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One-on-one coaching: Flow of
activities
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One-to-one executive coaching works through a continuous cycle of assessing a
client’s goal, customizing a program, coaching sessions, an analysis of
outcomes and making corrections for a successful program. |
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Steps |
Activities |
Outcomes |
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1. Defining the context |
Coach meets with leader and sponsor to identify
program outcomes and benchmarks. |
Understand context. |
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2. Interview with leader |
Coach conducts extensive interview with leader,
listening for commitments, immediate concerns, common breakdowns, behaviors,
communication style and pattern of fulfilling promises. |
Understand leader and the world in which she works
and lives—an important part of the assessment process.
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3. 360-degree interviews |
Coach speaks with leader’s team, boss, peers and
others who know the leader well. |
Develop a broad view of the leader that is
grounded in multiple perspectives. |
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4. Assessment and design |
Coach makes assessment and designs customized
program. |
Design customized program of practices, exercises
and reading. |
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5. Leader and sponsor review |
Coach presents themes and program design to leader
and sponsors, answers questions and revises as necessary. |
Leader and sponsor both commit to program. |
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6. Individual coaching meetings (typically
3 hours of coaching per month for 6-12 months) |
Leader and coach discuss pressing issues and the
leader’s progress in developing competencies for the long term. They meet in
person when possible and by telephone when needed. |
Leader becomes more competent, more fulfilled and
able to self-correct. |
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7. Mid-program review |
Coach meets with leader and sponsor (individually
or together) to compare actual outcomes with intended outcomes. |
Coach makes changes, additions and corrections to
program. |
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8. End-of-program review |
Coach meets with leader and sponsor (individually
or together) to compare actual outcomes with intended outcomes. Celebrate
progress. |
Leader continues to improve without coach and/or
commits to continuing relationship with new set of outcomes. |
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Source: Integral Leadership (a New Ventures West
company) |
