Coaching - GROW MODEL
Questions for a development conversation

1. ESTABLISH THE GOAL

What is the key goal of this development discussion in your eyes?
What are some of your professional objectives (long-term, mid-term)? What are your key development goals associated with these objectives?
Why are these development goals important to you? What is the importance of working on ____ in relation to your future success?
If you succeed on developing these areas, what will it look like? How will you know if you are successful?
What are some of your key challenges at work? How could achieving your development goals help you address them?
Do you have a time frame for these development goals and professional objectives?

2. CHECK REALITY

What kind of feedback on development have you received from your managers, peers, direct reports?
In relation to ___ (development topic), what kind of situations does this pertain to most?
In what situations do you usually find yourself doing (reference development topic) ___?
Where did you need to use ___ skill / competency in order to get things done?
Where did you feel comfortable in your use of ___ skill / competency?
Where did you feel that your ___ skill / competency was not as strong as it could have been?
Where can you use this skill in your daily work?
How would you like to use ___ skill / competency differently in the future?
And what have you done so far to try to improve on this area?
What obstacles have you come across which slow you down in making progress?
When you worked on ___ (development topic) in the past, what happened as a result?

3. IDENTIFY OPTIONS

What kind of options exists to address these development goals? Any others?
What activities would help you get closer to the achieving the goal?
What else could you do? What haven't you tried yet?
Imagine there were no obstacles, constraints or limitations, what could you do to try to move closer to your development goal?
Are any of those options more feasible than others to implement?
For the development activities we have identified, what are some of the advantages and disadvantages of each? What are the short-term and long-term implications of each option?
I could think of some more development ideas on this topic. Do you want to hear them?
Will this development activity really help achieve the goal we discussed earlier?

4. WRAP-UP / WAY FORWARD

Which are the development activities you are going to focus on?
When are you going to define the plan?
Who needs to be involved? Who can help support you?
What will you need to do in order to implement this plan?
What could be potential issue you may be confronted with may get in the way of achieving this development goal? How do you plan to address these issues?
Will this development activity really help achieve the goal we discussed earlier (rate effectiveness on achieving goal on a scale of 1 to 5)?

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