QUALITY OF LIFE COACHLEARNING EXPERIENCE #3

Stretch Zone

Values in Action Gratitude: Knowing, feeling, and being

thankful for the good things in life

Role and Expectations of a Quality of Life Coach Guides and encourages team members to

better support the people we serve by using the “Must Haves.”

Uses their learning experiences and tools to help DD professionals shift their perspectives.

Challenges members to find answers from within themselves based on their values, preferences, and past experiences.

Provides support and gentle feedback to team members by addressing facts and actions that do not fit the “Good Life” model.

Enhances strategic thinking, positively deals with conflict, and builds an effective team.

Assists and facilitates members to engage in self-assessment in order for them to provide a better quality of life for those they serve.

Role and Expectations of a Quality of Life Coach (Cont.)

Tools of a Quality of Life Coach

Green Hat – Positive Attitude

Beginner’s Mind – Everything is possible

Pink Bat Thinking - Is the focus where problems are turned into solutions

Eat the Frog – Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable

Gentle Wind - Helps us move into & stay in the Stretch Zone

Floodlight Vision –Helps to see the bigger picture and is future oriented

Be a Duck - Keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath

Rationality - Ability to focus, listen, evaluate, problem solve & reason

Emotional First-Aid – Build trust, decrease fear, decrease emotional injury, decrease physical injury, and preserve the relationship

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

Stretch Zone-A Place that can lead to Opportunity & Success Being in the Stretch Zone means we

challenge ourself & organizations to become comfortable with the uncomfortable.

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