chapter 7

Coaching assignment: in three stages

‘It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.’

William Shakespeare

This chapter offers a supporting structure for a coaching assignment. By an assignment, I mean a series of coaching sessions, to work on agreed topics and themes. For example, six sessions over a period of ten months, perhaps to help the coachee realise a goal or focus generally on their personal development.

As a coach, when you think in terms of an overall assignment, you can plan and structure your involvement, which helps you to:

  • create the foundation for an effective coaching experience for your coachee
  • establish ...

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