1. What do you want to make sure you get from the coaching relationship?
(Wwrite down 2 or 3 things that occur to you)
4. If you trusted your coach enough to tell him or her how to manage you most effectively, what tips would you give?
Do you like someone to be hard or easy on you? Do you like direct blunt truth, or softer correction? Do you prefer to stay focused in the concrete and observable or focused more on the abstract and theoretical issues of life?
5. Describe your past relationship(s) with coaches in a few sentenes.
It could be a mentor, teacher, parent, sports coach, therapist, etc. Positive and negative experiences are equally relevant.
6. If we work together for 3 moths, at the end of that time, how would you define coaching as having been worthwhile?
Are you looking for specific outcomes or general feelings? What are they?
6. If your coach were a magic gene, and could grant you one internal life change wish, what would it be, and why?
Nothing external like money, or a romantic partner, think motivation, discipline, patience, forgiveness, the ability to relax, etc.
7. What's important about you for me to know?
This is a great place to put down major life values or struggles. (religious affiliations, significant behavioral rituals or practices, addictions, trauma, etc)
8. Are you working with any other professionals on your life goals?
I work in cooperation with many therapists, councilors, financial advisors etc. I hope you're using every resource available to you! I just want to make sure I'm working WITH everyone on your team. To do that I need to know they exist. :)
9. Have you done any personality profile test that you strongly identify with and might give me insights into understanding you?
Enneagram, Myers Briggs, Strengthsfinder, ect
