Month: November 2017

Have you used what we learned yet? (by Anna McKeever)

(Photo by Matt Cashore)

During Fall Break, I was really excited about going to the LaFortune Starbucks. For the first time in a while, there wasn’t going to be long line to get a latte. I wasn’t the only one with this idea – I ran into Monica Crabtree, one of my coaching table colleagues while there!

We caught up as we were waiting for our drinks to be ready, and she asked:

“Have you used what we learned in Coaching for Greater Effectiveness yet?”

I paused. I had recently asked a good friend of mine a powerful question, but I hadn’t used SBII yet. I asked her:

“Have you?”

She said yes!

A couple of weeks passed, and I had an opportunity to use SBII. In the moment, I was nervous, but I thought of courage and the SBII script, and went for it. I described the Situation, the Behavior, the Impact, and asked about the Intent. I ended up having a really good conversation with the person I was coaching, and was so happy to have done it that I emailed my table coach to celebrate!

I really appreciated Monica asking whether I had used what we had learned yet – it was a great way to keep me accountable.

So let me ask you this – have you used what we learned in Coaching for Greater Effectiveness yet? How did you celebrate after you did?