Coaching Resource Guide – Reference Links
OARS Technique
Open questions, Affirmation, Reflective listening, and Summary reflections (OARS) are the basic interaction techniques and skills that are used “early and often” in the motivational interviewing approach.
Strategic Sharing Workbook
Strategic Sharing is a method of telling your story safely and effectively in order to achieve a goal. Basically, it’s a process for sharing your lived experience with others in a manner that keeps you safe from negative experiences, and that teaches you how to share in a way that will help you reach the end result that you are aiming for.
Work/Life Balance Worksheet
This tool goes on the Wheel of Balance, and will walk you through a worksheet to set up a work-life balance. With this tool you should be able to help prevent burnout with your job. While it might be a time consuming activity, it will help you out a lot in the long run!
Self-Care Assessments, Exercises, and Activities
Provided by the University of Buffalo School of Social Work – This page offers self-assessment checklists and measures, activities, and resources to promote good self-care.
51 Tips and Ideas to Organize Your Office Space
An impeccably organized office space makes a perfect starting point when dealing with mountains of work and the never-ending deadlines.
5 Reasons Why Organizing Your Physical Space Can Clear Your Mental Space
It’s a problem many are familiar with: You’re drowning in so much stuff that you don’t know where to begin clearing the clutter. You have a million things on your to-do list that seem to rank more important than going through your things. Your life feels like an unending cycle of chaos and stress—and you’re not sure where to find calm.
Enneagram Type Assessment
An enneagram is a personality type that helps you understand how your personality traits can impact your motivation in certain experiences throughout your life. To find your enneagram type, you can take a free assessment at Your Enneagram Coach.
Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation: What’s the Difference?
Knowing how to motivate yourself and others is essential in reaching your goals. Identifying your internal and external motivators can help you be more efficient, feel more satisfied and achieve growth in your career.
Identifying your internal and external motivators can help you be more efficient, feel more satisfied and achieve growth. When it comes to what motivates us, it usually falls into one of two categories: intrinsic or extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is when you’re motivated to complete a task because of personal goals or rewards, and extrinsic motivation is when you complete a task to either avoid punishment or earn a reward from someone else.”
Setting Boundaries
View this worksheet from Therapist Aid for tips on what to say and do when setting boundaries with others.
Boundaries with Staff
Boundaries, everyone has them and wants other people to respect them. In the workplace we have boundaries with our co-workers. This section should help you with boundaries with co-workers.