Sample Coaching Contract

COACH’S RESPONSIBILITY 

As Your Coach I will:

1. Help you prioritize and develop a realistic and effective plan to improve your leadership behavior/competency
2. Help you strategize whom to pick as Stakeholders
3. Set up meetings (phone or in person) for the upcoming month.
4. Return your voice- or e-mail within 24 hours (unless it is communicated that I will be unavailable in advance)
5. Provide guidance that fits your needs and aligns with the business
6. Provide appropriate encouragement, reinforcement, & support
7. Push you when you need it (play your behavioral conscience).
8. Help you gain resources associated with implementing your action plan
9. Act as a positive role model for receiving feedback (how I’m doing as your Coach)
10. Maintain proper levels of confidentiality

LEADER’S RESPONSIBILITY 

To become a more effective leader I will:

1. Pick a single behavior I am committed to improve
2. Share my goal with all Stakeholders and ask them to evaluate me on this behavior from this date forward, not the past
3. Ask for feedback from all Stakeholders once a month during this contract
4. Ask each Stakeholder for FeedForward (suggestions) once a month and write down what is suggested without comment
5. Respond to all feedback and suggestions with “thank you”
6. Keep my Coach informed regarding feedback and suggestions received from Stakeholders in a timely fashion
7. Try new behaviors, even if uncomfortable
8. Practice/rehearse with your Coach key interactions associated with implementing your plan
9. Be willing to ask for help from all Stakeholders
10. Be willing to conduct a Mini-Survey every six months; and, complete an After-Action Assessment of the results

I AGREE TO UPHOLD THESE GROUND RULES TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

Coach __________________________

Leader __________________________