Providing feedback & coaching
The GROW model for coaching: Origins and application
The GROW model for coaching: Origins and application
Key Takeaways:
The GROW model unlocks possibilities and potential in people. It’s simple, practical, and you can use it to structure conversations, meetings, and even written documents.
It was developed in the mid-1980s by Sir John Whitmore and Graham Alexander, inspired by Tim Galway's inner game performance techniques.
It integrates sports psychology into business and forms the basis of performance coaching.
The model forms the basis of performance coaching, with the inner game equation at its core: Performance = Potential - Interference
GROW Sequence
Goal: Establishing the objective.
Reality: Understanding the current situation.
Options: Generating ideas for moving forward.
Will: Committing to action.
Sources
Performance Consultants International (2019). The GROW Model for Coaching - Origins and application - Sir John Whitmore
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Performance Consultants International