CHAPTER 5: CONTRACTING AND GOAL-SETTING
In this chapter I provide guidance on:
• How to ‘contract’ with a coachee.
• How to set SMART goals with a coachee.
• The pitfalls when helping the coachee set goals.
The beginning of any coaching partnership is key to developing an ongoing relationship. I have supervised many coaches who have privately sought advice about coaching relationships that have gone wrong. Typically the problems they have encountered relate to the lack of clarity about how they will work with their coachee and the lack of agreed objectives for the coaching they are about to undertake.
Contracting with the coachee
At the beginning of any coaching relationship it is important to agree a set of ground rules for how you will ...
Get Coaching for High Performance now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
