Coaching Models

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(bright jingle) There are a variety of coaching models that help give structure to the coaching process and keep it on track. Not all coaching sessions need to follow a coaching model, but doing so can help you stay focused. In these lessons, we'll look at some popular coaching models, such as the Johari Window, GROW, OSCAR, E R R Kolb's, and the action-centered leadership model. You can use the Johari Window model to help your employee gain self-awareness. You and your employee can get to know each other and build trust between you at the beginning of the coaching period. There are four windows to consider. The first window, the open area, is what you and others know about yourself. The second window, the blind area, is what others perceive about you, that you aren't aware of. The third window, the hidden area, is what you know about yourself, but others don't. The fourth window, the unknown area, is what you and others don't know about yourself. Let's look at how you can use this window to help your employee gain self-awareness. You can ask your employee and others around them to do the same 360 degree survey questions that can include queries about the employee's values, behaviors, abilities, and skills. The common answers will go to the first window, while the different answers will go to the second and third windows respectively. As the coaching progresses, you and your employee can fill in the fourth window. You can also use this model to get your employee to give you feedback. Using this template, you can develop a coaching evaluation form that both you and your employee fill in. You can use the same approach to allocate the answers to the windows. After filling the windows with the relevant data, the aim is to widen the open area so that there's little to no gap on what you know about yourself and how you are being perceived by others. You can widen the first window by sharing more about yourself and asking for feedback from others more often. You can use this model continuously throughout the coaching program for yourself and your employee to regularly check the gap between your self-awareness and other's perceptions.