The 6R's Phases of Coaching offer a structured path to leadership development, starting with self-awareness and progressing through actionable changes, reinforcement, and ultimately, creating a lasting legacy.
This journey is designed to help you realize your leadership potential, implement meaningful changes, and sustain growth over time.
Below is more about each phase. Ask yourself, what phase are you in your leadership?
Phase One, Realizing, is the cornerstone of your leadership coaching journey. This phase is about deep self-reflection and uncovering your true leadership potential.
Through introspection, you’ll gain a clearer understanding of your strengths, areas for growth, and the blind spots that may be limiting your effectiveness.In this phase, you’ll look closely at your leadership style, connecting it to your core values and purpose.
Vulnerability is crucial as you recognize that even the most capable leaders have areas to improve.By embracing this honesty, you will lay a strong foundation for the rest of your coaching journey.
Chris's goal during Phase One is to create a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your leadership identity deeply.
He will guide you in developing a clear vision of where you are now and where you want to go, offering support and insights throughout. His aim is to ensure you feel both challenged and supported as you start this transformational journey.
Releasing and Rendering is a combined phase focused on letting go of limiting beliefs and reshaping your leadership identity to align with your goals and values. This involves freeing yourself from the past—outdated thinking, behaviors, or emotional baggage. Key elements include:
Rendering: After releasing, you reshape those open spaces into intentional, aligned behaviors and mindsets:
This phase is both emotional and practical, with guidance from Chris to release old patterns and craft a new, empowered version of your leadership.
In Phase Three, you will start to feel a renewed sense of energy and confidence as you begin to see the positive impact of the changes you’ve made in earlier phases.
This is the phase where you embrace the progress you've achieved and start building momentum. You'll feel more connected to your leadership style, and your actions will start aligning more closely with your values and goals.
As you move through this phase, you may sense a growing clarity in your decision-making, as well as a boost in your ability to handle challenges with resilience.
This is a period of renewal, where your leadership style begins to feel more natural and effective, and you gain a deeper understanding of how to maintain this positive trajectory.
What Chris Will Be Doing: During this phase, Chris will help you reflect on your progress, reinforcing the changes you’ve made while providing guidance on how to sustain this momentum.
Goals of Phase Three:
The Reinforcement Phase is where the changes and progress you've made become a natural part of your leadership style. After the revitalizing effects of Phase Three, this phase is about making sure those positive behaviors and strategies become ingrained in your daily practices.
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston Churchill.
Throughout this phase, you may experience a mix of comfort and challenge. As your new practices become more familiar, the excitement of earlier phases may start to fade. You could face moments where you feel tempted to relax and slip back into your default settings—the familiar habits that may no longer serve your growth.
Chris will:
In Phase Five, leaders begin to feel the results of their hard work and growth. This phase is about restoring energy, balance, and confidence after the challenges of earlier phases. Leaders start to reconnect with their strengths, understanding how far they've come while recognizing how these changes have impacted their leadership.
This period allows them to settle into their new behaviors and feel more confident in their ability to handle challenges moving forward.As leaders gain clarity, they experience a renewed sense of direction. Decision-making becomes more focused, and they align their leadership actions with their long-term goals.
This phase also emphasizes finding balance—leaders now feel more stable, with a sense of control over both personal and professional demands.
Resilience is a key outcome of this phase. Leaders develop the mental toughness needed to face challenges head-on, with the confidence that they are equipped to navigate through uncertainty and pressure. This resilience allows them to handle new obstacles without reverting to old habits or getting derailed by stress.
As the coach, Chris plays an essential role in maintaining momentum. He offers ongoing support to ensure leaders don’t lose sight of their progress. Chris provides reassurance when challenges arise, helping leaders remain steady and confident as they continue to grow.
Reflection is encouraged, but Chris also keeps the leader forward-focused, ensuring that the journey of growth continues. He emphasizes self-care and resilience, helping leaders stay energized and avoid burnout.
Through consistent guidance, Chris reinforces the new behaviors that have been established, ensuring that these positive changes become a permanent part of the leader's style.
As the final phase in the Cardinal Point Leadership 6R Phases of Coaching, Phase Six is where the transformation solidifies. Leaders emerge with a clear sense of their leadership identity and the long-term legacy they want to build. The journey culminates in newfound confidence, clarity, and purpose.
Phase Six marks not just the end of the coaching series but the start of your leadership legacy.
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