Active learning task

The best way to learn eFIRE is to try it for yourself. You've read the theory and you have the example questions. Now you need regular practice with real people to develop your skills. To do this activity you will need a volunteer coachee. Encourage your volunteer to choose a real but manageable problem and explain you are learning to become a more effective coach.   

Allow approximately 30 minutes to complete this task.

Put the model into practice

Find someone who is happy to participate and work through a coaching conversation using the following steps:

1. Explain your understanding of coaching to your participant, providing focus to the themes of self-directed learning and development for the coachee, and that you are undertaking this conversation for your own practice and development for coaching.
2. Aim to have a 20-25 minute conversation, with about 5 minutes expected for each component of the eFIRE model.
3. Open your learning journal to the questions you identified in topic 2 of this module.
4. Begin asking your questions to Frame the conversation. In acknowledging this is a 20-25 minute conversation, ask your participant to choose a real, but manageable, issue to be the focus of the conversation.
5. Work your way through the different modes of conversation until you reach an action plan or run out of time. For the purpose of practicing the eFIRE model, just ask questions from your notes, or if you need them, from the example questions provided in this module. Feel free to make minor adaptations to the question to ensure they are a good fit with the context of the conversation.
6. Once you finish, ask your participant to be frank and fierce in providing you with feedback on what they have just experienced, and on your ability to
   1. Not make suggestions or provide answers
   2. Not share stories of your own experiences
   3. Provide time and space for the participant to learn during the conversation.