How to Coach Yourself and Others Popular Models for Coaching | Page 118
The GROW coaching model centers around three basic
questions and the logically ensuing action:
What does the coachee want?
What does he have now?
What can he do / get?
Take action
Analysis of Elements:
Goal:
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Define long term goal (= central theme of the coaching
project), sub goals, medium term goals and goals per session
Goals must be SMART: specific, measurable, acceptable,
realistic (relevant), time phased.
State your goals in the positive: state what you
want
to achieve, rather than what you don’t want.
Is your goal consistent with any other goals you have?
The best goals are the ones that inspire and pull you: you
don’t have to go searching for them, but feel “you just have
to do them”. They are objectives you WANT to achieve,
rather than things you feel you “should do”.
Some people like cherishing a dream-goal, knowing that
deep inside they are not willing to pay the price it takes to
make that dream come true. Are you really prepared to
commit yourself, go for it and pay the price?
What is really inspiring you: the goal itself or the road
leading towards it? Maybe it’s not the teddy-bear you’re
after, but you love to shoot? That’s o.k., but it is important to
know it.
“For each new world, we have to give up an old one”: when
change happens, something is always lost. What are the risks
involved in pursuing your goal? And what is the risk of not
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