Setting goals that your client will achieve is a key part of the coaching journey. Goals are dreams with legs.

●  Avoid the trap of problem-thinking.

●  Goal-setting shifts the questions from what’s wrong to what do I want?

●  A coach takes the client from where they are to where they want to be, giving them more choices and resources from their journey.

●  The truth is that we are often so focused on what we are doing that we lose sight of where we are going.

The outcome-goal

Your destination Where you are heading

The process-goal

Your journey How you are going to get there

There are 7 golden rules of goals that are hugely useful in establishing your own goals and also helping others with their goals. These rules apply to professional and personal goals as well as goals for a company.

1. Goals are expressed in the positive

2. Make the goal specific

3. Decide how you’ll get evidence and feedback for achievement

4. Marshall your resources

5. Be proactive

6. Pay attention to the wider consequences

7. Make an action plan