S3 Episode 13: Open Table - The e in STOKeRS, Coaching, Power and Equity

Josephine Knowles emailed info@3dcoaching.com: ‘I was listening to you and Nishe this morning and I wondered whether to be brave and contact you. Then you mentioned Tango and I thought – YES! I wondered if you were up for thinking some more about the e of STOKeRS and the R - in terms of power and partnership I feel like I’ve had some insights!’

We always share invitations like this through Linked In so there’s plenty of people round the table today. This is a rich conversation about not being expert, about equity and more… There was a lot of borrowing great insights in the room! You can contact them all:

• Josephine Knowles
• Pavlo Cherednychenko
• Lis Whybrow
• Liz Price
• Rosemarie Davidson-Gotobed
• Claire Pedrick

Takeaways

• Establishing equity in coaching relationships is crucial for empowering people and creating a partnership dynamic.
• Thinkers should be encouraged to see themselves as experts in their own lives, while also recognizing the contextual nature of coaching.
• Coaches need to be mindful of cultural and social conditioning, and the impact it may have on clients' expectations and communication styles.
• Power dynamics, code-switching, and the need for explicitness in coaching conversations are important considerations for effective coaching.
• The E in Stokers can stand for different concepts, such as essence, equity, or expert, depending on the context and the needs of the thinker.

Keywords
coaching, Stokers, power, partnership, equity, expert, essence, context, expectations, code-switching