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Stage Three – Evaluation/Re-evaluation (reauthoring)
To bridge the learning gaps that have been identified in Stage
two, the coach continues to focus on those thin story lines that
could strengthen the coachee’s sense of identity; gather more
evidence to support the alternative storyline (thicken the plot).
This stage provides „scaffolding‟ to bridge the coachee’s
learning gap by recruiting their lived experience. The coach asks
the coachee to re-evaluate the impact of their action upon their
own sense of self-identity, values and belief, stretch their
imagination and exercise their meaning-making resources.
The coach also encourages the coachee to map their aspirations,
values and self-identity upon their action in terms of new future
possibilities on their life’s horizons. This stage is very often
referred to as „the turning point‟ where the coachee begins to
change from re-iterating the old story line to start discovering
new possibilities and action.

Stage Four - Justification
The coach further thickens the plot of the story and consolidates
the coachee’s commitment for change. The aim of narrative
coaching is to develop a „thick description‟ of an alternative
storyline “that is inscribed with…meanings" and finds linkages
between "the stories of people's lives and their cherished
values, beliefs, purposes, desires, commitments, and so on"
(White, 1997, p.15-16).
At this stage, the coachees are asked to justify the above
evaluation in terms of their aspiration, belief, values and selfidentity and strengths.

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