What's My Coaching Style
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Don't have a HAC admin account yet? Start by purchasing administrator access. After you check out, we'll add your account to the HAC portal. Note that account setup is not automated and takes up to one business day.
Students may self-enroll in an online version of the assessment without an administrator. This option is also excellent for organizational trainers and consultants who want to evaluate the online assessment.
Become a More Effective Coach
Coaching is an important aspect of any organization and any leader/manager-employee relationship. Coaching helps employees attain professional goals, have better performance, reduce stress, continue learning, communicate effectively, and more. With all these important results of coaching, it's clear that being a good coach is crucial. Did you know that a lot of who you are as a coach relies on your personality style? That's why an assessment that evaluates your personality and coaching style is an invaluable tool to help you become an even better coach.
What's My Coaching Style, a part of HRDQ's best-selling Style Suite, is a coaching style assessment and workshop that measures personality style and explores how it relates to coaching and interpersonal relationships. Coaches and managers identify and understand personality traits, learn how to capitalize on personal strengths, and minimize potential weaknesses.
This coaching assessment is accurate, easy to use, and easy to apply. It's also newly updated and contains the same great content! What's My Coaching Style measures an individual's preference for one or more basic behavioral styles: direct, spirited, considerate, and systematic. With this knowledge, individuals can better understand why they behave the way they do, learn how to adapt their behavior to improve interpersonal relationships, develop rapport, and, ultimately, become more effective coaches.
How It Works
The What's My Coaching Style assessment starts with an 18-item inventory that takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. Each of the 18 items is a pair of statements. With a limit of five points, assessment-takers distribute points between the two statements in each pair – indicating the degree to which they feel describes their behavior. Scoring the assessment reveals your "My Coaching Style Profile" and a dominant preference for one or more four personality styles:
- Direct
- Spirited
- Considerate
- Systematic
In addition to the paper assessment, the What's My Coaching Style observer form allows individuals to gauge how they are perceived by those they coach. It is particularly useful in the early stages of a coaching relationship.
If you are planning to use What's My Coaching Style in a business coach training session, we recommend you allow approximately one hour for the interpretation of scores, topic discussion, debriefing, and action planning. The facilitator guide also offers an easy-to-follow workshop outline that expands What's My Coaching Style into a 1.5-hour program.
Uses and Applications
What's My Coaching Style is appropriate for anyone to use for both personal and management development. The assessment can be used as a standalone training assessment, or it can be incorporated into a more comprehensive coaching skills training program.
- Identify their coaching styles.
- Learn how to capitalize on the strengths and overcome the trouble spots of their styles.
- Learn how to interact effectively with other styles.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this assessment, participants will:
- Identify a personal preference for one of four behavioral styles.
- Develop an awareness of personal behavior patterns.
- Create an action plan to apply in the workplace immediately.
Product Details
Product Type: Self-assessment and workshop.
Target Audience: What’s My Coaching Style is appropriate for individuals at any organizational level who coach other individuals.
Measures: Participants personal coaching style.
Dimensions: Assertiveness and expressiveness.
Time Required: 1 hour.
What to Order
Onsite Print Facilitator Guide: Order One per Trainer
The What's My Coaching Style Facilitator Guide includes everything you need to lead a successful training session, from comprehensive background information and activities to detailed instructions for administering the assessment and leading the workshop.
Every Style Suite Onsite Print Facilitator Guide comes with sample Style accessories, including 1 Style Model Wall Poster, 1 Style HRDQue Card, and 1 Sheet of Style Stickers. Additional digital Facilitator Support Materials are delivered via email upon order completion. This includes a PowerPoint Presentation, Learning Overview, Theory Background, FAQ, Certificate of Achievement, Program Evaluation, and a sample copy of the Online Assessment Report.
Onsite Print Assessment 5-Pack: Order One Pack for up to Five Participants
The print assessment is ideal for facilitators who prefer to oversee the scoring and administration of the assessment if you don't know who the participants will be before the class begins or if your learners do not have easy access to computers. It includes pressure-sensitive forms for scoring to aid manual tabulation.
Observer Form 5-Pack: Order One Pack for up to Five Participants
The Observer Form is designed to check the accuracy of a coach’s perception of their style by allowing the coach to see how their coaches perceive their style.
Self-Guided Online Learning: Order One per Participant
To administer a self-guided online learning experience, order the Online Assessment report credit (1 per learner). Online assessments require an HRDQ Assessment Center account. If you do not have an account, please contact us for set up.
Style Suite HRDQue Cards
An excellent takeaway for participants, each 4" x 6" HRDQue Card is a quick-reference tool that features the HRDQ Style Model, summarizes each style, and lists their characteristics. Style HRDQue Cards are available for purchase in 5-packs.
Style Suite Stickers
Style Suite Stickers are a perfect way to liven up your next session! Participants have fun and engage more when their own personality is on display. They also serve as a friendly reminder that flexing one's style is the key to effectively working with other employees. One 5-pack of Style Suite Sticker Sheets provides 100 stickers total (25 of each Style).
Style Model Wall Poster
The 17" x 22" poster can be used as a quick reference and visual aid during the workshop. The reverse side features the HRDQ Experiential Learning Model. Additional copies of the poster are available for purchase, as many facilitators tell us they like to display training posters at various locations in the workplace.
QuickStart Train-the-Trainer: 1-Hour Virtual Coaching Session for This Product
QST is a convenient, one-hour virtual coaching session for first-time facilitators of this product. You'll receive personalized, one-on-one coaching with a subject matter expert who will get you up to speed quickly and accurately so you can step into the onsite with confidence. We'll answer all your questions about the facilitation of the product. And you can add additional coaching hours as needed. Your coaching session can be provided by telephone or video call and at a time of your choosing.
Facilitators will also receive an HRDQ Certificate of Completion for completing the QuickStart session.
About the Author
The HRDQ Development Team creates soft-skill learning solutions that help to improve the performance of individuals, teams, and organizations. At HRDQ, we believe an experiential approach is the best catalyst for adult learning. Our unique Experiential Learning Model has been the core of what we do for more than 40 years. We combine the best of organizational learning theory and proven facilitation methods with an appreciation for adult learning styles. Our philosophy initiates and inspires lasting change.
Product Resources
- Infographic | 6 Critical Steps to Coach Employees
- Blog Post | What Your Personality Style Says About You
- Blog Post | Essential Coaching Skills for Managers and Supervisors
- Webinar | What Does Your Coaching Style Say About You?