What do you expect from this coaching?
What do you expect from this method?
How much time are you giving yourself to actually reach your goal?
Are you sure you want to succeed?
What might make you give up and stop the coaching?
To properly define the coaching goals
A clear goal is essential for coaching success.
Two steps:
Find the coaching goal(s).
Validate the coaching goal(s).
Each step has its own questions.
1. Finding the goal
Pinpoint the problem:
What exactly is the problem?
Focus on action: What do you want to change?
Focus on the result: What would the opposite of the current situation look like?
Look for role models: Are there people who have succeeded at this?
Understand what works: How did they do it?
Open your own toolbox: What skills do you already have for this?
Do more of what works: What can you do more of that you already know how to do?
Use your imagination: If you had already reached the goal… what would you be doing?
2. Validating and checking the goal
Validate:
The goal should be something you can express in a sentence like: “What I want is…”
Reaching this goal must depend first and foremost on you.
Check that the goal is:
Measurable
• How will you know you’ve reached it? Contextual
• Where, when, how, and with whom will you achieve it? Appropriate and functional
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of reaching this goal? Realistic and achievable
• Do you have the resources you need to reach it? Motivating (with real added value)
• What will change for you once you’ve achieved it?