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025 Contracting for a Coaching Conversation

Author
Zoe Hawkins & Jo Wheatley
Published
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Episode Link
https://coachingcrowd2021.libsyn.com/025-contracting-for-a-coaching-conversation

Today we're going to be focusing Contracting for a Coaching Conversation. We're focusing on this because it's such a fundamental part of what makes a coaching conversation different to normal conversations and sets your coaching relationships up for success.  So the better your contracting is at the start the better your coaching relationship is going to be. So we're going to talk through some of the different parts of what contracting looks like and maybe give you a bit of a demonstration around some contracting as well so stay tuned and enjoy

What you will learn in this episode:

  • Three different parts to contracting conversation, professional, procedural and also psychological
  • The logistics of procedural contracting
  • When to have these conversations, who with and which topics to cover at each stage
  • The importance of a chemistry conversation
  • Finding scope and clarity for professional coaching
  • The importance of confidentiality, guidelines and boundaries
  • Stakeholder contracting, agreements for sharing goals and progress
  • What coaching is and isn't and conversations to have upfront
  • When it's appropriate to use spot contracting 

It's really all about setting your coaching conversation up for success, making your client feel comfortable so you can get on with the important work. 

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