Transformational shifts in coaching
A “transformational shift” (also referred to as a ‘a shift in the room’) is “a transformational experience happening live in a coaching session, transforming a client’s perspective and mainly affecting the way of thinking.
The process in which this occurs is assumed to start with:
a) an insight, a moment in which the client truly embraces a new way of seeing the issue, followed by
b) changed behaviour resulting from this insight … Without changed behaviour, the insight would merely be an Aha-moment. To be able to classify a shift in the room as a transformational experience, proof needs to be found in the client’s behaviour” (p. 51). Importantly, Moon highlights that transformations can be big or small.
Excerpt from: Are you missing transformational shifts in your coaching sessions? (2021, July). ReciproCoach – Coaching Research in Practice. https://reciprocoach.com/coaching-research#!#89
Reference:
Moons, J. (2016). A shift in the room – myth or magic? How do coaches create transformational shifts in a short period of time? International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, Special Issue No. 10 (June), 45-58. Retrieved August 5, 2016, from http://ijebcm.brookes.ac.uk/documents/special10-paper-04.pdf