Coaching Handbook: An Action Kit for Trainers and Managers

Purpose

The purpose of this activity is to help coachees to:

• Identify their experience to date.

• Describe their goals or desired end position in detail.

• Consider what they will need to do to achieve their goals.

Resources

This will take approximately 40 “60 minutes.

You will need coloured pens and paper.

Notes to the coach

This is a good exercise for the coachee to do prior to meeting with the coach, perhaps between Stages 1 and 2. Once the coachee has completed the activity, you can discuss his or her answers. Be prepared that the coachee might not be able to answer some of the questions and you may, therefore, need to explore why that is.

Instructions

Ask the coachee to sit quietly in a relaxed position and to spend a few minutes thinking generally about the skill or area that the coaching programme is concerned with.

When the coachee has done this, ask him or her to spend five minutes considering each of the following questions in depth, and to jot down on the paper any words or thoughts that come to mind. (It may be useful to explain that the coachee s notes are for personal use and therefore do not need to be ˜neat or in any particular format. )

Questions

How well do I currently do this task or use this skill?

How did I get to this point (training, experience)? Where would I like to be? Or what would I like to do? What or who is holding me back?

How do I get to where I want to be? What resources do I need?

What will it be like when I get there?