The Origin of Coaching

Coaching is an educational process to teach people to think and express themselves, to seek knowledge in the fund themselves. Today coaching has spread as a tool for development, mainly business executives. However, his reason for being has no limits. As the field is unlimited. Do not speak of the benefits of this process. The aim of this paper is to show the origins of their techniques. Whatever it is called. Recommended if you like, read "Dialogues" of Plato But who was the creator of what is now called "Coaching"? Socrates was its creator. The Greek philosopher Socrates (470 BC - 399 BC) used to meet every day with his disciples at the Agora (ancient market of Athens), to discuss philosophical and existential issues.

Socrates never wrote a line. After his death, his thoughts were collected by Plato (429 BC -347 BC), one of his disciples. This was famous:? Dialogues?. The Socratic method was to propose topics, instigate ideas with questions, listen to what the disciples had to say, mainly teaching and learning. His goal was to develop people. Open your minds and find learning within themselves. The time spent with the disciples was sacred to him. The learning exercise was daily, constant, no date, times and agendas to fulfill. After more than 2500 years, his method of work (The Mayéutica) became dwarf the most important tools of the Human Resources executives. In the modern enterprise version, the Socratic technique won a different name? Coaching?. conrcc@gmail.com's website: http://www.galeon.com/ricardocandela/