1. 4 Hats
   1. Consultant
      1. Consultant – There’s another layer of support that comes in many forms, that of the Consultant, hired by organizations and/or individuals as experts in their field. A Consultant may be a specialist advisor hired for guidance on an important decision, or they may be an integral part of the project in a leadership position or a support role. A Consultant often utilizes tools and skills as above. However, they are often much more focused on identifying problems and solutions for very specific projects. This is very goal and outcome specific.
   2. Mentor
      1. Mentor – Life and relationship specific. Mentoring is much more about building relationships and connections within a community around a particular type of skill that the mentee aspires to cultivate. Mentors utilize their expertise in a particular field while helping Associate’s explore their inner potential, connect pathway and life purpose, and access their own wisdom in an integrated way that links to the activation of aspired skill(s). A Mentor would create intentional spaces and experiences for the mentee to explore new skills in a desired field. For instance, a Mentor who offers mentoring around event organizing would create or support opportunities for mentees to experience events, while holding space for reflection before, during and after the experiment. Another powerful example is nature connection. Such a mentor would encourage the mentee to spend time in nature while holding space for shared reflection and asking questions to probe/expand the mind of the mentee.
   3. Advisor
      1. Advisor – Community or field specific, in this case, Gaia U. As an Advisor, you’d be helping Associates manage and dynamically steer their Gaia U specific pathway and requirements, and connect them with other specialists within the community. As an Advisor, you ensure that your Associates understand the framework of the community, pathway and program requirements, and track their own learning intentions. An advisor specializes in providing supportive and constructive feedback to Associates about their action learning pathway, while also providing other more subtle levels of support such as asking questions, space holding, and connecting through empathy.
   4. Coach
      1. links
         1. http://gaiauniversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/What-is-Life-Coaching1.pdf
         2. http://gaiauniversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Foundations-of-Coaching.pdf
         3. http://gaiauniversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Beginning-a-Coaching-Relationship.pdf
         4. http://gaiauniversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Coaching-is-Client-Centered1.pdf
      2. Coach – Process specific. As a Coach, the focus of your support is more on the client’s personal plan for their life, project or pathway. A Coach helps clients assess and achieve specific goals within a specified time frame. They do not do this by solving problems. They primarily support by asking questions. Coaches also hold space for the process to unfold. A Coach would, for example, support a client who’s trying to create a new business or in simplifying their life. The Coach would use questions as guide posts, to help create an integrated whole person (holistic life, personal and professional goals) container for the client to move towards next best steps.
      3. Coaching requires us to give up the need to give answers or impart our experience. Coaching values the adequacy and design of the individual to draw from their own well of resources and experiences.
      4. trust, communication, transparency, accountability, belief, vulnerability
      5. WISH
         1. Why do you want to coach
         2. Initiate the relationship
         3. Sign an agreement
         4. Have a goal in place with action items
      6. Action steps
         1. YES: What steps do you think you should take on this?
         2. NO: Let me suggest a few things for now...
      7. Problems
         1. YES: What is one thing you could do to address this?
         2. NO: I think the best thing you could do right now is....
      8. Meeting:
         1. • Ask for progress updates on action steps that were previously committed to
         2. • Keep the conversation flowing towards the goal
         3. • Push the client by asking for more action steps
   5. Counselor
      1. Counseling – Emotion specific – As a Counselor, your focus is on helping people heal. In Gaia U. we encourage our community to skill up in Co-Counseling, specifically Re-Evaluation Counseling. While supporting others, you may find yourself utilizing tools from the Re-Evaluation Counseling/ Co-counseling tool box to help an Associate or client process through an emotion. Remember, in Gaia U you are not a counselor, so be cautious providing this type of support. Be very explicit about what you’re offering the Associate, and always suggest that they get outside support if the issue is beyond a short session.
2. Methods
   1. Asking Questions
   2. Holding Space
   3. Empathic Listening
   4. Giving Feedback
3. Goal for course
   1. capacity building
      1. to empower associates, our community and clients in their capacity as action learners, project managers, eco-social designers, collaborative leaders, human beings and world changers.