Coaching Goals Worksheet

A senior manager has been in coaching for six weeks. Each session includes a discussion of what she wants to work on, and she articulates her direction clearly in conversation: becoming a stronger voice in cross-functional settings, managing her visibility with senior leaders, and developing her direct reports more intentionally. She has not written any of these down in a structured form. Each session starts with a slightly different framing of the same goals. Her coach notices that the goals are shifting in language without moving forward in action — a signal that the goals haven't yet been grounded in motivation and success criteria.

Use the tool's structure to move from conversational to committed. 'You've described your goals clearly in every session...