Finding Success Rather Than Focusing on Failure
Suggested Strategy: It is often easy to focus on the sense of failure when something does not go as planned. Coaching the individual to find the opportunities that come about because of a perceived “failure” will help them to shift their focus on something more positive. Utilize Whiteboard Coaching to build a strategy with the individual for addressing situations where they may feel like they have failed.
Suggested Questions:
Î Rating Question: On a scale of one to six, with six representing that you are quick to find a way to find something positive out of a situation where things did not go as planned, and one being that you tend to only focus on the perceived “negative” outcome of the situation, where do you think you would rate yourself and why? Î Success Imperative: What steps do you think we can specifically take together to help you reach a six and find more positive opportunities out of situations where things may not have gone as planned?
Suggested Activities:
Î Whiteboard Coaching: On the left side of a whiteboard, ask the individual to describe how they currently react to situations where they feel as though they have “failed” or things did not go as planned. What is their focus on when those scenarios occur? On the right side of the board, ask them to describe what opportunities might come from those situations and what it might ideally look like for this person to analyze situations that might not go as planned or intended. Then, erase the left side of the board and work with the individual to create a specific list of actions that the individual will take in situations like these going forward to seek opportunities rather than focusing on the perceived “negative” outcome.
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