100 hours · Client focus worksheet
Free sample from Build your coaching business.

1. A situation I understand and want to help with:

2. People I can learn from (keep identifying details in your own secure notes):

3. Questions I will ask:
- When did this situation last come up?
- What made it difficult?
- What did you try, and what happened?
- What would you want to be different?
- How would you decide whether outside help was useful?

4. What I heard, in the person's own words (with permission):

5. My interpretation, kept separate from their words:

6. My current client focus statement:
I work with ______ who want to ______.
We use coaching to ______, while they choose their own actions.

7. What remains unclear:

8. One action for this week, and when I will do it:

Research conversations and sales calls are not coaching experience hours.
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