The coaching role

The coach’s role

Communal learning requires practicing dialogue skills together. In a dialogue, each participant's information and skills contribute to the shared learning experience. A coach’s role is to create an atmosphere of communal learning and to model a process that enables it. Coaches also encourage all participants to

ask questions that guide them toward the deeper meanings of topics.

A coach’s personal goal within the group is to improve in communal learning. In the ReWi operating model, the coach’s job is to set up discussions regarding circular economy, instill trust and support participants’ ideas. Because of this, training always begins by sharing expectations with the group and end by recapping insights that have come up during the training. Make sure to allocate enough time for both meetings.

Prepare

• Talk with the youths • Select a target group • Design the process, primers and choose the methods of setting up topics • Book the place, time and catering

Invite

• Choose your channels • Create interest and instill trust • Market using social media channels • Share references • Instill trust through personalization

Guide

• Be present as your own self • Equality • Doing together • Trust in the process • Agree on rules together at the start

Reflect together

• Dialogue exercises are important • Create a relaxed atmosphere • Summarize learned topics and challenge participants

Learn

• Ask for feedback • Test and discuss with other coaches • Develop further