Use this question to wrap up your coaching sessions
I was asked this question recently:?How do you know that the people in your coaching sessions are getting value from the work you are doing together??
The answer is simple:?I ask them.
It doesn’t happen in every single session, but I do try to make time as much as possible to wrap up my sessions in the same way, allowing every person the opportunity to articulate and share what’s been the most useful for them.
You can phrase it in different ways:
You might be thinking, “what if they have nothing to share?” Based on my experience across 1000s of hours of coaching, you really have nothing to worry about; I have never had anyone refuse to answer or have nothing to share at the end of my sessions.
Even when I feel like I didn’t have a great session, there’s always something valuable.
I enjoy listening to everyone share what they received from our time together, but that’s not why I do it.
Before they leave the session, I want everyone to have the opportunity to reflect on what we’ve just covered and then articulate it, with the intention that they are more likely to remember it and take action.?
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Over to you
Are you making time to wrap up your coaching or leadership sessions in a way that allows everyone to contribute?
What can you do with this?
DFTBA!
Chris.
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1 年Great advice Chris. One of my favourites from your article was “What’s been the single most useful lesson for you today?”. I used a variation of yours today, although perhaps not worded as good as yours, it was stunning what the customer said compared to what I expected her to say!
Director at MRDC Software
1 年Good points, Chris Marr. I have used the same or similar questions at the end of coaching/training sessions. One thing I like to ask is whether there is something that has been learnt which will be difficult to implement. This can often open up a conversation about how a learning may be applied in a particular context. Having worked around the world, feedback is sometimes harder to get in some cultures other than bland comments like 'very interesting', so asking for specific learnings often works well.