don’t tell me, show me! helping clients thrive with experiential learning jim knickerbocker, phd,...
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Don’t Tell Me, Show Me! Helping Clients Thrive with
Experiential Learning
Jim Knickerbocker, PhD, PCC
Intrepid Growth, LLC
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
e
2 Experie
nce
3 Practice
4 Reflect
ABOUT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
1 Introduc
e
2 Experie
nce
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
e
2 Experie
nce
3 Practice
4 Reflect
YOUR TURN!
1 Introduc
e
2 Experie
nce
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?