Step 2

Create Your Coaching Relationship

Overview

• Respond to a request for coaching.

• Identify a coachee’s readiness and how to increase it.

• Use tips for setting parameters for the relationship.

• Review sample agreement forms to use.

• Explore technology and coaching relationships.

A formal workplace coaching relationship is unique and requires care and attention right from the start. It’s a relationship that two people chose to enter together, usually for a stated purpose. It’s a designed partnership in which two parties make explicit decisions about how they’ll interact. And it’s a relationship whose “pulse” is checked continuously. Let’s start from the beginning.

Finding a Coachee

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