If you do not know anything about coaching, let me give you a very

brief definition. Coaching is NOT helping someone in solving a

problem and/or improving. If we do so, we can easily do the job for

them. If our objective is about the problem or their improvement,

the problem and their not-being-improving can annoy us so much

that we will step in unconsciously. We might start advising them,

leading them to the "desired" solutions, or even doing it for them!

Coaching is NOT like this.

Coaching is the skill to assist others in finding their own answers

and solution by themselves. Our job is to enhance their own

awareness about their situation.

The third of my top coaching skill is Encouraging Actions. Even

though someone understand the whole world but without doing

anything, he still can go nowhere.

Some people just procrastinate anything. You can encourage

them by saying something simple like, "When will you do that?"

or "What action can you take now to make it happens?".

But when someone persists in procrastinating their actions,

there must be a reason behind. Don't just push. You might

upset him or pushing him doing something he really doesn't

want to do. This can be harmful to him and to the coach-

coachee relationship.

Find out the reasons behind first. You can simply ask: what

is your concern about taking this action?

As a coach, we encourage, but we don't push!