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A practical guide for getting the most out of The Art of Coaching


The Art of Coaching Workbook is the resource you've been waiting for to accompany Elena Aguilar's The Art of Coaching. Ideal for new and novice coaches, as well as for those who have years of coaching under their belt, this workbook will help you improve your coaching skills.


This vital companion text includes:





Dozens of activities to help you internalize the concepts described in The Art of Coaching

Exercises to guide you in identifying your own coaching beliefs, style, and practices

Short and lengthy transcripts of coaching conversations

Additional examples of key concepts in The Art of Coaching, including the Ladder of Inference and the Coaching Lenses

New ideas and information that build on those in The Art of Coaching



This workbook is also for those who lead and manage coaches. An entire chapter is dedicated to structures, routines, and practices that are easy to implement in professional development sessions. In addition, a new Transformational Coaching Rubric and other tools for assessment and reflection are included. If you aspire to provide meaningful learning for coaches, and you already have The Art of Coaching, this workbook is all you'll need.

The Art of Coaching Workbook - Tools to Make Every Conversation Count

Introduction xiii





Welcome xiii





Eavesdropping on a Transformational Coaching Conversation xviii





Introducing the Three Bs xxiii





Presenting the Three Buckets xxviii





Pause. Breathe. Reflect. xxx





1 Figuring Out Who You Want to Be 1





Who Am I As a Coach? 1





Identifying Core Values 3





The Things That Get Under My Skin 7





Understanding Personality Types 9





Exploring Identity Markers 16





Celebrating Strengths 20





How Do I Learn? 22





2 Defining Coaching 25





Analogies for Coaching 26





What is Transformational Coaching? 29





Coaching Behaviors, Beliefs, and Ways of Being 33





Toward a Coaching Mission and Vision 37





How to Get Clarity from Your Boss About What You're Supposed to Do 40





Creating Coaching Mantras 44





Toward a Definition of Coaching 48





Creating a Coaching Manifesto 51





Depicting Your Role 53





3 Understanding How to Coach Beliefs 55





The Iceberg Principle: Examining Beliefs That Lurk Below the Surface 56





Which Comes First-Beliefs Change or Behavior Change? 59





The Ladder of Inference in Action 64





The Ladder of Inference Questioning Strategies 71





Exploring Beliefs About Equity 76





Reflecting on Educational Philosophies 78





4 Unpacking the Coaching Lenses 83





A Story About a Teacher Who Just Wanted to Plan 84





Putting on the Lenses 87





Yes, You Can Use the Coaching Lenses 108





The Key Assumptions and Questions 109





Looking at Yourself Through the Lenses 111





One Last Thing 115





5 Beginning a Successful Coaching Relationship 119





Designing a Plan to Build Trust 120





The Transformational Coach's Way of Being 124





Reflecting on Trust 133





Exploring Your Client's Identity Markers 135





Coaching Across Lines of Difference 138





How to Create a Coaching Agreement 142





How to Build Even More Trust 145





An Initial Coaching Conversation 150





6 Enjoying the Exploration Stage 155





The Exploration Project Plan 156





Collecting Data: Reflecting on Our Own Attitudes 159





Knowing Your Community: Shadowing a Student for a Day 161





Knowing Your Community: Understanding School Culture 165





Knowing Your Community: Classroom Learning Walks 168





7 Assembling Your Basic Coaching Toolbox 171





How to Structure a Coaching Cycle 173





How to Focus a Coaching Cycle 178





Three Goals in a Coaching Conversation 181





The Arc of a Coaching Conversation 184





The Spheres of Influence 187





Using the Spheres of Influence in Coaching 190





Strengths?Based Coaching 193





Mind the Gap 196





What to Say When You're Stuck: Survival Coaching Phrases 201





Transformational Coaching Stems 204





The Core Emotions 209





Filling Up Your Toolbox 213





8 Deepening Your Listening Skills 217





Who I Am as a Listener 219





Quiet Listening 221





Reflective Listening 224





Honing Your Intuition 230





Exploring Mental Detours 232





Listening to Your Own Listening 236





Nonverbal Communication: Focusing on Ourselves 240





Nonverbal Communication: Understanding Our Clients 243





When You Get Triggered 247





Common Mistakes Coaches Make in Conversations 251





Six Tips That Will Transform the Texture of Your Conversations 255





9 Practicing Facilitative Coaching Conversations 257





(Re)Introducing the Coaching Stances 258





Why Deal with Emotions? 261





What is an Emotion? 265





The Cycle of an Emotion 267





Using the Supportive Approach 271





Using the Cathartic Approach 275





Using the Catalytic Approach 279





Practicing Facilitative Coaching Approaches 283





When to Use One Approach or Another 289





Attending to Your Own Emotions 292





Wrapping Up the Facilitative Stance 295





10 Exploring Facilitative Coaching Activities 297





Coaching Around Core Values 298





The Legacy Question 303





Questions to Elicit Symbolic Thinking 306





Using Visualization and Guided Imagery 309





Using the Body to Access and Shift Emotions 311





When Finding Strengths is Challenging 314





Did I Make a Mistake Becoming a Coach? 318





11 Practicing Directive Coaching Conversations 321





Using the Confrontational Approach 322





Using the Informative Approach 326





Using the Prescriptive Approach 329





Identifying Limited Mental Models 333





Using Confrontational Coaching to Interrupt Limited Mental Models 338





Shifting Out of Victimhood 344





Practicing Directive Coaching Approaches 348





Wrapping Up the Directive Stance 354





12 Exploring Directive Coaching Activities 357





Conversations About Data 358





Observing Teachers 364





Observing Leaders 368





Teacher-Student Interaction Tool 371





Using Video with Teachers 379





Analyzing Student Work 384





Using a Gradual Release Model and Scaffolding Learning 390





13 Transformational Technical Tips 397





Planning for a Coaching Conversation 399





Preparing Yourself for a Coaching Conversation 404





From Planning to Practice: The Coaching Conversation 406





Reflecting on a Coaching Conversation 408





The Intersection Between Organizational Systems and Educational Equity 410





Designing Your Work Life: Setting Priorities 416





Setting Up for Virtual Coaching 420





Making the Most of Virtual Coaching: Identifying Opportunities and Needs 422





If You Feel Stuck Getting Started 424





14 Planning for Ongoing Learning 427





Using the Transformational Coaching Rubric 429





Analyzing Your Coaching Conversations 432





Analyzing Someone Else's Coaching Conversation 434





Coaching the Three Bs 438





Gathering Feedback on Your Coaching 440





The Conscious Competence Ladder 443





Focal Person Reflection Tool 446





15 Facilitating Professional Development for Coaches 451





Protocols to Guide Your Learning 452





Preparing for Role?Playing 454





Role?Play Protocol 458





Coaching Role?Play Scenarios 460





Consultancy Protocol 465





Artifact Analysis Protocol 469





Text Discussion Protocol 471





Being Present Protocols 473





Sample 1?Hour Professional Development Sessions 475





Sample Multihour Professional Development Sessions 482





Concluding and Celebrating 491





Acknowledgments 495





About the Author 497





Appendix A: Transformational Coaching Rubric (TCR) 2.0 499





Domain 1: Strategic Design and Planning 500





Domain 2: Listening 501





Domain 3: Thinking 502





Domain 4: Responding 503





Domain 5: Coach's Beliefs About Self and Client 505





Domain 6: Coaching for Equity 506





Domain 7: Coach's Emotional Intelligence 509





Domain 8: Coach's Dispositions 511





Appendix B: The Phases of Transformational Coaching 513