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The model can and should be used flexibly. The model works
best if attention is paid to Rogers' 'core conditions', the helpers
approach to the speaker being based on genuineness, respect,
and empathy, and if principles of good active listening are
remembered throughout.
The Egan model aims to help coachee address 3 main
questions:
1.
2.
3.

'What is going on?'
'What do I want instead?'
'How might I get to what I want?'

Not everyone needs to address all 3 questions, and at times
people may move back into previously answered ones. For
simplicity, we'll look at the model sequentially. However, the
skilled helper will work with the speaker in all or any of the
stages, and move back and forward, as appropriate.
Diagram of the Model

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

Current Scenario

Preferred
Scenario

Action Strategies

1a - The story
(What's going on?)

2a - Possibilities
(Ideally ,what do
I want instead?)

3a
Possible
actions (How many
ways are there?)

1b - Blind spots
(What's
really
going on?)

2b - Change
Agenda (SMART
goals)

3b - Best fit
strategies
(What
will work for me?)

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