MENTOR COACH CORE MASTERY – TOC

MENTOR COACH CORE MASTERY

The Essential Tools, Methods, and Principles of Mentor Coaching

By David Krueger MD

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION: MENTOR COACHING DEFINITION AND SCOPE

  • What is Mentor Coaching?

  • What Constitutes Core Coaching?

  • The Art and Science of Coaching

    • The Art: A Creative Conversation

    • The Science: A Synthesis of Disciplines

  • Contingent Conversation and Powerful Questions

  • Coaching vs. Therapy and Counseling

  • Coaching vs. Consulting

  • Mentor Coaching as a Catalyst for Change

    • Problem vs. Possibility

    • The Emergence of Mentor Coaching

    • The Need for Mentor Coaching

  • Understanding the Context

SECTION II. CORE COACHING SKILLS

  • What is Unique to Mentor Coaching?

  • Coaching from Center

  • Creating Value From the Inside Out

  • Balancing Doing with Being

  • Co-Creating the Relationship

    • The Mentor Coach’s Role

    • The Client’s Role

  • Responding Intuitively

  • A Context for Mentoring Change

    • Neutrality

    • Empathy

    • Insight

  • Communication and Connection

    • 4 Maxims of Communication

    • 4 Steps of Communication

  • Recognize Active vs. Passive Positions

  • Effective Conversations

    • Communicate from a Base of Empathy

    • Seek to Understand – Not to Change

    • Clarify the Focus and Agenda

    • Reflect Back What You Hear

    • Listen to Self-Statements

    • Acknowledge the Different Roles You Have Adopted

    • When Communication Breaks Down, Step Up

  • Self-Statements

  • Point of Reference and Locus of Authority

    • External Authority Phrases

    • Limitation Words

  • Passive Position to Active Intention

    • Passive Positions

    • To Challenge a Belief

SECTION III. CORE COACHING PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS

  • Effective Coaching Tools

  • Developing Your Unique Voice

  • Two Dynamic Coaching Equations

  • What To Listen For

  • Delivering Powerful Questions

  • 5 Types of Questions

  • Open-Ended vs. Closed-Ended Questions

  • A Summary of Listening as Mentor Coaches

  • The Basic Mentor Coaching Model

    • Specify the Client’s Agenda

    • Determine Useful Intervention Moments

    • Shift the Perspective

    • Frame the Session

    • Follow Up

  • Strategic Goal Pursuit

  • SMART Goals

  • Initiatives

  • Next Best Action

  • Success Insurance for Completing Goals

  • 11 Steps to Ignite Change

  • Basic Tenets of Mentor Coaching

  • Choice Architecture

  • Coaching Interactions

  • Decision Clarification

  • Script Specific Behaviors

  • Shrink the Change

  • Your Undeniable Benefit Statement

  • Your Mentor Coach Story

  • The Art and Science of Your Mentor Story

    • Writing Your Story

    • The Story Arc

    • How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less

    • Objective And Approach

  • Group Coaching

  • Ethics and Standards

SECTION IV. THE PROCESS OF CHANGE

  • The Challenge of Change

    • Role of the Mind

    • Role of the Brain

  • Basic Inquiries for Story Evaluation

  • The Psychology of Change

  • The Neuroscience of Change

  • Principles of Change

  • 12 Basic Principles for Change and Transformation

  • Navigating Transitions

  • Fixed vs. Growth Mindsets

  • How to Mentor Change: 12 Principles

SECTION V. CO-CREATING AND SUSTAINING SUCCESS WITH CLIENTS

  • Structure Positive Focus

  • Patterns of New Learning: 4 Phases

  • Strategies for Dealing with Change in Challenging Clients

  • Avoid Common Mistakes

  • Possibility Thinking

  • 6-Step Action Plan for Achieving Goals

  • 16-Step Growth Plan

  • Elements of Mentoring Successful Change: A Summary

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

  • Sample of Client Information Sheet

  • Example of Client Intake Form

  • Professional Coaching Acknowledgment

  • Personal Feedback Questionnaire: Building Awareness and Authenticity

  • Compromises Inventory

  • Compromises Resolution Schedule

  • Brand Articulation

  • Brand Creation

  • Final Brand Statement

  • Internal Brand

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