Debbie Connors is a professional member and practitioner of Generative Coaching awarded by the International Association of Generative Change (IAGC). Debbie applies and integrates the principles and practices of generative coaching into her work at HR School.

What is Generative Coaching?

Generative coaching is known as ‘third generation’ coaching – a deep form of coaching that uses generative tools to turn undermining beliefs and experiences into new, empowering beliefs. Old wounds and patterns are transformed into gifts and becomes a resource to help you move closer to fulfilling your potential in the future.

Generative coaching is different to other forms of coaching in that it works with:

• the somatic – engages the ‘felt’ sense
• body-mind problem solving – using a wider range of resources over the cognitive mind which is what most people are used to
• Turns an obstacle into a gift – embracing all aspects of the client as a gift over trying to fix or get rid of disempowering thoughts

Third generation coaching builds on first and second generation coaching which focused on vision, goal setting and changing unhelpful beliefs into new empowering ones that are crucial to high performance.

Generative Coaching includes both and offers a way to help clients create a successful and meaningful work life, to have great relationships with yourself and others and ultimately to have a vision or intention for your life and help you bring this into the world.

What is Generative Change?

To generate means to 'create something new'. The core focus of generative change is creativity, hence how do you create better work experiences, better relatiosnhips, better health and wellbeing. In order to do this requires a deep shift of your state and how you perceive the world around you. Your state is the difference that makes the difference. Being able to maintain a generative state supports being able to deal with lifes obstacles and challenges so that new results can occur.

Generative Coaching is one of the specialisms that sits within the field of generative change.