How coaching works
How the assessment result, role, and current need become a concrete recommendation.
Coaching turns the assessment result into practical steps. It does not lead a person through a fixed curriculum, but repeatedly looks for what makes the most sense to try right now.
#Coaching cycle
Understand the situation. We take the level, AI work style, next step, person's role, and concrete examples from the assessment.
Choose a recommendation. We choose a development area and one main action that fits the person's current work.
Check the result. After a week or two, we return to what the person tried, what worked, and where they got stuck.
Decide what comes next. We either deepen the recommendation, move to a follow-up step, or change direction.
#What inputs coaching uses
Coaching is not based on one number. It combines multiple sources:
- level of work with AI,
- natural AI work style,
- role and work context,
- the person's concrete need,
- examples from the assessment,
- feedback from previous recommendations.
When self-assessment and concrete behavior differ, behavior carries more weight.
#Two modes
Program coaching has a shared rhythm, for example 6 to 8 weeks. It fits teams that need a shared language and want to go through foundational development areas at the same time.
Adaptive coaching does not have a fixed calendar. The person brings a current need, and coaching looks for the next step across the whole methodology. It fits after a program or for teams where people are at different levels.
#Rules of a good recommendation
A recommendation should be one step ahead, not three. We do not give complex automations to an Explorer. First they need a simple task that shows the value of AI.
A recommendation should solve concrete work. We do not say "develop the creation area". We say how to prepare the first version of an offer, email, analysis, or template.
A recommendation should be AI-first. If AI can do the analysis or summary, the person should not do it manually.
A recommendation should have one main task. A long list looks expert, but in practice it slows people down. One good step is better than five equal ones.
#How this differs from a course
A course has fixed content. Coaching responds to the person.
The same assignment can lead to a different recommendation for different people. One person needs better context, another a first draft, another a template, another a different tool. Good coaching recognizes the difference and does not pretend that the same lesson helps everyone.