MANAGING THE PLANNING COACHING CONVERSATION

Clients who are clear on what they want (the Clarity Conversation) and have made the decision and are now committed to what they want (the Decision Conversation) now need a plan. Nothing succeeds without a plan. If even the plan is the most minimalist plan, just a seed of an idea in one’s head, it is still a plan. That’s what a decision decides on and makes a commitment to— “I am going to ... do, experience, design, build, create, eliminate, etc. X!” So once your client is clear and committed, your job is probably not over. Now they probably need you to facilitate a Planning Conversation with them so that they can build a workable, realistic, doable, practical, ecological, and resourceful plan.

So check it out, ask the testing questions: “Do you have a plan? How much of a plan do you now have? How much of a plan do you need? Is the plan realistic, ecological, actionable, a powerful strategy, etc.?”