A Coaching Model Created by Katrina Tala Supangco-Ocampo
(Freelance Consultant & Professional Coach, SINGAPORE)
{Overview of the Model}
The {T} Project is the coaching model for transformative change.
It has 2 dimensions:
The {T} Plane
describes the space and elements which makes it conducive for transformative change to take place.
The {T} Process
describes the process a coachee goes through as s/he goes on the transformative journey.
{Background}
In constructing the {T} Process Coaching Model, I have drawn from my own journey of transformation and reflections from my own coaching practice. It was important to me that the model reflects who I am and the work that I have done and will do with my clients.
The {T} Plane
outlines the elements that helped me start and sustain the process of transformation. I have invested in my own personal clarity and I know it has helped me with a lot of the issues. I have/am grappling with. The desire and accountability spells success in any journey as well. As long as you want it, you can get it. I am also a planner and a plan of action helps me just clarify the journey I will take. And in my journey, I have not been alone – and in my coaching, I also realized that people need to recognize that they are not alone. That there are also people and things/structures in their lives that can support them in the journey. Knowing this gives a lot of hope and empowerment.
The {T} Process
was loosely based on St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. In my journey, prayer, Spiritual Direction, Retreats and the like were key to my transformation journey. It may be a theological basis but it has proved to be very relevant and has aligned me with my Creator, the Universe , my values and my core.
The {T} Plane
The {T} Plane is the space where transformation takes place.
There are two elements that enable transformative change:
The Y-Axis: where change emanates.
The X-Axis: where change occurs.
The Y-Axis is about the Coachee, it’s about You.
Before any change to take place, first there should be Personal Clarity and Desire and Accountability.
Coachees start with an understanding (even if how little it may be) of themselves and their lives – they evaluate this and see some aspects of it that they want to change.
After realizing this, they seek support – in this case they have been lead to a Coach.
The process of personal clarity does not end there.
Rather, throughout the coaching process the coachee will discover more and more and use that knowledge in his/her transformation journey.
Coachees, armed with the knowledge of who they are, where they are and what they want to happen in their lives has that inner desire to make it happen.