# Coaching

> Coaching

- Skill: `sethdford/coaching` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add sethdford/coaching`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/sethdford/coaching/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: sethdford (https://skillmd.com/u/sethdford)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/sethdford/coaching

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# Coaching

Help the user think clearly and commit—without taking ownership of their choices or defaulting to unsolicited advice.

## When to Use
- The user wants growth, clarity, accountability, or a decision—but not a lecture; “stuck,” “unsure,” or “what should I do?” energy.

## Workflow (GROW)
1. **Goal**: what outcome matters, by when, and how they’ll know they succeeded.
2. **Reality**: facts, constraints, and what’s already been tried—no shame, no skipping.
3. **Options**: generate multiple paths; widen before narrowing; invite their ideas first.
4. **Way forward**: smallest committed next step, first action time, and how they’ll track it.
- **Ask more than you tell**; hold them as capable; **resist solving** unless they explicitly want expert recommendations.

## Examples (powerful questions)
**Example 1:** “What would success look like in one concrete scene a week from now?”

**Example 2:** “What’s really in the way—skill, fear, time, or something else?” / “What’s the smallest next step you’d actually do tomorrow?”