Have you ever thought about the word coaching in its original meaning? Going back to around 1550 (yes, that is nearly 500 years), a coach is considered a “large kind of four-wheeled, covered carriage” according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. The use of the word coaching in a sense of training somebody to excel has been established later but exists for at least nearly two centuries. While back in the very old days a coach was exactly what we needed to get from “A” to “B” simply because there were no other means of transport we now travel not only a lot faster but also through the air. We even get up into space. I wonder what our ancestors would have thought of such a possibility.
Coaching as a form of bringing a person from where they are to where they want to be has truly become a well known discipline in all walks of life including sports, businesses and how to live a more fulfilled, successful and healthy life. It does work, doesn’t it?
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Sandy Seeber-Quayle works with insurance companies on partnership management, product development, and customer documentation. She operates on a consultancy basis and is known for reliability and her niche expertise in German consumer banking insurance.
Outside of consulting, Sandy writes. Her first novel was published in German in 2013 and soon after the audiobook version. Sandy's poetry has appeared in several German anthologies and, more recently, in The Storms, a printed journal of poetry, prose and visual art. She's currently working on her second novel – this one in English – while also writing poetry, creative non-fiction, and flash fiction pieces.
Sandy's success factors are based on using creative thinking for problem solving which she has formulated into a framework, the KUBA Pilot strategy. This holistic framework helps to think outside of the box, overcome biases, and find creative solutions by interrupting habitual thinking. Sandy offers coaching and mentoring to individuals and organisations.
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