Coaching Handbook: An Action Kit for Trainers and Managers

Purpose

The coachee can use this technique to alter negative feelings or fears by increasing self-esteem and belief in his or her own ability.

Resources

This will take approximately 10 minutes. No equipment is required.

Notes to the coach

This is a technique that you can share with the coachee so that he or she can use it whenever feeling unsure or believing that he or she cannot succeed “ it is a form of ˜self-talk .

Instructions

Explain that whenever the coachee finds him- or herself thinking ˜I can t do this or putting him- or herself down, the coachee should:

• Stop.

• Create a positive statement of what he or she is going to do or the level of success “ such as ˜I can do this ; ˜ I have what it takes ; ˜This will be the best . . . , ˜I have done everything required .

• Repeat the sentence three times, each time with more feeling and conviction .