Les tribulations d’un coach français en Inde
You think you are an experienced coach who knows how to adapt to a client’s culture. But when your client asks “Which one?” after you suggest working on their Life Line, how do you react? You had simply forgotten that, in India, some clients believe they have several lives… And when you realise that, for many others, knowing how to delegate is not just a skill but also a shortcut to Nirvana, you revisit your own beliefs!
Leave your shoes outside and put on flip-flops: you are in Bangalore. Enjoy the anecdotes told throughout these pages.
They will exercise your smile as much as your understanding of the situation and your creativity. You will have a good time and, as with any journey, your mind will come away with a collection of unexpected and delightful lessons.
Céline Géara Thomas, an intercultural coach and founder of Oxygen Coaching, practised in India for four years. With humour and perspective, she recounts the amusing adventures and sometimes difficult experiences that led her, through daily contact with a world so different from ours, to question her coaching practice and enrich it with a few gems.
Céline Géara Thomas and Sophie Godet of Mille et une facettes – Voyage en Inde discuss the book:
Interview in French · 24 min 51
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