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CHANGING THE PATTERN STATE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH A SELF-COACHING APP
When speaking about coaching, a special type is often mentioned only
briefly: self-coaching.
Reasons for this might be prejudices by coaching professionals about the
format replacing coaches and the missing communicative interaction thus the
missing feedback.
Literature research shows different approaches to do self-coaching and
there is no standardized definition. In this paper self-coaching is defined as
an autonomous, voluntary and limited in time interaction to find solutions
and plan next steps for professional and private challenges by following a pre¬
defined self-coaching process. The treatment of mental disorders is excluded.
Self-e-coaching is when one uses technology to enhance self-coaching instead
of a paper guideline or a guidebook. The term is adapted from e-coaching which
is used by Geissler’. Self-e-coaching can be done web-based, as software on
your personal computer/laptop/notebook or as a mobile app on smartphone
or tablet. There is no research yet on doing self-coaching with technology
enhancement, especially not in self-coaching apps. This is a gap that needs to
be filled in order to support the demand on professionalism.
The second challenge is on implementing the change of pattern state and
the acceptance of this phase: Self-(e)-coaching is particularly challenging when
concepts focusing on solutions and interventions based on emotions are to be
realized as in the coaching concept of Karlsruhe School" which is taught at
the Leadership Academy" in Karlsruhe, Germany. The heart-piece between
problem analysis and solution finding, the so-called change of pattern state isa
transition which is necessary from the viewpoint of Karlsruhe School to be open
for setting goals, creative and open solution finding and planning next steps.
This transition can be triggered by different interventions’, which operate
among other things by evoking emotions. As a basis, the four components of
emotions — psycho-physiological, physical, affective, and cognitive — can be
used to visualize the possibilities in changing the pattern state. The psycho¬
physiological component shows through psycho-physiological reactions,
e.g. increasing blood pressure or heart rate. The physical component can be
observed in gestures, mimics and movement. The affective component is the
conscience perception by the person such as feeling, e.g. happy, sad or angry.
Harald Geissler (ed.), E-Coaching, Baltmannsweiler, Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, 2008, 3.
Elke Berninger-Schäfer, Orientierung im Coaching, Stuttgart, Boorberg Verlag, 2011.
“Führungsakademie Baden-Württemberg”
Carmen Wolf, Musterzustandsänderung — Hintergrund, Konzept und Wirkung, Karlsruhe,
Führungsakademie Baden-Württemberg, 2013, 28. [Unpublished final paper.]
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