coaching relationships

Contracting with Stakeholders - Designing the Coaching Alliance

Within coaching, we at Righttrack recognise a number of key relationships as critical to the success of any intervention. These include the coach and coachee dynamic and also the three-way relationship which exists between the Righttrack coach, the coachee and the organisation / organisational sponsor.

When contracting with organisations, Righttrack believes it is important to spend time prior to commencing the coaching relationship designing and agreeing the organisation's key measures of success for the coaching programme. In this way, all key stakeholders - the organisation, the sponsor, the coachee and Righttrack, can evaluate the success of the coaching, during and after the actual intervention.

In order for coaching to be effective, a number of ground rules apply which are openly discussed between the coachee, the sponsor and the coach. It is vital from the outset to establish guidelines on confidentiality and the extent to which information will be shared in order to develop trust between the coachee and coach, and other stakeholders.

These and other matters such as;

Confidentiality arrangements
Arrangements for reporting on progress and results within the framework of confidentiality
Duration and frequency of the coaching intervention
Confirmation that accountability for progress and action lies firmly with the coachee
Clarification that the coachee is willing and supportive of the coaching approach
Clearly defined measures of success which may include organisational, departmental and individual parameters

are all included in the contract which Righttrack design and produce in conjunction with all related stakeholders.