Coaching Goals

Mindset & Growth Tools

Define what you want to achieve, why it matters,
and what success will look like when you get there.

Where This Tool Helps

Goal-setting in coaching often stalls at the goal itself. Clients arrive with a goal in mind, discuss it, and leave with roughly the same goal - because the work of connecting it to motivation and success criteria did not happen in the room.

This worksheet closes that gap. For each goal, there are two additional fields: why it is important (the motivation layer, which is what sustains effort when difficulty shows up) and a measurable outcome (the success criterion, which is what tells you the goal is actually achieved rather than merely pursued).

The measurable outcome field is the one most people resist. It is tempting to leave it vague - "I'll know it when I see it" - because naming a specific outcome creates accountability. That accountability is the point.

How to Use This Worksheet

  1. Write the date. This is a working document - you may return to it, and the date helps you track how long you have held each goal.
  2. For Goal 1, write the goal as specifically as you can. Avoid outcome language like "be better at" - name the actual change.
  3. In "Why it's important," write the real reason, not the professional rationale. The motivational fuel for hard goals is almost always personal.
  4. In "Measurable Outcome," write what you will be able to observe, count, or demonstrate when the goal is achieved. If you cannot write this field, the goal needs more definition before coaching begins on it.
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Coaching Goals

Date:
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Goal 1
Why it's important
Measurable Outcome
Goal 2
Why it's important
Measurable Outcome
Goal 3
Why it's important
Measurable Outcome

One more thing to sit with

Which of these three goals are you most avoiding writing a measurable outcome for? What would it mean to name one?

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