Assessing Coaching Effectiveness
In an eight-week course, it is simply not possible to cover every aspect of coaching and address
every situation a coach may encounter. This course was designed to provide you with the
foundational knowledge to increase your capacity for coaching and fostering leadership
development in others. A very important part of coaching is assessing coaching effectiveness.
Where and how do you begin to evaluate whether or not the coaching relationship was successful
and achieved what was planned?
As a foundation, reflect upon what it is you are assessing beginning with what brought about the
coaching relationship? In every situation, there are certain undisputable truths for which
everyone can agree. These are commonly called first principles (Schmidt, Rosenberg & Eagle,
2019). In Trillion Dollar Coach, Bill Campbell is quoted as stating, “Define the „first principles‟
for the situation, the immutable truths that are the foundation for the company or product, and
help guide the decision from those principles” (Schmidt, Rosenberg, and Eagle, 2019, p. 60).
Analyze the dynamics of the coaching experience. How does coaching benefit the coachee? How
can a coach respect confidentiality and forge trust? In what ways should a coach judgment and
values of the person you are coaching? Did you understand their limitations? Were you sensitive
to their vulnerabilities? At the same time, did you cultivate insight and inspire commitment? Did
you grow the necessary skills? Did you take advantage of coachable moments, and teach the
learner to think for themselves? Remember the adage of encouraging others to learn how to think,
not what to think. Then reflect upon lessons learned. What was done well? Was there some
opportunity lost or omitted? How do you define success, and were you successful?
References
Schmidt, E., Rosenberg, J., Eagle, A. (2019). Trillion-dollar coach, New York, NY:
HarperCollins Publishers
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