As such, one system may consist of several subsystems and be itself a subsystem for a larger system. The human body is a system, made up from limbs and organs, a nervous system, a cardiovascular system etc. When a systems thinker is coaching, he or she will chunk up and down the coachee’s systems.

Chunking down means considering the coachee’s model of the world, value & belief systems, meta programs, representational systems, sub modalities etc.

Chunking up means considering the larger systems or ecologies that encompass the coachee: family, community, society, etc.

When you think in systems, you find the forces that drive you towards certain outcomes. When you learn to move beyond mere logical and analytical thinking, systems thinking forms the launch pad for successful strategic planning, goal setting, etc.

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