CCE Coach Observation Form

Mary Verstraete

President

As an Observation Coach, please use this form to evaluate the coaching skills of the coach you are observing. Upon completion, you will be emailed the completed form and can then forward those results to the coach you observed.

CCE Coach Observation Form

Mary Verstraete

Coach Observation Form

Step 1 of 8

Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical Practice

1.1: Ethics were applied throughout the coaching conversation.

Competency 2: Embodies a Coaching Mindset

2.1: Develops and maintains a mindset that is open, curious, flexible, and client centered.

Competency 3: Establishes and Maintains Agreements

3.1: Coach partners with the client to identify or reconfirm what the client wants to accomplish in this session.

3.2: Coach partners with the client to define or reconfirm measure(s) of success for what the client wants to accomplish in this session.

3.3: Coach inquires about or explores what is important or meaningful to the client about what they want to accomplish in this session.

3.4: Coach partners with the client to define what the client believes they need to address to achieve what they want to accomplish in this session.

Competency 4: Cultivates Trust and Safety

4.1: Coach acknowledges and respects the client’s unique talents, insights, and work in the coaching process.

4.2: Coach shows support, empathy, or concern for the client.

4.3: Coach acknowledges and supports the client’s expression of feelings, perceptions, concerns, beliefs, or suggestions.

4.4: Coach partners with the client by inviting the client to respond in any way to the coach’s contributions and accepts the client’s response.

Competency 5: Maintains Presence

5.1: Coach acts in response to the whole person of the client (the who).

5.2: Coach acts in response to what the client wants to accomplish throughout this session (the what).

5.3: Coach partners with the client by supporting the client to choose what happens in this session.

5.4: Coach demonstrates curiosity to learn more about the client.

5.5: Coach allows for silence, pause, or reflection.

Competency 6: Listens Actively

6.1: Coach’s questions and observations are customized by using what the coach has learned about who the client is or the client’s situation.

6.2: Coach inquires about or explores the words the client uses.

6.3: Coach inquires about or explores the client’s emotions.

6.4: Coach explores the client’s energy shifts, nonverbal cues, or other behaviors.

6.5: Coach inquires about or explores how the client currently perceives themself or their world.

6.6: Coach allows the client to complete speaking without interrupting unless there is a stated coaching purpose to do so.

6.7: Coach succinctly reflects or summarizes what the client communicated to ensure the client's clarity and understanding.

Competency 7: Evokes Awareness

7.1: Coach asks questions about the client, such as their current way of thinking, feeling, values, needs, wants, beliefs, or behavior.

7.2: Coach asks questions to help the client explore beyond the client’s current thinking or feeling to new or expanded ways of thinking or feeling about themself (the who).

7.3: Coach asks questions to help the client explore beyond the client’s current thinking or feeling to new or expanded ways of thinking or feeling about their situation (the what).

7.4: Coach asks questions to help the client explore beyond current thinking, feeling, or behaving toward the outcome the client desires.

7.5: Coach shares—with no attachment—observations, intuitions, comments, thoughts, or feelings, and invites the client’s exploration through verbal or tonal invitation.

7.6: Coach asks clear, direct, primarily open-ended questions, one at a time, at a pace that allows for thinking, feeling, or reflection by the client.

7.7: Coach uses language that is generally clear and concise.

7.8: Coach allows the client to do most of the talking.

Competency 8: Facilitates Client Growth

8.1: Coach invites or allows the client to explore progress toward what the client wanted to accomplish in this session.

8.2: Coach invites client to state or explore the client's learning in this session about themself (the who).

8.3: Coach invites the client to state or explore the client's learning in this session about their situation (the what).

8.4: Coach invites the client to consider how they will use new learning from this coaching session.

8.5: Coach partners with the client to design post-session thinking, reflection, or action.

8.6: Coach partners with the client to consider how to move forward, including resources, support, or potential barriers.

8.7: Coach partners with the client to design the best methods of accountability for themselves.

8.8: Coach celebrates the client’s progress and learning.

8.9: Coach partners with the client on how they want to complete this session.

Final Comments