The Third Entity of Co-Leaders

My coaching partner and I have just completed an amazing three-day intensive ‘Co-Facilitation’ workshop, delivered through the Center for Right Relationship (CRR).  Besides being a wonderful weekend where we were immersed in the stuff of coaching and relationships (which we love), we had fabulous learning around our strengths and abilities as co-leaders, or co-facilitators, of the coaching programs and workshops we deliver together.

Since we had completed CRR’s Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching program in 2007, we were already aware of the concept of the “Third Entity,”  which can be described as the voice of a “system.”  The relationship between my partner and me is a separate entity in and of itself, and has its own needs and voice.  The key in Relationship and Systems Coaching is to tune into the voice of the Third Entity.

This workshop focused on training our Third Entity, and using what we learned in the delivery of a brief presentation to the other participants using a specific experiential learning model (which I think is a fantastic model).  Boy, did we learn a lot!  Concepts such as completing each other’s thoughts, showing a united front, casting spells, using roles of ‘teacher’, ‘colleague’ and ’starwalker’, and how to handle ’yellow balls’ & ’sceamers’ (learnings you want in the room & unexpected questions or comments) kept us on our toes (and kept me exhausted!).  The weekend was truly magical and empowering.

Our Third Entity was encouraged to bring out more playfulness, be more provocative, and ’sparkle’ more. It is very exciting for us work on ‘being’ more this way and add these elements into our delivery.  I think this will allow us to provide even more impactful programs and workshops.

A Coaching Moment:

• What are the qualities of your and your partner’s (or team members’) Third Entity?
• What qualities are wanting to be allowed to shine even more?
• How could you encourage your partner and/or other team members to take a look at how your Third Entity could be even more powerful?

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If you are curious about what Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching can do for you and your partner(s) or team, feel free to send me an email at trilogy@pathcom.com to request a free sample session.

Warmly,
Jennifer

The Wake Up Women Book Cover is Out!

 

WAKE UP WOMEN BE HAPPY, HEALTHY & WEALTHY

I am pleased to show you the cover of the book that I’m a part of – Wake Up Women’s BE Happy, Healthy & Wealthy – which is the first of a new series of books to be published by Wake Up Women.  This book is a compilation of inspiring stories written by over 40 dynamic women (most of whom are coaches) from a variety of backgrounds.  These stories are meant to empower women in their own lives; it covers many areas - relationships, prosperity, health, and spirituality.  The women in these stories talk about having the courage to alter their perceptions, their reality, and ultimately change their lives; these are women who have been where you are.

The authors include Debbie Allen, Terri Amos-Britt, Amy Applebaum, Nicole Brandon, Arielle Ford, Loral Langemeier, and other expert professionals, authors and master coaches from around the world, including some of my colleagues – Anne Berry, Alice Comer, Billie Jenkin, Sheila Pearl, Arlene Rannelli, Pam Robertson, Erica Rueschhoff, Michelle Sanchez - and, of course, me! 

This has been an intensive and exciting learning experience!  The Wake Up Live and Wake Up Women teams have been hugely supportive; we are offered regular tele-classes for developing our business platform and learning marketing strategies.  Many of the co-authors also participate on several conference calls each week to discuss our own businesses, developing alliances with each other, networking strategies, learning on-line social networking and other ‘high-tech’ stuff, and making plans to meet each other.  We are all learning a lot and are enjoying getting to know each other.

We, the co-authors, will be receiving the first editions of the book in October, 2008. These will be limited and in soft-cover, and you can request a signed copy of one directly from one of the co-authors.  So – email me if you’d like me to reserve a copy of this limited edition for you!

We also have a dream of reaching the New York Times Best Seller List with this book and, in order to do this, the book is available for pre-orders for the 2nd edition. To reserve a copy of the 2nd edition of Wake Up Women’s BE Happy, Healthy & Wealthy (which will be a hard cover copy), please go to www.wuwbestseller.com.  There is no obligation to actually purchase anything at this time (or in the future if you change your mind).

When you reserve a copy of the book, you will immediately receive 3 free gifts, which are electronic downloads. You will be asked for your name and email address, and how you heard about Wake Up Women. You will receive a further 3 emails from Wake Up Women over several months with offers to purchase other teleclasses and/or electronic booklets which they are making available as special offers connected to this campaign.  Again, there is no obligation to purchase any of these items if you do not want them. The final offer to purchase a copy of the book will come prior to the release of the 2nd edition, which is scheduled for February 2009.

Please let me know if you or any friends of yours sign up to reserve a copy of the book, so I can include you on my list of contacts for further updates about the book!

A Coaching Moment:

• What is happening in your life that you are excited about?
• If its, ‘nothing’ – then what could you get excited about?
• If there is something and you need to take some action, what’s the next step for you to take to get closer to making it happen?

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Wishing you an exiciting day!

Warmly,
Jennifer