Coaching practices for The Grow Coaching Model After a Loss

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  • When I replay my coaching conversations I’m talking way more than the other person
  • I give my team a sharp, accurate read on what’s going wrong and exactly how to fix it, and they nod and walk away
  • I start each coaching conversation from scratch and never circle back to what the person said they’d do last time
  • I only ever coach in the rare formal sit-down and then default to firing off answers in every quick hallway exchange
  • The people I coach leave fired up with a plan, but the first ordinary snag throws them and the whole thing quietly dies

Practices that may help

  1. Maintain a high question-to-statement ratio throughout GROW
    Ask questions far more often than you offer statements — the coachee’s thinking is the product.
    The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
  2. The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
    The GROW model (Goal, Reality, Options, Will/Way Forward), popularized by John Whitmore’s Coaching for Performance, is the most widely used coaching conversation framework. It works by sequencing a conversation from goal clarity through honest reality assessment to option generation and commitment — resisting the coach’s instinct to jump straight to advice. Evidence is clinical rather than from controlled trials, though the underlying principles map onto well-supported psychological mechanisms.
  3. The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
    GROW (Goal, Reality, Options, Will) is a structured four-stage conversation framework that guides a person from a clear goal through an honest assessment of current reality, to a generated set of options, and finally to a committed action. It is the most widely used coaching model in executive and workplace coaching; evidence is primarily practitioner consensus and observational, not randomized controlled trials.
  4. Raise awareness and build responsibility simultaneously
    Help the person see their situation more clearly while also connecting them to their ownership of it.
    The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
  5. Close the GROW loop with session review
    At the start of the next session, review what was committed and what actually happened before setting a new goal.
    The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
  6. Use GROW in brief leadership conversations, not just formal coaching sessions
    Apply GROW structure to 5-minute hallway conversations and 1-on-1 check-ins — not only to hour-long coaching sessions.
    The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
  7. Obstacle anticipation before close
    Before ending, ask "what could get in the way?" and pre-plan the response.
    The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
  8. Explore Reality — establish an honest assessment of the current situation
    Help the person see their current situation clearly and specifically, without judgment or premature solutions.
    The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
  9. Clarify the Goal with precision
    Establish exactly what the person wants to achieve — not the presenting topic, but the specific, owned outcome.
    The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
  10. Generate Options before evaluating any
    Brainstorm all possible paths before judging — then the coachee, not the coach, narrows them.
    The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical

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