A Coaching Model By Leo Frincu, Wellness Coach, UNITED STATES


The CHAMPION Coaching Model/CCM – Performance, Leadership, Wellness. Turning Followers into Leaders, and Failure into Success.
Champion Coaching Model, CCM is to move you from where you are now to where you want to be and to do that in a way that allows you to take the reins and direct the process. YOU set the intention for the session, identify your goals, and bring forward any blockages or challenges. CCM will provide you with a structure and a process to achieve your goals.
The CHAMPION Coaching Model
Create the Perfect Environment
Setting the Stage – Creating the Perfect Environment and Approach.
The environment and approach you take can have a significant impact on your performance and success. In this step, we’ll explore how your surroundings influence your mindset, and how to design and control your environment to optimize your potential. Whether it’s your office, training area, or conference room, I’ll help you create a comfortable and flexible space that fosters growth and productivity. Most individuals tend to exist and function within the first phase, which is Unconscious Incompetence, where they are unaware of their mistakes.
Harness Awareness
In this step, we will dive deep into understanding our goals and the process of achieving them. Clarity is key, and by gaining a better understanding of our objectives, we can access higher levels of performance. We will work together to map out a course of action and create strategies and tools to help us overcome obstacles and achieve success. By becoming more aware of our actions, behaviors, and mindset, we can identify areas for improvement and develop the skills and habits needed to reach our full potential. In this way, you will be introduced to the best version of yourself and empowered to make the changes needed to achieve your goals. As you progress through your transformational journey, we are now entering phase 2, which is Conscious Incompetence – a crucial stage where we become cognizant of our limitations and areas that require improvement.
Abolish Blind Spots
Eliminating blind spots is a major step in achieving success by identifying and overcoming obstacles and limitations that may be holding us back. In this coaching stage, we take a closer look at any blind spots that may be hindering our progress and preventing us from reaching our full potential. Through this process, clients gain a greater understanding of their personal roadblocks and become empowered to make meaningful changes.
Make an Action Plan
The Training Camp. In this stage, we focus on putting the plan into action. Together with my help, you’ll build a personalized coaching plan that leverages your strengths and provides support in areas where you need it the most. I will act as your accountability partner and provide guidance and encouragement as you work towards your goals. This step requires courage, but with the tools and strategies developed in step 2, you’ll have the wisdom and self-confidence to succeed.
Plan to Pivot
The Insurance Policy/Designing Counter-Attacks. In this phase, we will solidify our strategies with a strong support system. We will create backup plans for every situation to ensure success is reinforced and guaranteed. Every question requires multiple answers, and every perspective requires multiple angles. Confidence will receive a boost, and our vision will become a reality.
Having grown up in the Eastern Block and being a part of the Romanian National Team for over fifteen years, I have developed a distinctive perspective that can assist you in devising and executing numerous solutions to overcome any obstacle.
At the end of this coaching step, you will feel relieved and confident in your problem-solving skills, knowing that you have a strong support system and multiple solutions for any situation that may arise.
Implement Strategies
It’s time to take action – The preliminaries are over. At this point in our transformational journey, we are ready to put our plans into action. In this step, we are fine-tuning and finalizing projects. By now, we have a clear vision of how things need to be done, and we have achieved Phase 3: Conscious Competence.
Whether you are an athlete in a sports arena, a young business professional dealing with stress, or a motivated individual seeking answers, this step is your springboard. Now is your opportunity to practice what you have learned and implement your strategies to solve your problems. This is one of the most exciting parts of your journey because things are becoming a reality, and you are feeling energized and excited.
Omit and Resolve Glitches
As you progress towards your goal, unexpected challenges will inevitably arise. This is the phase where you take things to the next level and pay close attention to the fine details to ensure that everything is finalized. You’re now dealing with situations that you may not have anticipated, but your confidence and ability to handle difficult situations will shine through.
Shifting gears, changing strategies, and adopting new tools are key drivers of change. My decades of experience as a professional athlete and an immigrant in the United States have taught me how to deal with setbacks and create effective strategies for moving forward. By now the client understands that discipline, and a strong work ethic, combined with a passion for growth, are essential ingredients for building self-confidence. Whether you’re a business person, artist, or athlete, self-confidence is critical for achieving success.
By the end of this phase, your newfound confidence will be a tangible asset in your quest for success. You’ll be better equipped to handle any challenges that come your way, and you’ll have the final pieces of the puzzle in place to achieve your goal.
Nail the Gold. Delivery and Achievement
This final step is where decisions are made and deals are sealed. It’s like the award ceremony after winning a gold medal. The client has accomplished their goals and has entered Phase 4, Unconscious Competence. You the client have mastered healthy habits and effective strategies that are now part of your thinking system and action plan. They are now moving towards a place where they can help others and reach higher levels of success. This is a place where you’ll attract like-minded people, understand body language, and trust your instincts at deeper levels.
Whether you are a professional athlete, a high school student, or a business person, you will distinguish yourself from others by how you talk, perform, and think.
Once you complete this coaching program, you will stop seeing problems and start focusing on solutions instinctively. The client will require much less energy to achieve goals that were once unattainable.
There are 4 phases of your transformational journey:
- Unconscious incompetence. We are not aware of the things we’re doing wrong, or our inadequacies (C 1);
- Conscious incompetence. In this phase, we become aware of our shortcomings (H2/ A3)
- Conscious competence. With this phase, we began to be aware of our competencies and implement strategies that work. (M4/ P5/ I6/ O7).
- Unconscious competence. In this last phase, we are on cruise control. We’ve created healthy and productive habits that support our goals. (N8).
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