To make the most out of the coaching experience, it's important to understand the impact of Motivational Value Systems on the coaching relationship. Personal Strengths has a number of excellent resources to help those you coach reach their desired end state and help you facilitate a truly meaningful coaching experience.

Meaningful Coaching: SDI in Coaching
by Tina Mertel M.A., A.C.C.
ITEM#3812 $14.95

This book is a great tool for anyone who does any form of coaching. It provides a method of recognizing how values impact and integrate with coaching competencies. By understanding your influence on the coaching conversation, you pave the way for those you coach to reach outside their comfort zone and create results.

"In one word... insightful! Meaningful Coaching helped me to understand the complexities of coaching in a very easy-to-understand manner... It is a clear, concise, enjoyable and informative read."

Kimberly Hay, Training Manager,
Global Training & Development
Lonza America Inc.

Working with a coach is a courageous act. Inherent in the request for coaching is a yearning to see and to remove obstacles. You as the coach play a pivotal role. You will be asked to speak to those obstacles — to poke at places of fear and insecurities, all in the service of the client. How you relate to your client is paramount. This book provides a method of recognizing your values, and those of your client. It paves the way for your client to reach outside the comfort zone and create results.

Meaningful Coaching is available from www.PersonalStrengths.biz.

SDI Coaching Planner
ITEM#3710 $4.00/ea

This planner is a great tool for helping people apply SDI learning in the workplace. Coaches and managers can use it to prepare for, engage in and follow-up with important coaching conversations.

SDI Coaching Planners are available from www.PersonalStrengths.biz.

Additional Information

SDI Application in Coaching: When looking at coaching from a Relationship Awareness perspective, the focus is on understanding the motives and values of the client in his/her work environment. One of the first tasks for the coach is to assess the client's motivational preferences and match their values with their job responsibilities. From there the focus shifts to improving the person's performance in relating to others. Read more...

Coaching Case Study: A General Manager, reporting to the company's Senior Vice President, had 15 years experience with this large manufacturing organization, and a total compensation package in excess of $240,000. During his tenure, this high potential executive was consistently rewarded with numerous "fast track" promotions and was positioned as one of three high potential candidates for the CEO role. Then, suddenly, his career took a turn. People began to question his ability to manage his relationships up, down and across the organization. His ratings—particularly on "leadership behavior"—began to drop. His credibility was eroding, and there was concern that termination would be the only alternative, unless he could get his career back on track. Fortunately, the GM recognized his need to change, and willingly agreed to work with a professional coach in the effort to save his career. Read more...