Prismatic Coaching: Getting to the Core Element Through Self-Directed Coaching

By R.R. Krishna

" Prismatic Coaching : Getting to the core of Matter through Self directed coaching" teaches concept of coaching conversation in simple step. This book in its story form will be most useful for both beginners and advanced practitioners. The book as multiple outcome one can also learn to extend the principle of science to coaching"

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Apr 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9781482846980

R.R. Krishna

Krishna has thirty years of experience in human resources, executive coaching, and training. A graduate in commerce, postgraduate in personnel management and industrial relations, diploma in training and development, masters in labour management and master of philosophy in labour management. Krishna has diverse industry experience, such as consumer electronics, steel, holiday, and leisure, hospitality, pharmaceuticals, and heavy engineering. Krishna is a professionally certified coach from International Coaching Federation, a certified master coach from Behavioral Coaching Institute, result professionally certified coach from Result Coaching System, certified professional coach from Fowler International Academy, Certified Executive Leadership Coach from Fowler School of business and Executive coaching, and is a member of Asia Pacific Alliance of Coaches and Association for Coaching. He also holds a certificate in global professional in human resources (GPHR) from Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) and executive masters in neuroscience from NeuroLeadership Institute. Krishna holds few renowned certifications in training and coaching tools, such as lateral thinking, Six Thinking Hats, Myers–Briggs type indicator, fundamental of interpersonal relationship orientation, Belbin Team Roles, professional career development plan, and Leading Bold Changes, EQI–360, SCARF, and Social Style and versatility instruments. He is the recipient of a Master Trainer in Situational Leadership from Dr Paul Hersey. Krishna has written a number of blogs which can be accessed in the International Coach Federation blog site. Krishna is affiliated with some of the world’s greatest Fortune 500 authors, such as Wayne Burkan, Judith E. Glaser, and Robert Galford, and very uniquely, a BOSI-certified partner. He presently works as vice president in human resources in India for a multinational company. He is also a founder of an inverted learning company called Potential Genesis. Visit www.potentialgenesis.com and at www.rrkrishna.com.

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Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 The Ray of Light

Chapter 2 The New Prismatic Experience

Chapter 3 Exploring the Prismatic Experience 1

Chapter 4 Exploring the Prismatic Experience 2

Chapter 5 Exploring the Prismatic Orange

Chapter 6 Exploring the Prismatic Yellow

Chapter 7 Exploring the Prismatic Green

Chapter 8 Exploring the Prismatic Blue

Chapter 9 Exploring the Prismatic Indigo

Chapter 10 Your Journey Continues

Prismatic Coaching Approach

Bibliography

Author’s Profile

Foreword

I have always dreamt of coaching and becoming a discipline like any other discipline.

It is heart-warming to see Ramamurthy Krishna’s work in Prismatic Coaching. I am particularly impressed with the model of Qrefractive Index introduced in this book. I am very positive that the coaching community would start shaping this idea to make it even scientific.

The best part of the book I like is the ease with which it is written followed by the reflection exercise following the story. This I believe gives completeness to learning and help in skill development of coaches.

It is also important to see this book as part of a programme, not the whole programme. Krishna introduces further features in his start-up Potential Genesis (see his website www.potentialgenesis.com) which uses the concept of flipped teaching technique.

I am particularly gratified with the application of the metaphorming principle in building this concept. This sets the example for the coaching community to be encouraged to apply established researched principles to coaching.

Krishna’s work here is groundbreaking—enabling learning to be directed by the individual, rather than dictated solely by the outside system. After all, this is what coaching aims to be about, and approaches to formal learning have still much progress to make in this critical area.

I acknowledge the effort of Michael Stratford to motivate Ramamurthy Krishna to take this bold step.

I am positive that the coaching community will benefit from this work!

I am also sure this work would be inspiring to the coaching community globally to attempt application of science to coaching.

This attempt from Krishna makes it more certain for me that my dream of coaching would become a discipline is now a more realistic dream and not just a wild fantasy.

Happy reading!

Dr Jeremy J. Ridge

Chairman

Association of Professional Executive Coaching

and Supervision

Preface

T he germination of the idea for the book Prismatic Coaching was sowed by Michael Stratford. He was one of the first coaches ever to be awarded the master certified coach (MCC) credential by the International Coach Federation. He has written four books on coaching, including Masterful Questions , Directed Evolution: Taking Charge of Change , Hungers: The Hidden Motivators , and The Game of Coaching . He is currently writing Quintessential Leadership: 5 Timeless Practices for Leaders . Michael Stratford and I got into acquaintance after Michael commented on one of my blogs. The initial thought was Michael would be a co-author for this book with me, but given his busy schedule, we could never achieve this. The idea of the book started growing with few mentoring sessions by Michael and also sharing of one of the books. Michael was the one who actually initiated the metaphor of prism and glass in my thinking for writing this book.

A work like this needs motivation, and mine was fed by Dr Jeremy Ridge, chairman of the APECS board of directors. He fertilized and nurtured the idea. Jeremy specializes in senior management coaching, both with individuals and leadership teams, and in designing and facilitating senior management and organization-wide change programs. Dr Jeremy Ridge and I have been having a monthly chat, and the key topic is how to make coaching a discipline. It is at this point the book came into life. I