CoachApply Master for Jacksonville Public Library

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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