ready for coaching?
The following questions are designed to assist you in preparing to engage in a coaching relationship. While coaching is almost always helpful, coaching relationships can provide the highest leverage when certain conditions are met. Answer the questions below and see how ready you are to take full advantage of the investment in a coaching process.
- I have a vision for what I want to achieve.
- I can identify a gap between where I am now and where I want to be in the future.
- I am willing to experiment with new ideas and new ways of approaching problems.
- I am willing to reflect on my effectiveness in a variety of different situations.
- I am willing to stop or change self-defeating behaviors and/or attitudes which limit my success.
- I can identify two or three things I would like to change in my (work) life.
- I am willing to invest time in my personal development.
- I believe that I could be more effective if I worked on developing my interpersonal skills.
- I believe that I could be more effective if I had a broader array of management skills and techniques upon which to draw.
- I am prepared to initiate contact with my coach when needed.
- I am willing to be honest with my coach about my motives, my feelings, and my interpretations.
- I am willing to enlist the support of others who care about me to speed up progress.
- I am willing to place a very high priority on my meetings with my coach and on other activities related to the development of my personal and professional skills.
- I am willing to do the work and let the coach do the coaching. I will keep my word and my appointments.
- I am ready to have someone in my corner who will help me achieve what I want from my work life.
- If I feel I am not getting what I need or expect from the coach, I will share this immediately and discuss what I want and need from the coaching relationship.
- I am committed to learning as much as I can from each opportunity presented to me.
- This is the right time for me to work with a coach.
