The Wheel of Coaching

Tap the ones you want to practice. They stay marked on this phone.

1. 1Hold two agendas: the big one (what you are building over months or years) and the small one (today). Both matter. Drift happens in the gap between them.
2. 2Writing things down is the bridge that ties today's work to the big agenda. Zoom in to do the work. Zoom out to make sure it is the right work.
3. 3Draw the Wheel of Life: eight slices (health, family, romance, friends and community, career, money, personal growth, fun and recreation), each scored from 1 to 10.
4. 4The number is yours and there is no right answer. Its only job is to make you stop and look at the whole picture.
5. 5Balance is not the goal. Anyone reaching for the top has a lopsided wheel. What matters is that you chose the shape.
6. 6A low slice you chose with your eyes open is a decision. A slice that went quiet while you weren't looking becomes regret. The wheel protects you from regret, not imbalance.
7. 7Your next move is not automatically your lowest slice. You might decide to feed a nine you love and leave a low one alone for now.
8. 8The Wheel of Coaching has three parts: the people, the program, and the game. The people part has layers: players, staff, stakeholders (know them by name, with a plan for each), and you.
9. 9The self slice asks whether you give yourself the grace you give everyone else. Leaving yourself off the wheel isn't modesty. Everything else runs through you.
10. 10Test the program: if you got sick tomorrow, would it keep running? In the game slice, coaching the game and developing players are different skills. Newly promoted leaders should see both what they are strong in and everything that is now theirs. Draw both wheels, then choose.