I have not had experience being a coach in the collaborative law process, but I
have as an executive coach in the workplace and have had a lot of experiences
with coaches in the employment context (my personal background is doing labor
and employment law for years as well as being a former vp of a company human
resources department -- I am now a human resources/organizational development
consultant). In the context of employee coaching, a common role for coaches,
especially executive coaches, is to help people work through issues and
challenges to allow them to come to a constructive resolution on their own. In
other words, the coach works with the person's own agenda, and guides that
person and agenda constructively but not prescriptively. In the collaborative
law process, I can see great value and increased buy in by the participants in
the result if this kind of "guiding coaching" is part of the process,
particularly with parties who do not seem to be able to get their on their
own. I also would think that a coach might be an even "safer" partner than an
attorney just because of the different roles. If the coach is to be effective,
however, I think it would be very important to make sure that the coach is very
aware of the goals of the collaborative law process.
(As you can see, I am quite interested in the application of collaborative law
to the business/employment context and look forward to more discussion in that
regard.)
Susan Coskey, J.D., M.B.A.
Sea to Sky Consulting Services, L.L.C.
Seattle Washington
susancoskey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
haldanish2@xxxxxxx wrote:
We have had a few very successful "six way" meetings (even one seven way with
the financial person). The role of the coach is, as you suggest, one of
support and, when the situation requires it, one of guiding the participants
through difficult emotional moments. The coaches also can offer ideas of
compromise based on their knowledge of each partner, when the attorneys are
unable to
achieve this in the meeting. I guess I see the role of the coach as an active
facilitator of the process.
Rob Rutman, Ph.D.
"A Better Divorce"
Los Angeles, Cal
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