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FAQ3: How are the coaching cycles to be implemented?

The BOOST coaching cycles can be framed in four sequential phases:

1. PREPARATION 2. NEGOTIATION 3. ENABLING 4. CLOUSURE
GROWTH
•Build rapport •Set goals and •Work towards •Evaluate
•Establish trust expectations achieving success
•Set •Agree on goals •Capture
boundaries timeline •Measure lessons learnt
•Identify goals •Agree on progress •Focus on next
success steps
criteria

The preparation corresponds to the beginning of the coaching partnership. You are advised to set up
a first session where you will get to know your coachee, her objectives and purposes. These phases
can be framed in one or two sessions depending on what you consider it is important to achieve. At
this stage you must include the signing-off of the coaching agreement (see BOOST coaching
programme: Coaching agreement).

Negotiation phase is particularly important at the beginning of your coaching partnership, but it must
be an essential and transversal aspect in your coaching sessions. At an early stage you will establish a
plan for the coaching sessions (see BOOST coaching programme: Coaching session plan), including the
number of sessions needed to achieve the objectives and purposes of your coachee.

Enabling growth, correspond to the development and maturation of your coaching relationship, and
it includes supporting the coachee and motivating her to effectively achieve her intended goals. This
must be done through follow-up processes that can include evaluation and self-evaluation exercises
or other facilitation techniques.

At the preparation phase you will have to decide the timeframe of the coaching relationship. This
means that both you and your coachee will know exactly when your partnership starts and when it
closures. At this stage you both will evaluate to what extended the coaching sessions were successful
and reflect on the journey. It is advised that the coaching relationship to last between three to six
months.

This four-step process is to be applied in each level of development area of the BOOST coaching model.
The number of sessions can vary depending on women’s needs and expectations. It is important to
make sure that a realistic timeframe for each coaching session is set.

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