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One-to-one coaching meetings

One-to-one coaching meetings

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One-to-one coaching meetings

- As your leader takes action toward their development goals most leaders find it helpful to have regular one-to-one meetings with you. You wanna support, encourage, be a good thought partner, and help him stand accountable. But what specifically should you cover in these meetings? Given their demanding work schedules, generally, I find leaders prefer some predictability about the agenda for your one-to-one meetings. But we, coaches, also need to adapt to what our leaders need most and what works best for them on that day. We need to be both flexible and predictable. So here's a flexible, predictable template. You can adapt to your leader's needs. It has four parts. Start up, check up, follow up, end up. First, start up. Start from the very beginning. Up, bring an upbeat, uplifting presence. Start up. Make a strong, positive first impression every time. Be a great part of your leader's day. Who know what they've been dealing with since the last time you spoke? Look and sound like…

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