A Research Paper By Olga Kurek
Transformational Coach, NETHERLANDS
The dialectic opposition of flexibility and rigidity is presented in this research paper. For professionals working in high-pressure, time-constrained environments, it looks at flexibility as a coaching concept for stress management, well-being, and performance improvement. Flexibility (mental, psychological, coping mechanism, or mindset) can be used when coaching for developing flexible stress mechanisms and strategies to improve well-being and performance. Coaching for flexibility focuses on goals such as academic and professional performance, resiliency, work, life satisfaction or balance, and general self-confidence in one’s abilities. It can be utilized when coping with helplessness, blame, guilt, and shame. Flexibility must be improved through a multifaceted strategy that considers the mind, body, and spirit. Changes to diet, sleep, and exercise routines, the addition of mindfulness meditation, and increased reading are a few examples.