Chapter 7Frame the Conversation

Setting the Target

In this chapter, we begin to really break down the FUEL process into discrete steps. In real coaching conversations, the steps will be more fluid than the way we present them here. However, we know that it is helpful to present ideas in bite-sized portions and in a more linear, step-by-step fashion so that they are clearer and more digestible. Once the basic ideas have been grasped, it becomes easier to work within them.

We start at the beginning of the conversation. The first step of the coaching process creates the target at which you aim the conversation. How many times have you been in a conversation or in a meeting with others where you were not exactly sure where you were heading or what ...

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