Husband:

Great, we'll go to Florida for a week in September. Let's both book the time off work tomorrow and I'll call into the travel agents on the way home.

You may not have recognized much coaching going on, but that was exactly what this couple was doing. To begin with they thought about what they were trying to achieve - they established their Aims. Then they thought about how the situation stood at the moment - they considered the Reality. There was then some Reflection on the gap between the aims and the reality. Next they pondered on the Options they had and finally they committed to a course of action - the Way Forward.

Whether they realized it or not they were using the coaching ARROW

Aims - Reality - Reflection - Options - Way Forward

The coaching ARROW provides a simple framework around which to construct our coaching questions. Watch out for future articles where I'll examine each part of the model so you'll know exactly how use it to best effect.

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