ABSTRACT
At its simplest, presence means that you as the coach are fully present and totally focused on the client you are working with. You try as far as possible to be in the here and now, bringing all of yourself, and in doing so you allow yourself to be moved by the impact of the client. You then share this with the client as feedback. For many individuals, particularly senior leaders, with whom people have learned not to be direct, this provides a unique combination. The leader is provided with feedback:
• with no hidden agenda, with totally positive intent; • by someone who experiences their behaviour directly. The power of this is that it cannot be contradicted, as you are using your own experience.
