Pre-Coaching Ritual
It's important to create a nice pre-coaching ritual for yourself as well as inviting your client to do the same. 5 Erickson Principles
Viewing yourself, your client, and others in the world through this lens helps you stay in coach position and offers a new perspective in relation to people in general. Basics of Rapport
These are some of the basic rapport principles while model of the world and meta programs are considered more advanced rapport building techniques. Reminders
Rapport, coach position, and solution focused questioning happen throughout the session. Recontract as needed. Closed to Open Questions
Closed questions promote yes or no answers where open questions support creative brainstorming from the client's end. Solution Focused vs Solution Oriented
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Session Contract
Suggestion: We have __ minutes, what might be the best possible outcome of our session today? OR We have __ minutes, what would be the best use of our time together? Planning Questions
These sample questions can be asked in many ways but are intended to get the client thinking about the focus of the session and to give them support in navigating through the session contracting process. Outcome Frame
Note: Stated in positive can be tricky, so pay close attention that the topic really is positive and doesn't include any words that could be negative or show movement away from an action. |
Create an Experience - 1
Help them start the process of creative exploration. Creating and Experience - 2
Start with the basics by brainstorming at the foundational level and then moving to a more global world view. Creating an Experience - 3
Note: More to come as well as full cheat sheet pages dedicated to each item on this list. Action Steps
User your coach/client relationship and your best judgement when bringing up considerations. Try to use something like, "I'm just checking in here, but ____." Remember, the client knows what's best for them in the moment. Closing Session
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Coaches ToolBox Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by imjustsarah
Tool box filled with coaching strategies, processes, frameworks, and other methods for leading successful coaching sessions.
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.