Coaching According to Bold

Professional coaching is an emerging interdisciplinary profession, primarily aimed at enhancing well-being, improving performance, and facilitating change for individuals, teams, and organizations.

Interdisciplinary Evidence-Based Coaching & Bold Facilitation

At Bold, our approach to coaching is grounded in two core principles: interdisciplinary, evidence-based coaching and bold facilitation.

“Evidence-based coaching” is a term rooted in the behavioral and social sciences. It relies on current scientific knowledge and encompasses organizational, personal, and life coaching that extends beyond popular themes like self-help and personal development.

In coaching, “evidence-based” is more than merely proving a specific intervention’s effectiveness. Professional coaching is founded on solid theory and research, with a commitment to applying the latest knowledge responsibly in both coaching practice and in the design of our coaching programs.

But there’s more. Beyond recently acquired knowledge and insights lie ancient wisdom traditions, such as meditation, breathwork, and herbal medicine. Professional coaching, as Bold envisions it, is an interdisciplinary craft that merges insights from diverse sources.

We are called Bold for a reason. The Dutch word for “bold” is “stoutmoedig,” and this quality is exactly what’s needed to facilitate change processes. The question is: as a professional coach, do you have the courage to be fully present, especially when things become emotionally uncomfortable or challenging?

The change or transformation your coachee or client seeks arises from a process. In this process, there are moments of vulnerability, moments when emotions surface. Defense mechanisms may be triggered, and things may even be projected onto you as the facilitator. In these situations, you rely on your own grounding, allowing you to remain fully present—for both yourself and your coachee. This presence enables you to keep asking, exploring, articulating, mirroring, and confronting. The quality of this bold presence is key to the quality and sustainability of the transformation process.

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