The Nine Principles Guiding
Adler’s Approach to Coaching
These principles capture our best understanding of what it means to function as a human being in the world. In the Adler Coaching Certificate Program we explore in depth the following nine guiding principles. They are also implicit and guide the thinking in all Adler International Learning programs.
Our essential selves
1. Every human being is creative and self-creating.
2. Every human being is by nature meaning-seeking and meaning-making.
3. Every human being has unique strengths with which to create a meaningful life.
Our potential
4. Reflection and inquiry are essential for enhanced awareness, which in turn is a key in the quest for greater excellence and meaning in working and living.
5. A human being is an integrated whole consisting of many different aspects: mind, body and spirit; thinking, feeling and imagination, etc. Effective and meaningful working and living require congruence and synergy among these different elements.
6. As human beings, we always have both the freedom and the responsibility to choose.
Our relationships with others
7. Our subjective view of reality - our beliefs, assumptions, mental models, “stories” about ourselves, others and the world in which we operate - influences our choices and actions.
8. As human beings we are embedded in a multi-faceted life, and we form part of many different systems of relationships.
9. The guiding principles outlined above provide grounding for intentional action, leading to the creation of meaningful results. |
