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COACHING TOOLS

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FLOW COACHING

GIVE LEADERS A COACHING TOOL FOR IMPROVING THE CLARITY, CAPABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE TEAM THEY LEAD

PRINCIPLES

Leader as Coach: From GROW to FLOW, Tim Coburn, October 2013

During the time we’ve used GROW Coaching, our understanding of human performance has evolved. More prominent today are the relationship between person and context, the link between internal motivation and external demand, the importance of learning and the significance of language and conversation. FLOW Coaching brings these features to life in a new tool for the Leader as Coach.

LEADER AS COACH ON ONE PAGE: GUIDANCE

GROW COACHING ADVANTAGES of FLOW COACHING

WILL

OPTIONS

GOAL

REALITY

KNOW

GO

SO

FLOW

What do you want from this session? What is your goal? What does success look like? How will you know when you are successful? What would be a milestone along the way?

Where are you now in relation to your goal? How would you describe your current performance? What main factors contribute to your current ability? What may be holding you back from finding a way forward?

What ideas do you have for moving towards your goal? What other options are there? What else might you do? How do the pros and cons of these options compare? If anything was possible, what approach would you take?

Of all the options considered, which ones might you action? What might you do first? How will you start? And when? How will you ensure that you do this? What support might you need? How will you track and measure your progress?

Want some help? OK. What’s your question? What’s the situation? Who’s involved? And who’s affected? How? Why does it matter? What’s your view? What’s their view? How do you differ? If you could resolve it now, what would you do? What would you say?

What outcome or results do you want? Where do you want to get to? Why? What difference will it make if you get there? What outcome or results do you need? Where do you need to get to? Why? What difference will it make if you get there?

What have you done so far? How did you do it? And where did it get you? What could you do next? How would you do it? And where might it get you?

Refresh your goal: What do you want to do?… And what do you need to do? How might you combine these in the most useful and effective way? What’s the way forward? What will you do? Who needs to be involved? Who will you talk to? What will you say? How will you know if it works?

And finally… What new ideas or insights about the topic, the situation or yourself can you take from this conversation?

CUSTOMERS  MANAGER  TEAM  

COLLEAGUES  SUPPLIERS  

PAST   FUTURE  PRESENT  

STEPS FLOW Coaching clarifies the CONTEXT before asking for a GOAL. Performance is always contextual – it takes place in relation to time, place and most importantly, PEOPLE. Understanding the context first, makes defining the goal EASIER.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

FLOW Coaching connects the INTERNAL drive to succeed with the EXTERNAL need to perform. Knowing what’s EXPECTED of you is as important as knowing what you WANT. Aligning internal DRIVE and external DEMAND makes Flow Coaching more PRODUCTIVE.

FLOW Coaching uses and improves the ABILITY TO LEARN. And in today’s world, anticipating the FUTURE is as insightful as learning from the PAST. By using and improving the ability to learn, Flow Coaching increases the POTENTIAL TO SUCCEED.

FLOW Coaching grounds ACTION in CONVERSATION. Leaders know that TALK is WORK. We make PROGRESS in WHO we TALK to and in WHAT we SAY. The focus on ‘action-in- conversation’ makes Flow Coaching more PRACTICAL, AUTHENTIC and HUMAN.

And finally… FLOW Coaching ends with moment’s REFLECTION to consolidate PROGRESS. This makes it more PRODUCTIVE.

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