{"id":2180,"date":"2023-01-30T13:08:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2180"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:20:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:20:14","slug":"challenging-and-reframing-perceptions","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/?article=challenging-and-reframing-perceptions","title":{"rendered":"Challenging and Reframing Perceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Coaching and Mentoring Tip Sheet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perceptions and beliefs influence behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Disadvantage can result where perceptions and beliefs limit a person\u2019s opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>As such, we need to ensure that perceptions and beliefs are evidence based and valid, not built upon inaccuracies and\/or subjective bias.<\/p>\n<p>Questions that promote validation of perceptions and beliefs can assist in testing their accuracy, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>What gives you the confidence this is the case?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Where have you seen evidence to support this view?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>What benefit do you derive from holding this view?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>What risks are associated with holding this view?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>What could be possible if you were to change this view?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By objectively challenging perceptions, we create an opportunity for them to be reframed.<\/p>\n<p>Reframing can promote objective consideration of the evidence upon which perceptions are based, resulting in modified or changed perceptions. Ultimately, this can lead to changes in their related behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>The reframing process can used effectively to challenge Behavioural Confirmation. This is where social expectations influence the demonstration of behaviours that become self-fulfilling.<\/p>\n<p>A coach\/mentor should also be conscious of the bias he\/she brings to interpreting and understanding the complexity of circumstances impacting upon a person with whom they may be working.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a tip \u2013 when working with people, it may not be possible to reduce complexity to a simple cause and effect relationship. Nonetheless, as a coach\/mentor, we should always demonstrate evidence-based practice and work towards achieving objectivity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coaching and Mentoring Tip Sheet Perceptions and beliefs influence behaviour. Disadvantage can result where perceptions and beliefs limit a person\u2019s opportunities. As such, we need to ensure that perceptions and beliefs are evidence based and valid, not built upon inaccuracies and\/or subjective bias. Questions that promote validation of perceptions and beliefs can assist in testing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[47],"article-tag":[],"class_list":["post-2180","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-coaching-mentoring-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article\/2180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article\/2180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2181,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article\/2180\/revisions\/2181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Farticle-category&post=2180"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Farticle-tag&post=2180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}