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C OMPASSIONATE I NTEGRITY T RAINING
A S ECULAR E THICS A PPROACH TO C ULTIVATING P ERSONAL , S OCIAL AND E NVIRONMENTAL F LOURISHING
I NTRODUCTION TO A CCOUNTABILITY P ARTNER C OACHING
You are invited to identify an accountability partner who will share the journey of CIT with you and be
your go-to person for support, questions, and accountability for following through on your personal
learning and developmental goals. To help develop this relationship, you can use the Accountability Partner
Coaching Template as a guide for each scheduled conversation you have with your partner. In each session,
one person shares all their responses to the questions on the Template and then roles are reversed and the
second person shares.
Coaching is a supportive partnership involving critical and creative thought designed to maximize personal
potential. Because the coaching model is embedded in the template, nothing needs to be added to constitute
coaching. In other words, the template does the coaching work for you; one need not have coaching
expertise or any words of wisdom for the process to yield progress. Remember progress, not perfection, is
our shared goal. Here are some general guidelines for conducting the coaching calls and for using the
Template:
I.
Schedule accountability partner coaching sessions.
You are invited to schedule an accountability partner coaching session between each CIT skill to
focus on the development of that particular skill in the series. Decide with your partner what the
platform of the session will be (phone, Zoom, Skype, Facetime) and allocate at least fifteen
minutes for each person to share, with the total session time being thirty minutes.
II.
Take time to prepare before each session.
To get the most benefit from the session, set aside time before each session to reflect and write
your responses in the space below each question on the Accountability Partner Coaching
Template.
III.
Use coaching templates as action plans.
To get the most from these templates, occasionally review the completed templates and use
them as action plans to sustain forward movement in your skill building. Reviewing your
insights will help you remember them and put them into practice.
IV.
Carefully plan what it will take to integrate the CIT skill into your daily living.
Thoughtfully create “fieldwork” for yourself during the coaching sessions for you to do between
one session and the next to help you practice parts of the CIT skill that are challenging for you.
Think of fieldwork as involving an action to be taken or a practice to be done habitually.
Actions are one-time decisions, conversations, or announcements, etc., that need to be made in
order for you to build or stay on the path you have set for yourself or to live your values .
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