Surely there is a better way to help my people than to solve all their problems for them. A way to stimulate self-reliance and ownership in my teams. Defining achievable goals together and then seeing them use their craftsmanship to achieve them. That is where the conversation techniques from solution-oriented coaching can help. It is not for nothing that it is a standard part of the Agile Team Coach Half-Year Training from Lagant. That is why we have chosen these techniques as the subject of this year's Agile Consortium annual conference.
The solution-oriented conversation techniques are fun, proven effective and easy to learn. In an interactive session of 45 minutes, the 34 participants immediately got to work themselves after a short introduction. They alternately fulfilled the role of coach and coachee (coached) and thus experienced both sides of a solution-oriented coaching conversation based on coaching cards. These coaching cards contain a simple 5-step plan and sample questions that the participants immediately got to work with.
Solution-oriented coaching is about the step from not being able to do so. The basic attitude of the coach is that the coachee already has the potential solution within him, he only needs help to find it. To this end, the coach goes through the following steps with the coachee:
Step 1: Clarify the need for change: research with the coachee what he / she would like to work on.
Step 2: Define the desired state: help the coachee to get a clear picture of the world as it looks when his wish has been realized. This elicits energy to get moving.
Step 3: Determine the basis for change: investigate with the coachee which parts of the desired situation are already present (occasionally).
Step 4: Analyze previous successes: examine with the coachee how he / she achieved the aforementioned components and what he / she learns from this.
Step 5: Challenge to one step forward: investigate with the coachee which small, feasible step the coachee would like to take in the coming period.
We have translated these steps on our coaching cards into 5 simple questions with which you can shape a coaching conversation.
Edwin: Can I bring a few more coaching cards? Then tomorrow I will work on it with my team.
Also interested? Download the coaching cards or register now for our Agile Teamcoach Half-year training.
Surely there is a better way to help my people than to solve all their problems for them. A way to stimulate self-reliance and ownership in my teams. Defining achievable goals together and then seeing them use their craftsmanship to achieve them. That is where the conversation techniques from solution-oriented coaching can help. It is not for nothing that it is a standard part of the Agile Team Coach Half-Year Training from Lagant. That is why we have chosen these techniques as the subject of this year's Agile Consortium annual conference.
The solution-oriented conversation techniques are fun, proven effective and easy to learn. In an interactive session of 45 minutes, the 34 participants immediately got to work themselves after a short introduction. They alternately fulfilled the role of coach and coachee (coached) and thus experienced both sides of a solution-oriented coaching conversation based on coaching cards. These coaching cards contain a simple 5-step plan and sample questions that the participants immediately got to work with.
Solution-oriented coaching is about the step from not being able to do so. The basic attitude of the coach is that the coachee already has the potential solution within him, he only needs help to find it. To this end, the coach goes through the following steps with the coachee:
Step 1: Clarify the need for change: research with the coachee what he / she would like to work on.
Step 2: Define the desired state: help the coachee to get a clear picture of the world as it looks when his wish has been realized. This elicits energy to get moving.
Step 3: Determine the basis for change: investigate with the coachee which parts of the desired situation are already present (occasionally).
Step 4: Analyze previous successes: examine with the coachee how he / she achieved the aforementioned components and what he / she learns from this.
Step 5: Challenge to one step forward: investigate with the coachee which small, feasible step the coachee would like to take in the coming period.
We have translated these steps on our coaching cards into 5 simple questions with which you can shape a coaching conversation.
Edwin: Can I bring a few more coaching cards? Then tomorrow I will work on it with my team.
Also interested? Download the coaching cards or register now for our Agile Teamcoach Half-year training.
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