Abstract
The paradoxical approach is eminently suited to tricky coaching situations in which ‘things are not going smoothly‘ where, for example:
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The coachee does not appear to accept the coach whole-heartedly.
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Initiatives appear to get bogged down.
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In one way or another, the coach feels constantly challenged — to be a better coach or to give more, less, or cleverer advice.
[Change does not exist, for] what would be in change changes neither in the shape it is in nor in the shape it is not in.
Zeno of Elea, Fragment DK 29B4
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© 2005 Erik de Haan and Yvonne Burger
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de Haan, E., Burger, Y. (2005). Paradoxical coaching: Moving with defences. In: Coaching with colleagues. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230509436_9
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