Senior School, San Francisco, CA

Coaching Meeting Scripts

Spend time preparing a written plan. Be descriptive: “What I want to see you do. . .” Define performance improvements in behavior- based terms, not label-based terms. Get “permission” to document during the meeting. Spend time recapping after the meeting.

Don’t Allow The Usual Four

Minimize

“I was only 15 minutes late.”

Deny

“I was on time; you didn’t see me.”

Rationalize “There was a lot of traffic.“

Blame

“Somebody must have altered my time card.”