How to Coach Yourself and Others Popular Models for Coaching | Page 21

Other recommended styles are:
If competence and motivation are low:
(Tell people what to do.)

prescribe, instruct

If competence and motivation are high: Delegate
When talking about personal coaching, what is most important
is the level of motivation of the coachee with respect to
immanent change in their lives: either coachees want to make a
change themselves, or they desire to prepare themselves in
order to be able to cope with what lies ahead. Whether their
competence level is low or high is irrelevant, as long as they are
truly motivated to make a change in their lives.

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