Organizational Psychology

The author describes her feelings during the demo coaching session. Besides the coachand client making a whole (like horse and rider) in the process of a good session, in this demosession there was the professional audience making you watch from a third perspective. However, the coach’s task was to work, demonstrating competencies of a professional coach. Using the language of Gestalt psychology, we can imagine working with a client as a «figure», and the format of the supervisory observations based on professional standards – as «background» of the coach’s professional perception. The presence of this background helps the coach shape their work with the client. The background becomes invisible as if it “disappears” from the field of perception. Professional standard for the coaching community works as a highly productive background for creative work.