, PCC Intrepid Growth, LLC [email protected] 831-272-4546.

Don’t Tell Me, Show Me! Helping Clients Thrive with

Experiential Learning

Jim Knickerbocker, PhD, PCC

Intrepid Growth, LLC

[email protected]

831-272-4546

OBJECTIVES

Understand how experiential learning complements traditional coaching approaches

Learn some experiential activities that can enhance a coaching session

Plan incorporating experiential activities into coaching practices

WORKSHOP FLOW

1 Introduc

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2 Experie

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3 Practice

4 Reflect

ABOUT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

1 Introduc

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2 Experie

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3 Practice

4 Reflect

WHY EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING?

“Tell me and I'll forget.

Show me and I may not remember.

Involve me and I'll understand.”

~ attributed to both

Native American & Chinese sources

WANTED

For resisting learning

from others

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING & COACHING

Use of Experiential Learning via Coaching may help clients:

1. Understand and remember at a deeper level

2. Build client’s capacity for self-observation and self-correction

3. Who prefer non-auditory learning styles (kinesthetic, visual)

4. Who are intellectually or emotionally well defended against learning from others (e.g., smart people, wounded people)

WHAT IS AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EXERCISE?

Framing

Delivery

Debrief

Provides context Must make choices Harvest learning & Make linkage to life

Because participants have free will, you can’t guarantee what will happen

STOP TALKING – START DOING!

1 Introduc

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2 Experie

nce

3 Practice

4 Reflect

YOUR TURN!

1 Introduc

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2 Experie

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3 Practice

4 Reflect

HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL?

Practice, Practice, Practice! Get into groups of 3 people Take turns rotating through these roles: Coach – Helper/Observer – Client

Follow provided instructions, take turns leading experiential activities from the coach’s perspective

Talk, Talk, Talk!

Discuss questions in small group, taking notes for large group report out: What was your experience of this activity? What are the opportunities to use experiential activities with your clients?

What are the possible barriers or challenges?

HARVEST LEARNING & CONNECT TO LIFE

1 Introduc

e

2 Experie

nce

3 Practice

4 Reflect

ROLL YOUR OWN

To create your own experiential activities for your clients: Identify the desired outcomes or learningRecall how you (or others) learned this experientially

Consider what people, places, situations or things might create the conditions for this experience?

THANK YOU!

I want to hear your feedbackToday’s slides will be available on the GCA website

Want info on an Experiential Activity Kit for Coaches?