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EGAN’S SKILLED HELPER MODEL
Use this when you want to empower someone to manage their own problems.
Gerard Egan’s Skilled Helper model is a three-stage coaching model in which the objective is to achieve lasting change and empower people to manage their own problems more effectively. The model can be depicted as:
The three stages can be summarised as:
Exploration: The purpose here is to build a non-threatening relationship with the other person and help them to explore their current situation by identifying and clarifying problems and opportunities and assessing their ability to deal with these.
Challenge: The purpose here is ...
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