Silence and its role in coaching practice

Abstract

This is the third in an occasional series of articles intended to broaden practitioner approaches. The previous articles covered the topics of working with puppets(Turner, 2016)and using walking as a mode of coaching (Turner, 2017). Much of this next article stems from an experience of working with candidates undertaking professional coaching qualifications in West England and South Wales since 2015, alongside my own practice as an executive coach and young persons’ mentor. The experiences ofthe coaching and mentoring students, who, later in this article, offer their own view of learning about the importance of the use of silence in their practice, have prompted me to look more closely at this topic. Keywords:Silence; reflection; support; coaching tool; skills; coaching psychology.

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