So, the first stage is:
Clarifying and Understanding the prospective Client’s NEEDS
Contracting and Building a Relationship and Credibility
The contracting stage is intended to accomplish several objectives:
Client’s First Self- Assessment
Coaching Conversation Sessions
The result of each coaching conversation is a Client who is clear about what needs to be done, motivated to achieve the goal and equipped to face any roadblock.
In our Coaching Conversation sessions, three or more of these eighteen purposes below should be met:
The aim of Coaching Conversation Sessions is to Support, Empower and Challenge the Client.
It is also a space and time when we give the Client Constructive Feedback and Monitor Continuously His Progress.
Before finalizing the coaching conversation session, the Client writes a debriefing of the session: what key points were cleared; insights, options and learning generated; what are the next action steps.