Coaching and transformative leadership

GROW

Goal

• Which question, issue would you like to talk about today ?
• What do you want or what do you want instead ?
• When you achieve that, what will that make for you ?
• How do you know when you have achieved that ?

Reality

• What is missing, lacking, for you to reach that goal ?
• What resources or support do you need ?
• What stops you from … ?
• Where are you now on a scale from 1 to 10 in reaching this goal / expected results ?

Options

• What are the alternatives ?
• In what different ways could you approach this challenge ?
• What would you do if you had more time/a bigger budget / if you were the manager ?
• What advise would you give to a friend ?
• What else ?

Will

• What is your next step ?
• What is your commitment for doing it 1-10 ?
• How can you get closer to 10 ?
• What can stop you and what can you do to prevent it ?
• When will you do this ?

Observer instructions

Things to pay extra attention to:

• Does the coach help the coachee to elaborate and to be specific ?
• Does the coach take time to listen and pay attention to what’s “ below the surface” ?
• Does the coach take on too much responsibility for the solution ?