Observed Coaching Feedback Form  For each of the competencies listed, check the box(es) that best seem to apply to this coaching session. Be honest with your feedback.

ICF Competency Poor Good Very Good!

Establishing the Coaching Agreement

! Coach chose the topic or didn’t attend to the topic the PBC chose.

! Coach asked PBC to choose the topic and stuck with that topic.

! Coach asked PBC to choose the topic and also explored measures of success for topic.

Establishing Trusting & Intimacy with Client

! Coach put the focus on the coach and what the coach knows.

! Coach put most focus on the PBC and what the PBC knows.

! Coach seemed really confident in the PBC as the expert.

Coaching Presence ! Coach mentored, consulted, taught

or did something other than coach. ! Coach partnered with the client in

problem-solving. ! Coach was fully present as a

coach, drawing out the solutions from the PBC.

Active Listening ! Coach paid attention to the coach’s

perspective and thoughts. ! Coach seemed to listen to the

content of what the PBC was saying.

! Coach heard the PBC at a deep level and helped PBC hear him/herself.

Powerful Questioning ! Most questions were leading,

complicated, or otherwise unproductive.

! Questions were mostly informational, helping the client to express what he/she already knew.

! Most of the questions were powerful, helping the client get to new thinking.

Direct Communication ! Coach’s communication was

convoluted, circuitous, or otherwise confusing.

! Coach communicated in a fairly direct and succinct way.

! Coach communicated clearly and was also able to use the PBC’s words.

Creating Awareness ! All or most of the new awareness

came from the coach, or there was no real new awareness for the PBC

! The new awareness was mostly at the problem-solving level.

! The PBC also gained new awareness about him/herself – attitudes, motivations, identity, etc.

Designing Actions ! Coach told the PBC what to do, or

no actions came from them session.

! Coach collaborated with the PBC in identifying actions, but the actions were not fully designed.

! Coach helped the client identify and design the actions.

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