Short-Term Coaching Goals

Clarify what’s really driving your stated goal and whether it fits your life now, using a coach-tested prompt set that surfaces true motivations.

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When to Use This Tool

Client has stated a goal but hasn't examined what's actually motivating it

Client wants to identify the specific habits that will accelerate or derail progress on a near-term goal

Coach wants to move from goal identification to a concrete analysis of enabling conditions and risks

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Tool Classification

Domain

Life Coaching

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Goal Setting Action

Details

15 min Mid session As-needed

Topics

Accountability Habits Mindset

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Coaching Scenarios Plus

1 The client setting goals as performance without examining what is actually driving them

Context

Client names a short-term goal quickly and confidently. The goal sounds reasonable — finish the project, have the conversation, improve the process. When asked why, they give a professional answer: it's important for the team, it's been on the list, it's what needs to happen next. The answer is not wrong but it is not theirs. The actual motivation is underneath — fear of what happens if they don't, desire to prove something, or genuine care about an outcome they have not named.

How to Introduce

Frame this as separating goal from motivation. 'You've described what you want to do. Question 2 asks why — not the prof...

2 The client who names the goal but has never examined the habits that will support or undermine it 🔒

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3 coaching scenarios with introduction language, observation guides, debrief maps, and red flags

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