COACHING i n t e r n a t i o n a l

NUGGET

Empowering you to Empower Others!

ILS EMPOWER Ripples

Learning Objectives
In the ocean of us, no one escapes the ripples. Colleen-Joy

What are Ripples?

? Understand what

Ripples are Have an ? overview of Ripples as a self coaching and coaching process See why we use ? Ripples

When we throw a pebble into a pond, ripples form. Nothing in the pond escapes the ripples. Just so, in family and organisational systems, we also can't escape the ripples of each ones impact on the system. Each individual causes a ripple effect in the ocean of us. Why do we use the Ripples nugget? To become conscious of the ripples that we make in the systems that we belong to. To do our best to make sure our ripples are positive contributions to the collective. How do we use the Ripples nugget?

Comprehend ? how to use Ripples

Consider the conscious and unconscious impact each individual makes on the collective. Instead of thinking in purely solitary terms, expanding our thinking to systems thinking brings new levels of possibility and appreciation. We are interdependent on the systems that we belong to. In order to completely transform our circumstances, we need to include the bigger systems in our thinking and planning. In the past countries, families, groups, and organisations have mostly had narrow views of the world, looking only at their isolated needs and interests, rather than giving consideration for the bigger collectives that they belong to. The global economic crashes that occur when larger countries are hit by financial crisis is a good example and a reminder of just how interdependent we are. The ecology of the planet is another good example of the broader systems that we each contribute to. We all make ripples and we are all impacted by the ripples of us all!

Written by Colleen-Joy Page Copyright 2011 www.innerlifeskills.com

COACHING i n t e r n a t i o n a l

NUGGET

Empowering you to Empower Others!

ILS EMPOWER Ripples part 1

Learning Objectives
In the ocean of us, no one escapes the ripples. Colleen-Joy

Coaching questions:
? Gain several

Ripples coaching questions

NATURE Consider the many natural systems that you depend on, and that are impacted by you.
? What are the consequences of your daily

actions on the natural systems that you belong to? ? What positive contributions could you possibly make? ? What small steps can you take towards making positive ripples towards the environmental systems that you belong to?

FAMILY Consider the family systems you belong to and the ripple effect that you all have on each other.
? How can you honour the family systems you belong to and be true to yourself? ? How can you take the best from the family you belong to, and leave the burdens

and negative sides of the family behind?

? What legacy would you like to give to the next generation in your family? ? How does your personal growth and development ripple out and contribute to

others?

ORGANISATION Consider the organisational systems you belong to and the ripple effect that each member of the system has on each other.
? How can you take the best from the system you belong to, and leave the

burdens and negative sides of the system behind?

? What positive contribution does your presence make to the system? ? How can you honour your duties to the systems that you belong to with dignity?

Written by Colleen-Joy Page Copyright 2011 www.innerlifeskills.com