How to Coach Yourself and Others Coaching and Counseling in Difficult Circumstances

This book is in B&W, not color - Print page in Grayscale for Correct view! Template for writing public policy letters 1. Objective Observations Write your observations of what your issue is, what other people (this may include research reports) are saying about the issue, without analyzing and without judgment. Inform your reader as clearly and precisely as possible as to what the issue is, without interpretation or analysis 2. Feelings and Needs Divide into triads. Read your description of your issue to two other people. Obtain any feedback about clarifying your observations so that they are free of interpretations and analysis. Ask your two partners to "guess" what you might be feeling and needing in relation to the issue: " Are you feeling ______ because you are needing ______?" Even if they are wrong in their guess, they will help you clarify what you are feeling and needing. Spend about 5 minutes per person on clarifying feelings and needs. Refer to appendices if necessary. 3. Requests In triads, try to formulate clear, specific doable requests of the person you are writing to - the more succinct these requests are, the better! Acknowledge that you under 7F

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