Leadership in Action: Learning and Change: Deciding Whether and How to Take on a Coach

KEY ELEMENTS

Every coaching engagement is unique because of the personal situation of the individual leader and the approach of the coach, but there are several consistent components: setting up the coaching engagement, using assessments, creating action plans and coaching meetings, measuring results, and completing the coaching engagement.

Setting Up the Coaching Engagement

The term used for the overall process of setting up the coaching relationship is contracting, but it refers to much more than completing the formal contractual aspects. It involves all the agreements required to set up the coaching relationship in a healthy and productive way. You and your coach need to make logistical arrangements such as determining when and how often to ...