Coaching
As of mid-October, 2011 I am in the process of moving my coaching practice into a partnership, ParadoxEdge™, with colleagues Steve Benson and Kent Frazier. What’s below continues to be an accurate depiction of my work.
I practice Integral Coaching®. A very brief overview of what this means follows in the next paragraph. For a more detailed description, please scroll down to Approach below. If you’ve come to this page in order to explore whether you and I would be an effective client/coach fit, please contact me once you’ve gleaned all you can from this site. I’m happy to answer any questions you have.
You show up with your topic—what brings you to coaching, and we agree on what this is, and why it’s important to you. We identify your current way of being in the topic—both what still serves you, which you’ll keep, and what no longer works, which you’ll let go. We agree on a new way of being through which you can succeed in your topic and on some objectives required for this success. You do the practices necessary to develop the muscles you need to accomplish the objectives and succeed in your topic.
Whether you’re struggling with direct reports or your board at a multi-billion dollar enterprise, negotiating a major life transition, yearning to rekindle the spark with your significant other, or seeking common ground with your 12 (or 32)-year-old, exactly one person is at the scene of every triumph and disaster—you. I will help you develop what you need, based on how you currently engage, in order for you to engage in a new, more effective way.
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“I can’t say enough about Reggie’s coaching services, and I can easily say he changed my life. What’s amazing is that he accomplished this without telling me how to think or behave differently. His breadth of knowledge and experience and his uncanny sense of intuition make him an extremely effective guide. He helped me to find within myself what was there all along. The result was profoundly empowering. Reggie brings a level of creativity and humor to this otherwise deep and potentially difficult work that actually makes the process enjoyable.”
– Michael Sallustio, CNC, CPFT, MES
Nutritional Counselor, Personal Fitness Trainer, Annapolis, MD
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Exploring You
I offer coaching that explores the relationships among identity—who you think you are, perspective—how you view the world, behavior—what you do, relationship—with whom you interact, and environment—everything “out there” that affects you (and that you affect, and perhaps even effect from time to time).
More to the point, as you wrap your arms (mind, heart, soul and spirit) around a currently unwieldy issue, task, “opportunity,” or (gulp) person, again, your attention needs to be with the individual who’s always at the scene of your unwieldy experiences. That would be you.
Not that you would ignore the issue, task, opportunity or other person(s), but the evidence is in: until you truly see, feel and hear your own perspective on, role in, and approach to the unwieldiness—until you own your modus operandi—you may be carrying the flaming torch of passion into the gasoline convention (or offering potable water to a drowning woman or man).
Transformation begins with self awareness. Once you’re aware of your mode of operation, you can operate on it. Until then, it operates you—or at the very least, on you.
My tool kit carries a variety of lenses that will bring into focus your current way of negotiating what’s unwieldy for you, and then offer a new way, along with practices designed to help you embody it.
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“Reggie Marra works as a coach and a presenter in a manner that makes us feel we are both confidant and friend. His work is affirming, instructive and inspirational as he explores the relationships among the needs of spirit, body and intellect. He gently wends his way into our lives and questions us about that which is integral to our happiness, success, and finally, our peace of mind.
Many of us have grown up in a time when style and economics were favored over wisdom, compassion and conscious content. This division of psyche, intellect and physical body has spawned a grab-bag of stress-related ills.
Amid our restless search, we all may find a safe harbor in Reggie’s work, which provides a road map for our individual and collective journeys toward what is essential to creating conscious, elevating change and transformation in our lives.”
- Gayle Beyer , Owner/Principal Designer, GAYLE BEYER DESIGNS, LLC
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My Approach
I practice the Integral Coaching®method developed at Integral Coaching Canada. What follows is intended as an overview.
Briefly, the method unfolds through four distinct types of coaching conversations:
Intake, Offer, Cycles of Development, and Completion.
• During the Intake, we’ll define the specific coaching topic we’ll be working on together. If you or your employer find value in 360 assessments, I recommend and am certified to administer the Leadership Agility 360, which we would engage as part of our Intake process. If you’d like to find out more, you can download a brochure on the LA360, a white paper on Leadership Agility (both are PDFs), or contact me—I’d be happy to answer any questions you have.
• During the Offer, I’ll offer you a Coaching Program that includes insight into the unique way you’re currently “being” in your topic, a prospective new way of “being” in it, Developmental Objectives designed to help you move from the current to the new way,and a first practice. You and I will fine-tune the coaching program together until you feel it’s a fit.
• While the Intake and Offer are unique, one-time conversations, we will engage multiple Cycle of Development conversations until one or both of us feel it’s time to complete the coaching relationship. Cycle of Development conversations take place approximately every two weeks. During these conversations, we’ll review your experience with previous practices, assess your progress with your Developmental Objectives, address any new insights, and agree on the next practice.
• As alluded to above, the Completion conversation brings the coaching relationship to a close when one or both of us feel it is appropriate to do so.
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“I recently completed a 5 month Integral Journey, with Reggie as my guide and coach. His unique approach and creative methods have truly changed my life. He is genuine and kind, and has a remarkable way of leading others into a state of increased self-awareness. For me, this resulted in a focused effort to improve a few key behaviors and habits, which have made me a better manager, employee, friend, and family member. I highly recommend Reggie’s work to any individual or team looking for career growth or succession planning, to improve their strengths or weaknesses, or to increase their effectiveness. Reggie would be an extremely valuable partner to any Corporate HR training program.”
– Robert Gambardella, CPA CTC
Concierge Tax Services, LLC, Shelton, CT
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Again, what’s above is intended as an overview. If you’d like to find out more, including whether or not we’d be a good fit, please contact me:
rmarra@paradoxedge.com
203.723.1421
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Integral Coaching® is a registered trade-mark in Canada owned by Integral Coaching Canada Inc. and licensed to Reggie Marra.
