This document discusses coaching techniques for developing an agile mindset. It provides information on self-coaching and its benefits of being free of charge and allowing full control over sessions. Coaching is described as providing support and encouragement through powerful questions and domain expertise. Specific techniques covered include Cartesian coordinates for decision making, changing one's emotional state based on EMDR, incorporating new experiences through visualization, and dealing with guilty pleasures and dysfunctional behaviors through communication with internal parts. The document emphasizes having a well-designed result and transition plan when applying these coaching techniques.

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Coaching Techniques for
Agile Mindset
Be a coach for yourself and assist
others

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What is Coaching? I
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What is Coaching? II

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What is Self-Coaching? I
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Benefits of Self-Coaching
Free of charge
Full control over session
Mindset change

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Benefits of Coaching
Support and Encouragement
Powerful Questions
Domain Expertise

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What Is Not Coaching and Not Self-Coaching
Coaching
is not
therapy
Coaching
is not
consulting
Coaching
is not
friendship

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On What Level We Work?

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Coaching Techniques

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Prerequisites for Coaching Session
• Allocate appropriate time
• Be in resourceful state
• Ask not to disturbWhen
• Find comfortable place
• Feel safe and secure
• Enough space for a coaching technique to performWhere
• Understand your request for coaching
• Define what is a good result for you
• Work out parameters how you know that you meet the resultWhy
• Choose appropriate technique
• Follow the instruction
• Question the result during a period of timeHow

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Decision-Making: Cartesian Coordinates I

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Decision-Making: Cartesian Coordinates II
“What will happen if you do it?” (+ +)
“What will happen if you do not it?” (+ -)
“What will not happen if you do it?” (- +)
“What will not happen if you do not it?” (- -)
Example:
What will happen if you quit your job?
1. I will get an opportunity to find a job that suits me better;
2. I will never see my manager again;
3. I stop spending an hour and a half to my trip to the office.
4. …
What will happen if you don’t quit your job?
1. I will be able to have paid vacations next month;
What will not happen if you quit your job?
1. I will not get my quarter bonus.
What will not happen if you don’t quit your job?
1. I won’t be able to find a job that gives me a sense of satisfaction

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Changing Emotional State (based on EMDR method)
1. Put you hands crisscross on your shoulders
2. Start clapping your shoulders
3. 2 claps for 1 second
4. Focus on the clapping during this exercise
5. Do this for nearly 1 minute

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Incorporating New Experience I

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Incorporating New Experience II
• Prepare environment: space + landmarks
• Define the situation on a timeline
• Travel to the morning of the event date
• Mark the morning on the floor and stand on it
• What do you see, hear, feel?
• Come to the next point
• You enter the conference room
• Do it for 15-20 times

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Dealing with Guilty Pleasures

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Dealing with Dysfunctional Behavior Patterns

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Dealing with Guilty Pleasures and Dysfunctional Patterns
• Define behavior pattern or strategy that you would like to change
• Communicate to internal part that is responsible for that behavior
• Find the part
• Visualize it
• Ask about collaboration
• Find out the reason for the behavior
• Contact your creative part
• Generate new behavior variants (8-10 ideas)
• Say “thank you”
• Go to the first part
• Suggest the variants
• Ask to choose
• Eco-friendly check
• Integrate into the future

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Well Designed Result
Transition Plan
 Challenges
 Resources
 First Step
Current State
 Criteria (VAK)
 Context
 Secondary Benefit
 Tried solutions
Desired State
 Criteria (VAK)
 Context
 Positive statement
 Realistic and Relevant
 Eco-friendly

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S.M.A.R.T
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time-boxed

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