Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Agree on goals


Successful coaching requires agreement on goals. Meet with your employee to:
  • Revisit earlier discussions about goals
  • Confirm the coaching goal
  • State the benefits of attaining the goal
  • Ask for formal agreement on the goal
Communicating Goals
Coaching DialogueFunction
"Lynn, I'm glad we could talk more about delegating."Revisits earlier discussion.
"When you learn to delegate, you get your managerial work done on time. You also help your employees develop their skills."States benefits of achieving goal.
"Can we agree to meet an hour each week to review your progress on delegating? You mentioned wanting to delegate three tasks to your team."Confirms definition of the goal.
"Are we in agreement, then, that our coaching goal is to help you delegate better?"Asks for formal agreement on the goal.

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