April 2020
Beginner
308 pages
6h 49m
English
Overview
• How assignments enhance coaching
• What makes a good coaching assignment
• Ideas for finding and creating assignments
When my children were in elementary school, nightly negotiations were necessary as they tried to postpone doing their homework. “Why do we have to do homework?” they lamented. “Why do you think you do?” I asked. And after their first response, which usually had the word “torture” in it somewhere, they gave more informed answers, like “to practice what we learned that day,” “to get us ready for a test,” or “to show we know how to do it on our own.”
Coaching “homework” is critical for the same reasons. When coachees complete assignments between sessions, they demonstrate—to ...