Coaching Resources Page

• Capture those missed coaching opportunities

Qualitative researchers already have many of the listening and questioning skills required for coaching and mentoring. If you make the time for coaching sessions you can obtain great benefits in people and skills development.

1. What is coaching, how to set up a simple coaching contract and use Solution-focused coaching

A simple guide to solution focused coaching

The guide above also includes a one page questionnaire for the coachee to fill in. If, rather than the problem solution approach, you would prefer to present the coaching as a professional development opportunity, use this: Professional Development Coaching Initial Questions

2. Identify your coaching style Download a quick questionnaire

3. If you don’t want to go as formal as ‘coaching’, teach everyone you know to give and receive feedback, and take 5 minutes after meetings, groups, and projects to share feedback with each other. .

How to give and receive feedback for development

And if you are having problems with people working together well, here is a simple exercise they can do to learn more about how they could help each other.

On the job co-operation exercise

 

• Self-assessment

There is no widely agreed competency framework so here are a couple to choose from:

1. A competency framework with a self-assessment questionnaire. Any feedback on this would be appreciated.  Competencies for Effective Qualitative Research

2. The Qualitative Research Consultants Association (US) has a broader list of professional competencies, which give an indication of what to expect at different levels. Although this is a draft version it is more detailed than anything that can be currently found on their website.   QRCA Standards Draft

Also from the QRCA, Why Hire a Professional Moderator

 

• Find a coach

Click here for a listing of trainers who also do coaching