COACH SESSION PREP

<p><strong>Your Goals For This Coaching Session</strong></p><ul><li><p>Assess the challenges and opportunities for your client.</p></li><li><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IhrDbl6mZY7p_-sD3aKnYVMy0P6XiEVD/view?usp=sharing">Use the Development Priorities document</a> as a resource to start building a roadmap for your client’s development.</p></li><li><p>Understand what motivates them and how you can coach them best.</p></li></ul>

<h2>COACHING KICKSTART</h2><p>Please do the following at least 48 hours before your coaching session:</p><ol><li><p>Read Beginning With The End In Mind.</p></li><li><p>Answer the Personal Evaluation Questions</p></li></ol><p></p><h3><strong>Beginning With The End In Mind</strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong>“People are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren’t getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope with all of their might.”</strong></p><p>– Dr. Stephen R. Covey</p></blockquote><p>In his book, <em>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People</em>, Stephen Covey shares an important principle that will inform your coaching journey. The habit of Personal Vision espouses this principle: Begin With the End in Mind. Here is an excerpt from the book:</p><p>“Begin With the End in Mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. You need to know where you are going in order to better understand where you are now so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.</p><p>It’s easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busyness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it’s been leaning against the wrong wall.”</p>

<h3>Personal Evaluation Questions</h3><p>Your answers to the following Personal Evaluation questions will help you and your coach get on the same page about what you want to accomplish and who you want to be at the end of this coaching journey.</p>

These are the personality and/or leadership assessments I’ve taken and what I’ve learned about myself:

Where did you feel most successful professionally, and what did it teach you about yourself? Where did you feel least successful professionally, and what did it teach you about yourself?

Tactically, these are the challenges I’m facing in my current role:

These are the relationships at work I would like to improve: 

What have been the biggest challenges in your life over the last five years? What did you learn?

After one year of coaching, this is what I want to accomplish and/or how I want to be different:

<h2>COACHING SESSION</h2><p>This session will help you answer the question <em>What are the challenges I’m facing at work that I can tackle with my coach</em>?&nbsp;</p><ul><li><p>You'll discuss the Personal Evaluation questions in the Coaching Kickstart.</p></li><li><p>You and your coach will start to identify your development priorities.</p></li></ul>

SESSION FACILITATION NOTES

<h3><strong>START THE CONVERSATION — 10 minutes</strong></h3><ul><li><p>Warm-up.&nbsp;</p><ul><li><p><em>How has your week been?</em></p></li><li><p><em>What’s on your mind today?&nbsp;</em></p></li></ul></li></ul><p>Previous session follow-up.&nbsp;</p><ul><li><p>Thanks for sharing all that you shared with me in our last session.</p></li><li><p>You’ve given me a great idea of who you are and where you want to go.</p></li><li><p><em>Coaches, if relevant, and if you are able to make sure you can cover the Dig Deeper material, you could ask:&nbsp; Is there anything that you didn’t share that would be good for me to know? Has there been any development in XYZ (your doctor’s appointment) since we last talked?</em></p></li></ul><hr><h3><strong>DIG IN DEEPER— 40 minutes</strong></h3><p>Discuss Coaching Kickstart first assessment answer.</p><ul><li><p><em>Which assessment taught you the most, and what did you learn?</em></p></li><li><p><em>Are there any assessments that your church uses as a common language?</em></p></li><li><p><em>Are there any assessments you’re interested in learning more about?</em></p></li></ul><p>Discuss Coaching Kickstart second assessment answer.</p><ul><li><p><em>Tell me more about the factors that made you feel most successful at work.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Tell me more about the factors that made you feel least successful at work.</em></p></li></ul><p>Discuss Coaching Kickstart third assessment answer.</p><ul><li><p><em>Which of these challenges seems most pressing and why?</em></p></li></ul><p>Discuss Coaching Kickstart fourth assessment answer.</p><ul><li><p><em>What would happen if these relationships were functioning at their best?</em></p></li></ul><p>Discuss Coaching Kickstart fifth assessment answer.</p><ul><li><p>How did that challenge shape you?</p></li><li><p>Was there support you did not have that could have helped you overcome that challenge more quickly or better?</p></li></ul><p>Discuss Coaching Kickstart sixth assessment answer.</p><ul><li><p><em>This is beginning with the end in mind. Tell me why this “end” is important to you.</em></p></li></ul><hr><h3><strong>MOVE TO ACTION — 10 minutes</strong></h3><ul><li><p>Thank them for sharing all of that with you.</p></li><li><p>Reflect back to them the areas of improvement you heard through their answers. Practice active listening. “What I heard you share is…”</p></li></ul><p><strong>For the next meeting: Front Burner Session</strong></p><p>EXPLAIN: <br>In our next session, we will discuss a current situation you are facing where you feel stuck or need an outside opinion.  This is an opportunity to dig into anything that has been an obstacle to you for awhile or a recent situation that has just presented itself to you.  By the end of our conversation, the goal is for you to have clarified the most significant step(s) that you can take to move toward your ideal outcome.  </p><h3>IN CONCLUSION</h3><ul><li><p>Ask them to fill out the Takeaways section in review of this session and to help you prepare for the final introductory session.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Pray for the client.</p></li></ul>

<h2>TAKEAWAYS</h2><p>Please fill out the Takeaways section as you wrap up this conversation with your coach.</p>

These are the areas of growth I would like to focus on with my coach:

If I were to prioritize my development, this would be the order of my areas of growth:

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Personal Development Goals

<h3><strong>Clarify The Issue</strong></h3>

<h3><strong>Desired Outcome</strong></h3>

<h3><strong>Variables &amp; Obstacles</strong></h3>

The key variables and/or obstacles that need to be addressed to achieve the desired outcome are...

The immediate next step(s) I can take to move toward my desired outcome is/are...

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