Outlined below are 2 areas of development I need to focus on as a coach. Below these areas are details re what the assignment entails i.e. the actual question to be answered – please read carefully.
Areas for Development
1. Developing a better style of questioning:
I felt I needed to work on asking the right questions and asking them with more clarity and also on guiding the conversation away from irrelevant issue (Starr, 2008). Use of clearer, more direct questions, and becoming better at guiding the conversation to avoid discussing irrelevant issues, and talking too much which could lead to pushing out time frames and affecting the flow of coaching style. Developing more efficient communications interaction i.e. clearer better structured questioning and I also felt I need to be more challenging in my line of questioning. Perhaps also utilizing Solution Focused reframing and summarising (Grant, 2013) and active listening, an ICF core competency
2. Specificity around goals
Getting more specific i.e. using SMART Goals model(Grant & Greene, 2004). more effectively i.e. to identify particular skills the coachee may need to develop in order to be more effective in execution of her plans, perhaps use of role playing also.
Commitment to behaviour change can be successful when goals are simple, specific or explicit as they seem to have a higher commitment (Locke, 1996),
Assignment Details:
Use Academic Journals and Peer Reviewed material / Journals
Discussion of theory base which support your development (approx. 700 words).
A. In this section you should
Discuss the theoretical perspective (theory base) that informs your development of your chosen area of coaching skill, indicating the key issues to be considered in the use or development of your chosen skill.
Discuss some of the evidence (evidence base) for the usefulness of this skill, and the potential benefits to be gained by developing this aspect of your practice.
***IMPORTANT To Show:
Appropriate theory base discussed
Appropriate evidence base discussed
B. Reference List.
• Your reflection should be appropriately referenced throughout and the reference list included as per APA style.
C. Reference Articles – please use these and can also use others referred to in these articles
a. Cavanagh, M. (2013). The Coaching Engagement in the 21st Century: New paradigms for complex times. In D. Clutterbuck D., Megginson and S. David, (eds) Beyond Goals: Effective strategies for coaching and mentoring, London: Gower Publishing.
b. Grant, A. M. (2013). Steps to Solutions: A Process for putting solution-focused
c. Coaching principles into practice. The Coaching Psychologist, 9(1), 36-44.
d. Locke, E. A. (1996). Motivation through conscious goal setting. Applied & Preventive
e. Grant, A. M., & Greene, J. (2003). Coaching yourself: When it’s you that needs to change. In R. Stock (Ed.). London: Pearson Education.
f. Grant, A. M., & Greene, J. (2004). Coach Yourself: Make real change in your life (2 ed.). London: Momentum Press.
g. ICF Coaching Core Competencies. www.coachfederation.org
h. Starr, J. (2008). The Coaching Manual(2 ed). London: Pearson education. Alto CA: Davis-Black.
