End of July I finished the last ORSC course in the training series: Systems Integration. ORSC™ stands for Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching. ORS@Work (Organization and Relationship Systems at Work) in 2019 was my first course in the ORSC™ series. It was a two-day course that explored the ORSC™ coaching model, and is a business-focused version of ORSC™ Fundamentals. I was excited, because the ORSC approach seemed very useful to the clients and systems I was working with. ORSC focuses on relationship systems. We are constantly in relation with others, whether we like it or not. In this way it is like communication. We are not able to not communicate. Rather than working with an individual the coach works with the system – i.e. the couple, the team, the department, etc.
All of these five courses – except the first one – were remote due to corona, and in English. I had the opportunity to learn with some of my colleagues at it-agile, because we organized an in-house course series. That was a double win. Not only did we learn a way of coaching, but we could simultaneously work on our relationships as colleagues in it-agile. Two years in corona it brought us closer together again.
The series included the following courses:
- Intelligence: a Roadmap for Change™. Change is somehow the basis of my day to day work. In the center of this course – at least for me – stood the concept of Deep Democracy. Meaning that in every change it is vital to hear from all who are impacted by the change. To be able to tap into the wisdom of the system, so that the change can be successful.
- Geography: Roles & Structure™. Roles and structure were meant to ease the way we work, but often they aren’t as helpful as they were meant to be. To understand them and to change them for the better is the goal. For me the idea of „infinite diversity in infinite combinations“ as a source to have „joy in the difference“ and to cast out fear by curiosity is the key.
- Path: Vision & Potential™. With being in relationship there is potential conflict. Not only maneuvering these conflicts, but to create a motor for improvement by tapping into the dreams, fears, expectations and projections is very powerful. Although I have to admit that I need probably a little more time to fully understand the „Wheeler Fish“. 😉
- Systems Integration: Moving Toward Mastery™. This course brought it all together. We went through challenging three days with lots of opportunities to coach. Therefore we had to use our full arsenal of coaching tools from the other courses. One of my main take aways is, to go with the essence of the coaching tool, instead of trying to remember all the steps.
It were all three day courses. Additionally we established a coaching Dojo for us at it-agile, were we could intensify our learning and understanding of ORSC by exchanging our questions and experiences. Not only from the courses but especially from bringing these new skills & tools into our work with our clients.
Systems Integration- the last one – was an open course for me, because I missed the one with my colleagues due to being sick at the time. In this course we were 12 participants from all over Europe and a pair of trainers. The participants came form a variety of different backgrounds. The trainers mirrored this, one helping us from Dubai and one from Johannesburg. This diverse setting created a wonderful petri dish for learning.
I’m looking forward to going further on this path and deepen my understanding of relationship systems, how I can better work with them and enable them to find their own way of solving the challenges they face.
ORSC is based on Systems Theory, Process Work, Family Systems Therapy, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Quantum Physics, Co-Active Coaching™, and more. It’s an ICF Accredited Coach Training Program.
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