Coaching Agreements

While the first article in this series focused on the establishment of Working Agreements, this article will speak to breathing life into existing Working Agreements. Frequently, you tell us, “We have Working Agreements and no one pays attention to them!” So, what’s this about? Upon deeper reflection, it always comes down to one thing – failure of the…

Previously, this series addressed two ideas regarding Working Agreements – how to establish them and how to breathe life into existing ones. This article will focus on maintaining and sustaining the intended power of Working Agreements. As stated earlier, Working Agreements will stick ONLY if the group commits to practice them over time. This is the…

Most of you are already off and running with the beginning of a fantastic new school year.  You  have probably spent many hours of thought, collaborative planning and creativity to be sure your professional development was engaging, productive, meaningful and motivational for your staff members. Now it’s time to consider another important question. How have…

What keeps partners moving in the same direction and what does this have to do with establishing the coaching agreement? Imagine a couple who marries and has a beautiful wedding ceremony.  Everything about the ceremony goes exactly as planned through the combined thinking and ongoing agreements between the bride and groom.  It’s as if the…