Taking Initiative & Job Expectations
Suggested Strategy: Define the job expectations for your coaching target
and tailor the conversation from there using Whiteboard Coaching.
Coach to the importance of taking initiative to comply with their job
expectations.
Suggested Questions:
→ Define & Coach: If you were to describe the expectations set for you
by your position, how would you define those job expectations?
→ Define & Coach: Now, if you were to define the word initiative , what
comes to your mind?
→ Self-Actualized Question: What actions do you think you need to take
in order to exhibit that definition of initiative while adhering to the
expectations of your job?
Suggested Activities:
→ Whiteboard Coaching: On the left side of a whiteboard, write down
how the employee would currently describe their ability to practice
initiative. On the right side of the board, write down the definition of
initiative that was previously discussed. Draw an arrow from the left
side to the right side and draw four vertical hash marks along the arrow
line. Below the diagram, write down the expectations set by this
person’s job.
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