A – Z Coaching and Mentoring – This week’s extract focuses on the GROW model – one of the most widely used of all coaching systems.
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GROW Model
GROW (Whitmore 2002) is probably the most widely used of all coaching systems. The GROW model was developed in the mid 1980s by Alan Fine, Graham Alexander and Sir John Whitmore. It is based on the principle that peak performance isn’t about acquiring additional knowledge, but rather allowing a person to develop and act upon what they already know. Timely, accurate and better decisions produce better results. The GROW model was first written about in Whitmore’s book ‘Coaching for Performance’ and although there are now slight variations being used, the original four steps are as follows:
- Goal
- Reality
- Options
- Ways forward
- GROW TH – tactics and habits
- T GROW – target
- F GROW – focus
- I GROW – issue
- S GROW- strengths
Taken from the A-Z Coaching Handbook by Clare Smale where you will find a comprehensive A-Z, plus a full list of references.
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