{"content":[{"text":"After reading some of the articles she recommended and really forcing myself to think \n about the content of Karen's message, I found the right way to think about coaching. Initially, I \n wanted the coach to do the work. I would show up for my phone call, tell a story, and she \n would do the rest. Lead me to the promised land. The realization that I came to later was that \n it was truly up to me (duh) to put in the effort. To spend some real time (about a half hour a \n week) thinking about what I wanted to be coached on.","bbox":{"left":0.088294,"top":0.065828,"width":0.816956,"height":0.10793}},{"text":"I started doing this, and, lo and behold, coaching became even more effective than it \n was in the beginning. Karen helped me make some real breakthroughs on how my behaviors \n were causing bad situations and on how my beliefs influenced my behaviors. My thorough \n preparation allowed Karen to do her job, connecting the threads, and making great \n suggestions on ways I could handle things. The coaching was back on track.","bbox":{"left":0.088294,"top":0.187787,"width":0.8103870000000001,"height":0.09050699999999998}},{"text":"The whole coaching process from my first contact with Karen to today took five months. \n I feel like I've come a long way in that five months and to validate that, I just received another \n performance appraisal--we do them every six months--and I got a top grade across the board. \n My boss specifically mentioned the awesome turn-around in my interpersonal interactions. \n Don't get me wrong, everyone including me is still waiting to see long-term proof of change, but \n I believe it will be there and that I am closer today to being the person I would like to be \n because of the coaching I received from Karen.","bbox":{"left":0.088294,"top":0.292324,"width":0.823726,"height":0.12535200000000002}},{"text":"Thanks, Karen!","bbox":{"left":0.147113,"top":0.431706,"width":0.13307200000000002,"height":0.020816}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}