Initially we decided to hold our peer coaching session at Janis’s place. Unfortunately my bag was stolen and I had to postpone the meeting. We held the meeting today over phone.
We had a short telephone chat before the meeting where we discussed what will be the agenda. This was quite useful in setting the tone of the meeting. We decided to follow up on the action items from the past sessions.
I played the role of coachee first. The main outcomes of the session were:
1. Setting and declaring agenda upfront makes the meeting productive and helps the participants to stick to the agenda.
2. Summarize where you left the meeting last and what were the agreed action items.
3. Take the discussions to the next level and apply the same model (GROW) to explore and agree on the next steps.
As a coach Janis showed a lot of empathy and understood my current problem. The joint approach to explore the next steps was quite constructive.
We again did a good time management in this round.
Later I played the role of a coach. The main outcomes of the session:
1. Productivity and efficiency of a staff could be related to cultural issue. Getting a third party expert opinion might be very useful
2. When planning a strategic move, it may be useful to pre announce what’s coming to the team?
3. Worst case scenario must be worked out. Figure out ways to prevent it if possible.
4. As a coach talk less and listen more.
As a coach I was able to follow the golden rule of silence as results a number of options were explored. We were able connect and understand the problem of each other.
In the end we agreed decided to call each other next week and set up the next meeting.
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