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QUALITY OF LIFE COACHLEARNING EXPERIENCE #3

Stretch Zone Presented by:

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COACH LEARNING EXPERIENCE # 3 Objectives1- Participants will be introduced to the role &

expectations of a Quality of Life Coach 2-Participants will be introduced to the Stretch

Zone and the “Must Have” tools that a Coach uses to help people Thrive

Must Have Tools of a QoL CoachGreen Hat, Beginner’s Mind, Pink Bat

Thinking, Eat the Frog, Gentle Wind, Floodlight Vision, Be a Duck, Rationality

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COACH LEARNING EXPERIENCE # 3Stretch Zone

Objective #1 :Participants will be introduced to the role & expectations of a Quality of Life Coach

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OACB Quality of Life CoachA Quality of Life Coach focuses on being a

success partner who supports their organization & co-workers in improving the quality of services they deliver to people with intellectual & developmental disabilities.

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Quality of Life CoachListensEncouragesChallengesSupportsNourishes Inspires Let’s discuss what this means & why it is

importantLet’s discuss how you envision yourself in this

role

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Objective #1:Participants will be introduced to the role & expectations of a Quality of Life Coach A- A Quality of Life Coach engages in the

practice of supporting a person they serve by supporting & guiding team members & co-workers through a series of learning experiences paired with tools to influence beliefs, practices & actions (Must Haves).

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Objective #1:Participants will be introduced to the role & expectations of a Quality of Life Coach B- A Qol Coach will use a range of learning

experiences & tools to help DD professionals shift their perspectives and thereby discover different solutions to support the people they serve to achieve their hopes & dreams.

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Objective #1:Participants will be introduced to the role & expectations of a Quality of Life Coach

C-The Quality of Life Coach asks questions and challenges members of the service delivery system to find answers from within himself/herself based on their values, preferences and past experiences.

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D- OACB QoL Coach facilitators will provide positive support & feedback to their co-worker & members of their organization. Feedback will include gently addressing the brutal facts of service delivery models & professional actions that are not respectful. One of the key outcomes of an OACB QoL Coach is to improve the personal effectiveness of DD professionals while impacting the well being of people served by the organization.

Let’s discuss what this means & why it is important

Let’s explore some possible challenges that you will face

Let’s discuss how you envision yourself in this role

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Objective # 1:Participants will be introduced to the role & expectations of a Quality of Life Coach E- Additional outcomes of a QoL Coach are to

enhance strategic thinking, positively dealing with conflict, and building an effective team

An OACB QoL Coach may use engaging questions for self-assessment & reflection. The Coach facilitates discussion to enable DD professionals & teams to take action to help people they serve to have an improved quality of life.

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Objective #1:Participants will be introduced to the role & expectations of a Quality of Life Coach F- The QoL Coach will assist & facilitate DD professionals

to engage in self-assessment that results in actions & practices that will help the people we serve to have an improved quality of life.

Let’s discuss what this means & why it is importantLet’s explore some possible challenges that you will face Let’s discuss how you envision yourself in this role

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COACH LEARNING EXPERIENCE # 3 Objective # 2:Participants will be introduced to the

Stretch Zone and the “Must Have” tools that a Coach uses to help people Thrive

Must Have Tools of a QoL CoachGreen HatBeginner’s MindPink Bat ThinkingEat the FrogGentle Wind Floodlight VisionBe a DuckRationality

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COACH LEARNING EXPERIENCE # 3 Objective # 2:Participants will be introduced to the Stretch Zone Stretch Zone is a place where individual &

organizational learning and growth occurs. The Stretch Zone requires intentional & purposeful self-assessment & critical thinking.

Moving into the “Stretch Zone” requires a deliberate & disciplined focus

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Stretch Zone-A Place that can lead to Opportunity & Success

Being in the Stretch Zone means we challenge our self & organizations to become comfortable with the uncomfortable.

In the Stretch Zone, Pink Bat thinking is the focus where problems are turned into solutions

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Stretch Zone-A Place that can lead to Opportunity & Success

The Stretch Zone is the place where we challenge ourselves & organizations to use “Floodlight Vision” to stretch to new opportunities, possibilities & solutions

The Stretch Zone requires professionals to be purposeful & intentional about wearing the Green Hat of respectful supports.

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Coach Learning Experience # 3Must Have Tools of a Quality of Life Coach Green HatA Quality of Life Coach is intentional about

wearing a Green Hat. The purpose of the Green Hat is to create

clarity and focus for each professional to be supportive, positive, optimistic and focused on supporting people we serve to have a good life.

When wearing the conceptual Green Hat a professional will:

Focus on Respect FirstOpenly display appreciation for others Ask thoughtful questionsLook for solutions Focus on win-win outcomesUse a Beginners' Mind approach

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Coach Learning Experience # 3Beginners MindWhen using the “Beginners Mind” concept

everything is possibleAccept what is happening but keep focused

on possibilityA small child learning to walk is a great

example of a “Beginners Mind”, falling down is not failure it is the beginning of possibility and success

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Coach Learning Experience # 3Pink Bat Thinking & Choices The “Beginners Mind” approach will align with Pink Bat

Michael McMillan reminds us that “You can live each in a world filled with “problems” or rise each morning & embrace a world filled with unseen solutions…eager for you to find them. The decision is yours***both worlds exist. The one you choose is the one you create.

Are you willing to choose & create a culture where Quality of Life for people we serve is the focus and the world we want to create

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Coach Learning Experience # 3Eat the FrogBeing Comfortable with the Uncomfortable

Being able to grow & become effective is all part of being in the Stretch Zone

Being able to become comfortable with uncomfortable situations is a key to growth

One way to learn to become comfortable with the uncomfortable is learning to Eat the Frog

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Coach Learning Experience # 3Must Have Tools of a Quality of Life Coach Gentle

Gentle WindOne way to become comfortable with the

uncomfortable is being exposed to a Gentle Wind

A “ Gentle Wind” can be seen and felt in natureA “Gentle Wind” helps us learn to be

comfortable with the uncomfortableA “Gentle Wind” helps us move into & stay in

the ‘Stretch Zone”

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Flood Light Vision(Possibility Focused)

The view is larger & extendedThe range of vision is very

wide and focused on the long term

The focus is future orientedThe details are not clearly

focused yetLearning to be comfortable

with the uncomfortable keeps our “Floodlight Vision’

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Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.

-Jacob Braude

It is your Responsibility to be…Professional “ Like A Duck”

Rationality Rationality: Being fully aware & connected to thoughts,

feelings & surroundingsReadiness & ability to focus, listen, evaluate,

problem solve & reasonActions are planned, focused, thoughtful &

purposeful.

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Rationality Awareness

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