What must I do?
- Now
- Next
- Today
- This week
- This month
- This year/next 3 to 5 years
IV. Clarity
Efficiency is doing things right while effectiveness is doing the right things. Peter Drucker
By now the client will be moving beyond his/her comfort zones, through newer territory, experiencing some unknowns. Getting additional clarity on how they are progressing, how far they have come and how easy it has been can be great source of motivation to keep them moving towards their goals.
It also helps them to know if they are on track or have they deviated, if it’s the latter then I work with them to help them realize how they could come back on track and stay focused. Areas that covered here will be:
Am I headed in the right direction?
- What is inspiring me
- What else could inspire me
- How can I increase my commitment & motivation
- Who can help keep me on track
- What will help speed this up
- What else can I leverage
- How do I continue to grow
- What will make this more fun
- How can I do this and still have fun
V. Tracking
Feedback is the breakfast of champions. Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
Having helped the client become aware, make a life plan and also having got them to start taking action towards their goals, I now start supporting them in becoming aware of what’s working how that could be scaled up, leveraged & used for further growth.
By now they start figuring out their own success formula, some of which could be repeated for similar or greater results in the future.
The tracking stage is also the kaizen stage, the client is focusing on continuous improvement, their mantra as they continue to move to higher levels of success is ‘what gets measured, gets improved upon’ and what involve tracking and taking action on behaviors, actions based on the following questions:
Whats working
- What must be continued
- What needs to be improved
- What needs to be adapted
- What needs to be changed
- What needs to be dropped
The A-PACT coaching model takes inspiration from Sir John Whitmore’s description of the coaching practice.
Coaching focuses on future possibilities, not past mistakes