The Coaching Toolkit

Intro to Coaching

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GROW Interactions Prompts

Intro to Coaching
Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires
them to maximize their personal and professional potential (International Coaching
Federation). Coaching is a partnership, process and potential creation.
For coaches to play this role, they have to believe in the following:
1. My coachee is capable of changing.
2. My coachee has choices.
3. My coachee is naturally intelligent.
4. My coachee is unique.
5. My coachee has the power to create his/her future.

There are several frameworks that can be used in coaching. Specifically in this course, the
coaching framework used is the GROW model. The GROW model consists of four parts: Goal,
Reality, Options and Way Forward.

Coaching interactions may be coach-led or coachee led. The difference in the two lies in who
establishes the agenda for the conversation.
Forms

Coaching Preparation Checklist

This checklist may be used by a coach in preparation for a coaching conversation.

Questions

Is the session scheduled?

Is the venue of the conversation conducive for coaching?

Do I know the coachee enough to feel comfortable during the

session?

Do I know what the conversation is about?

Do I have some time before the coaching session for grounding?

Do I have some time after the coaching session for personal

debrief?

Coach-led Conversation Planner

This form is a guide for coaches as they plan for a coach-led conversation. A coach-led
conversation starts with the coach explaining the agenda for the conversation followed by
description of observations.

Teacher's Name
Date/Time

What do I want to discuss?

How does this relate to the teacher’s development
plan/targets?
What is my objective/s for this
discussion?

What information from my observation should I

include?

What questions do I need to ask to have better

clarity of the situation?

What might my coachee’s disposition be?

How will progress or success be

measured as a result of this
conversation?
What are the personal needs,
tendencies or characteristics of this
person that I need to consider?

Who do I need to be in this conversation? Who

does my coachee need me to be?

Post Session Reflection

This form is a guide for coaches as they plan for a coach-led conversation.

What did I do well?

What questions landed well with the coachee?

What could I say or do differently

next time?
Coaching Interaction Log
This form may be filled up by the coachee after a coaching interaction to gather notes and
important information from the coaching session.

Coaching #
Date

Goal of Interaction

Key Points Discussed

Action Plan/Next Steps

Date of follow-up/next
Interaction
GROW Interactions Prompts

Coachee-led
Use this as a guide to your GROW conversation

Actions Preparation Notes

Goal 1. Greet
2. Clarify/Restate the goal or
purpose of the session

Reality 1. Allow LF to talk about the

issue/concern
2. Listen, empathize, and
acknowledge
*Be sensitive to root
cause/real issue
3. Draw impact and consequences
4. Identify desired state

Options 1. Explore possible solutions and

interventions
2. Identify most optimal solution

Will 1. Clarify action steps/next steps

2. Offer support and
encouragement

Use this prompt in conversations where the coachee determines the topic.

Prompts/Questions

Goal 1. Hi _______. How are you today?

2. What is it that you want us to explore today?

Reality 1. I want to understand further. Please tell me about it.

2. What do you think are the impacts of _______________ in
 _______________?
3. What are the possible causes of this?
4. How does your performance measure up to your goal/target?
5. What does success look like for you?

Options 1. Let’s now talk about how you can deal with this problem.
2. What do you think are possible solutions to ______________?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each solution?
4. What interventions can we use?
5. Which solutions do you want to try?

Way 1. Please summarize your action plan.

Forward 2. I want you to log in your action plan and share it with me.
3. I am confident you can do this. Please let me know if there is additional
help you want from me.
4. Thanks for a very meaningful session.

Coach-led
Use this as a guide to your GROW conversation.

Actions Preparation Notes

Goal 1. Greet
2. State the goal or purpose of
the debrief
3. Ask for other agenda

Reality 1. *State observation, facts

and data
2. Listen, empathize, and
acknowledge
3. Draw impact and
consequences
4. Gain alignment with
coachee
5. Identify root cause

Options 1. Explore possible solutions

and interventions
 2. Lock in 1 solution

Will 1. Identify next steps

2. Offer support and
encouragement

Use this prompt in conversations where you identify the topic. The prompts are specifically
modeled for a coaching session after an observation.

Prompts/Questions

Goal 1. Hi _______. How are you today?

2. The purpose of this interaction is to ___________________.
3. Is there anything else you want to talk about in this session?

Reality 1. *I went to your ________ class earlier and I saw that

_________________.
2. I want to understand further. Please tell me what happened there.
3. What do you think are the impacts of _______________ in
_______________?
4. How does your performance measure up to your goal/target?

Options 1. What do you think are possible solutions to ______________?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each solution?
3. What interventions can we use?
4. Which solutions do you want to try?
5. When can you implement these solutions?

Way 1. To summarize, your action plan includes __________________. And you

Forward plan to implement this by ________________.
2. I want you to log in your action plan and share it with me.
3. How committed are you to this action?
4. What else can I do to support you on this?
5. Thanks for a very meaningful session.

More GROW Questions

 Questions

Goal What do you want? What is your aim for this discussion/session?
How would you like it to be?
What does that look like?
What will you be saying to yourself?
What will that enable you to do?
What will other people be saying to you?
What will you have that you don’t have now?
What do you see/hear/feel?

Reality What is happening at the moment?

How important is this to you?
On a scale of 1–10, if an ideal situation is 10, what number are you at now?
What number would you like to be at?
How do you feel about this?
What impact is this having on you?
What’s on your shoulders?
How does this impact other areas of your life?
What are you doing that takes you towards your goal?
What are you doing that is getting in the way of your goal?
How much …?
How many …?
Who else does it affect?

Options What could you do?

What ideas do you have?
What alternatives do you have?
Is there anything else?
If there were anything else, what would it be?
What has worked in the past?
What steps could you take?
Who could help you with this?
Where could you find out the information?
How could you do that?

Way What will you do?

Forward How will you do that?
When will you do it?
Who will you talk to?
Where will you go?
Is there anything you need to put in place before that?
How committed are you to taking that action?
 What will it take for you to commit to that?

Reference: https://www.performanceconsultants.com/example-questions-for-the-grow-model