CoachApply Master for Jacksonville Public Library

→ Whiteboard Activity: On the left side of a whiteboard, create a list of situations where the employee currently feels that they disagree with

members and how they usually approach those conversations. On the

right side of the board, write down what the ideal interaction with a

member would look like when the employee may have a differing view.

Erase the left side of the board and write down the actions that the

employee is committed to taking in order to reach the ability to execute

those conversations in the manner that is described on the right side of

the board. This is a good chance to expose the employee to different

tactics to approaching conversations where they may have previously

become argumentative but may not have known any other way of

handling the situation.

Suggested Learning Projects:

→ Tangible Successes: Ask the employee to come back to your next coaching session with three examples of times during the week where

they felt that they made improvement on approaching a conversation

with a member using one of the new strategies you had discussed.

They should also share with you what the outcomes were of those

situations, and whether they were different from outcomes in the past in

similar situations.

→ Journal-Based Coaching: When the employee feels as though they may have wanted to argue with a member, have them write in a journal

what brought on that feeling. How did they handle the situation? What

did they feel they did well? What could they have improved upon for

next time?

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