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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 predefined 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 psychophysiological 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.] + 203 +
