SWOT Analysis (Guided)

Make a clear decision by mapping your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks with guided prompts grounded in the proven SWOT framework.

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When to Use This Tool

Client is at a decision point and hasn't done a candid inventory of their strengths and gaps

Client is planning a significant next move but hasn't examined the external threats that could derail it

Coach wants a structured way to surface competitive context before moving into goal-setting

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Tool Classification

Domain

Life Coaching

Type

Framework

Phase

Discovery Goal Setting

Details

30 min Mid session As-needed

Topics

Identity Mindset Leadership

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1 First Complete Self-Portrait at the Start of an Engagement

Context

A client who is a senior manager of communications at a nonprofit has entered coaching with a stated goal of 'becoming a stronger leader,' which is not specific enough to anchor a focused engagement. Before building a coaching plan, her coach needs a complete and honest self-picture across internal capabilities and external conditions. The guided SWOT's comparison prompts - 'What do you do well compared to others?' and 'Where do you have fewer resources than others?' - produce relative assessments rather than abstract ones, which is more accurate for someone whose self-view tends to be undifferentiated.

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Position it as intake rather than assessment: 'Before we define what we're working on, I want a full picture of where yo...

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

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