Creating Structure

In class yesterday we were discussing creating structures in our business and coaching practices. It is funny how I reacted to structure as a good thing, a necessary thing as long as it is flexible and changeable.

That actually surprised me a little because in many areas of my life I have avoided structure preferring to be free to change direction with any whim that came along. It is not that I did not adhere to structure it is just that I did it grudgingly. I though it was against my free spirited nature.

It is now that I understand that it is sometimes in the framework of a positive structure that we can explore our freedom in a way that may not have been possible before. Not only am I free to be a good coach but the client can feel secure within the framework to go places they may not have gone. They understand what to expect and so do I.

As I create and recreate structure in my own business it is with the aim of fostering the best possible coach and client relationship.