Accountability in Coaching

<p>On this episode of <a href="https://twitter.com/coachingthruit">@CoachingThruIt</a>, coaches <a href="https://twitter.com/laurapasquini">Laura</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/julieclarsen">Julie</a> talk about empowering their clients to design and develop individual systems of accountability. We talk about coaching questions to hold clients accountable and practices that enable clients to check-in with themselves for their own action steps beyond a coaching session.</p><p><br></p><p>Question for coaching accountability:</p><ul> <li>By the end of our time today, what would you like to have us achieve?</li> <li>What would you want to discover in this session that would be useful for you?</li> <li>How could we quantify this or make this measurable?</li> <li>What can I help you with between now and the next time we talk?</li> <li>What are you going to do next?</li> <li>What changes are you making from what you’ve learned today?</li> <li>What would have allowed you to take action?</li> <li>What can help you move forward?</li> <li>What was holding you back?</li> <li>What prevented you from taking the next step?</li> <li>What did you learn from not doing?</li> <li>What are the small steps to get there?</li> </ul><p>Lessons Learned:</p><ol> <li>Accountability is unique to each client -- let them decide next steps</li> <li>Give your clients the questions you asked where they said “I don’t know.”</li> <li>Offer the recordings for clients to listen back</li> <li>Your success as a coach does not depend on your client’s accountability or follow-through</li> <li>Bottom line: Encourage your clients to show up to do the work with you, the coach. That is what it is all about!</li> </ol><p>-----</p><p>Want to learn more about coaching? Have a question or topic we should discuss? Let us know!</p><ul> <li>Follow the pod on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/coachingthruit">@CoachingThruIt</a> &amp; Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/coachingthruit/">@CoachingThruIt</a> </li> <li>Email us at: <a href="