In this brief interactive segment, Coach Julia Uduak asks the audience to share their personal definitions of coaching, revealing a range of perspectives that associate coaching with sports training, wisdom transfer, counseling, and value creation. She then synthesizes these inputs to articulate her own definition: coaching is a purposeful, partnered conversation that provokes thought, inspires creativity, and helps clients discover solutions, ultimately maximizing their potential. The dialogue emphasizes coaching as a collaborative, value‑adding process rather than a one‑sided instruction.
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So what does coaching mean to you? We get to hear about coaching, coaching, coaching. People get to talk about someone who, who trains people for football or any form of sports. That is what you would hear somebody describe a coach as. And then you, you go somewhere and then you see somebody like me, and then the person says, He or she is a coach, and you're wondering, okay, you don't look like a sport person, you— I know you don't like sports, so what, what kind of coaching do you do? There is no wrong answer. Can we go to the chat and let's hear what you think, what you know coaching is? What does coaching mean to you? What does coaching mean to you? I'm here to see responses. What does coaching mean to you? We don't know. We can't say we don't know because I know that we know. What does coaching mean to you? It means instilling wisdom. on others. Thank you so much for that response. It means instilling wisdom in others. What does coaching mean to you? Coaching is a way to help people with your experience. Thank you. Coaching is counseling someone Until he finds solution. Thank you, Ida. To me, coaching is transferring value to others. Coaching is about telling, letting you know what you should do to succeed. Thank you so, so much. Thank you so much for your response. Coaching is, is a conversation. It's a conversation that you have. Yes, it's a conversation, but it's not just any conversation. It is a conversation that you partner, you partner with your With your daughter, with your spouse, with your clients. So you're not just having this conversation like you're arguing. No, but the both of you come intent. So that is the partnering. You partner with your clients. In a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their potentials. So it is a conversation that is not geared towards, you know, it is me that know this thing better than you. No, it is a conversation you are having that would inspire creativity, that would inspire solution to the problem.
