The purpose of a coach is to identify strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots that could be holding you back from achieving your personal goals, development, and career objectives. A good coach is a critical advocate to help you (1) identify and (2) achieve your goals. Verity's proven process for coaching includes the following:
- Develop scope of coaching with leadership
- Establish timelines and coaching duration
- Develop messaging for stakeholders
- Develop interview questions for stakeholders
- Initial orientation with individual(s) to be coached
- Identify and interview all stakeholders
- Use behavioral assessments and stakeholder feedback as a basis for coaching and to determine initial objectives
- Establish SMART goals with coachee
- Meet with individual(s) to be coached on a monthly basis
- Update leadership monthly, or as needed
- Develop final report for leadership