The coaching channel: personalized coaching at scale

the magic of the "coaching channel" ❤️‍🔥 how we do personalized coaching at scale in a way that's sometimes even better than 1-on-1 coaching

Dec 20, 2023

at our workshops (formerly "Goal-Crafting Intensives", currently called Beyond Goals) we give each participant a private slack channel that has 8-12 coaches in it so already it's like: okay, not just one perspective on what's going on for me, but a dozen!

of course, this isn't like... an intervention. you're not getting the full nonstop attention of all dozen coaches (whew!) (we aim for a ratio of one coach per 4-5 participants)

but this is okay. in fact, it's kinda good! you can go through the exercises and think through stuff at your own pace, whether in your private journal or "out loud" in the slack channel you can pause to let an insight sink in

and then if you get stuck, or you want a different viewpoint or encouragement or whatever, the coaches are right there! but if you already know what to do, then we won't get in your way:

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean · Nov 30, 2023

our focus is still on "what do I most deeply want and how can I move towards it?" ❤️‍🔥 NOT "why am I broken and how can I fix myself?" we CAN help you work on emotional blocks, but only if they're getting in the way, not because you need fixing!

since you're on twitter, you probably know both the power of thinking out loud in text form, and the value of having a few people respond with suggestions or reframes or just a "YES!" this is an opportunity to do that in a more focused, private context

it would suck if you had to DM the coaches individually and ask them things 👎👎 but instead it's self-organizing. you can ping specific coaches, but we also circle around looking for where our skills/experience/wisdom is most needed 👀😮

to be clear, coaches don't just chime in with our thoughts! we sometimes focus in on one participant's situation for awhile, and walk them through partswork or another introspection process, usually in a side-thread here's a published example: malcolmocean.com/2021/07/intern…

we cover a wide range of topics & abstraction levels: - designing workflows / digital feng shui - troubleshooting inner conflicts - making big decisions - relationships: romantic, family, friends - careers, businesses, side-hustles - emotions, self-love …pretty much anything!

one participant said "feels like the most useful chat I've had in my life". that's partly because the coaches are skilled & kind, but it's also the magic of the medium! — the coaching channel ❤️‍🔥 here's another reflection:

orph @orphcorp · Dec 29, 2019

@c3kel @Malcolm_Ocean @CompliceGoals besides the many different tools/frameworks provided, what I really liked was the 8-10 coaches (each with his/her own expertise) available to chat at any time throughout the workshop. I focused mostly on addressing internal conflicts and motivational issues and they were A+

I haven't talked in this thread about the other aspects of the workshop (videos, frameworks, exercises, coworking, etc) but if you want to learn more or sign up, here's the link! 4 workshops coming up (Dec 30, Dec 31, Jan 6, Jan 7) intend.do/event/bgi?tw=m…