Inquiries: Onboarding and Contracting
Strengths assessment Please complete the strengths assessment: Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) by going to (). The survey will take 30 minutes, and…
Category alliance
Transitioning to the Executive Coach Role
Identify the Leader’s Understanding of Your Role (1) Look for misalignment in expectations about your role between you and the leader. (2) Avoid taking on…
Contracting Phase: Find a Way to Be a Partner
{O’Neill, 2007. Executive Coaching With Backbone and Heart} The Roots of the Coaching Phases {The ‘research’ activity in action research is part of a continuous…
Multi-Stakeholder Contracting
{Burger & Van Coller-Peter, 2019. A guiding framework for multi-stakeholder contracting in executive coaching. SAJHRM.} Contractual Elements: Accountability; Confidentiality; Goal attainment – organizational and individual …
Contracting for success: A Guiding Framework
{Bennett, 2008. Contracting for success. IJCO Issue 4 2008 (7).} Contracting is crucial for successful coaching engagements. Contracting is reaching intentional agreements where the coach…
Sample Proposal
Mustafa Cevik, Executive Coach Date Adam Smith, Controller and Friedrich Engels, Director HR XYZ Capital Dear Adam and Friedrich, I enjoyed meeting with both of…
The Developmental Coaching Relationships Framework
{Adapted from the Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Developmental Relationships Framework, www.searchinstitute.org} What you can expect from your coach within the coaching engagement, expressed as five…
The Full Range of Positive Outcomes Possible Through Coaching
{Grant, 2012. ROI is a poor measure of coaching success: towards a more holistic approach using a well-being and engagement framework. Coaching: An International Journal…
Sample Coaching Agreement
Sample Coaching Agreement This Agreement is entered into by and between Name, Company, Address __________ (Coach) and ______ Name, Address (Client) whereby Coach agrees to…
Communication in Preparation for the Discovery Session
About the Discovery Session Working with Clients The word “client” refers to the person receiving coaching. The sponsoring organization or stakeholders are not the client…
The Contracting Conversation
Communications (documents to read for the client) Conversations (the actual encounter and dialogue) Mastery (the being, knowing, and doing of the client and coach inside…
Psychological Safety
{Clark, 2020. The Four Stages of Psychological Safety.} For collaboration to emerge, the leader must manage the two friction categories: intellectual and social. We should…
Establishing rapport during online coaching
{Van Coller-Peter & Manzini, 2020. Strategies to establish rapport during online management coaching. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 18(0), a1298.} Introduction Building rapport is…
The Psychological Contract
{Solomon & Van Coller-Peters, 2019. How coaching aligns the psychological contract between the young millennial professional and the organization. SA Journal of Human Resource Management,…
Common Elements for All Communications
{Campbell, 2009. Communications Skills for Project Managers.} Three steps you must consider when you prepare any important communication. Analyze the target, 2. Plan the approach,…
Building Early Relationships With Clients
The relationship quality between coach and client is a more important determinant of positive outcomes than any other variable under the coach’s control. Creating and…
Coach Competencies for an Integrated Learning Approach
Who is the client? The coaching contract clarifies who the client is, the other relevant stakeholders, and the sponsor. For one-to-one executive coaching, the client…
Asking Permission
{Carol Wilson. Permission Protocol. www.coachingcultureatwork.com} {Wilson, 2020. Performance Coaching.} Asking for permission is an essential skill that makes a difference in building and maintaining relationships.…
Limits and Possibilities of a Person-Centered Approach
{Bachkirova & Borrington, 2018, The Limits and Possibilities of a Person-Centred Approach In Coaching Through the Lens of Adult Development Theories. Philosophy of Coaching: An…
The Humanistic Guide to Coaching
Use these Guiding principles in applying the humanistic approach to coaching to provide a framework for the coaching context and associated tasks for the coach.…