Bernadette Boas walks through a 6-step coaching framework for conversations. Step 1 is Prepare: most leaders wing it, which leads to missed messages, failed plans, and derailed talks. Defining objectives and key points beforehand prevents these failures.
And let's get practical. So we're gonna walk through a 6-step coaching framework that you could be using in any meaningful conversations, whether that be one-on-ones, whether that's developmental, whether that's performance check-ins, or just a real conversation that you're having with one or a group of people. Step 1, prepare. Now that sounds really simple, but you'd be amazed at how few leaders actually prepare prior to going into a conversation. They go in and just go ad hoc. They improvise. They have no real plan or outline. And that will be the biggest reason why potentially a message doesn't land, a plan doesn't transpire, a conversation doesn't end the way you were hoping and it goes off the rails. It could be why a business case isn't approved. It's because of the lack of planning. So we start with preparing for the conversation.
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