Coaching Skills Self-Assessment, SWOT, and PDP Analysis Report

This report presents a self-assessment of coaching skills, employing a coaching assessment tool to identify strengths and weaknesses. It includes a SWOT analysis, evaluating strengths (teamwork, time management), weaknesses (leadership, communication), opportunities (rewarding skills, briefing skills), and threats (lack of problem-solving, patience and tolerance). A personal development plan (PDP) is outlined, focusing on improving communication and leadership skills through actions such as enhancing interaction skills and developing technical skills. The assessment tool helps to identify areas for improvement and fosters team member skills. The report aims to enhance leadership capabilities and provides strategies for professional growth, focusing on practical steps to improve communication and leadership, including improving technical skills.

Coaching Model
Critique and PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Coaching self-assessment tool................................................................................................1
SWOT analysis of my skills as a coach..................................................................................2
Personal Development Plan (PDP).........................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
References:.......................................................................................................................................4
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Self assessment is the powerful tool to analyse the strengths and weaknesses an
individual has in its skill set. Personal reflection or self reflection writing is a very complex
process takes significant amount to think about, evaluate about and reflect those thoughts into the
words that will be representing our thoughts, behaviour and attitude. Basically a personal
reflection is the overall evaluation of the performance during the particular role. The present
essay is the personal reflection of my skills as a coach for which I have designed the coaching
assessment tool. The essay also contains a SWOT analysis of my skills and a PDP for my
development area.
MAIN BODY
Coaching self-assessment tool
The purpose of this coaching self assessment form is to assist my learning about being a
successful coach which will help me in creating a self progress development plan and to identify
my coaching strengths and weaknesses which will help me in setting my learning goals as per the
lower score areas.
Scoring Key: 1. strongly disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neutral 4. Agree 5. Strongly agree
Self assessment skills as a coach low high
I consider team work orientation as the first priority of my coaching practice. 1 2 3 4 5
During team orientations, I coach the individuals of the team to freely discuss
about their strengths and weaknesses.
1 2 3 4 5
In my coaching style I reflect good leadership style and teach others same. 1 2 3 4 5
I clearly state my weaknesses strengths personality styles and leadership styles
with my team members to create healthy relationship with them.
1 2 3 4 5
My coaching style states that I coach my team members to understand their
best role in the team to play that will help in achieving the common project
goals.
1 2 3 4 5
I coach each and every individual of the team to motivate and encourage each
other’s talent so that everyone should be loud to raise their voice during the
1 2 3 4 5
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project meetings.
As a coach, I am punctual and organised and believe that it is very important to
regularly plan the schedules to meet deadlines.
1 2 3 4 5
As a coach at the end of every session I regularly spare some time from the
training to share the opinions and the observations regarding the individual
strengths and weaknesses during the current project process.
1 2 3 4 5
As a coach or instructor of a team I really believe that it is very essential to
plan celebrations which will recognise the major achievements gain by the
team, when team has delivered the excellent work and there is project success
or any other actions of the team that has contributed towards the quality and
the outstanding performance of the project process.
1 2 3 4 5
As a coach I really appraise and reward my team individuals whenever they
deliver the outstanding performance in gaining the success for the project.
1 2 3 4 5
I coach my team members to be patient and tolerant and recognise each other’s
talent and understand each other's perspective as well as my own.
1 2 3 4 5
As a coach of a team I have deep understanding about the motivation and the
increasing factors that helps the team to be committed and contributed towards
the project goals
1 2 3 4 5
I coach my team and help them in identifying their past project conflicts and
the future conflicts without interfering between the team members.
1 2 3 4 5
As a coach of a team I always properly instruct my team members about all the
rules and regulations of the project in the beginning only and ask them their
consent before moving forward.
1 2 3 4 5
Analysing and reviewing the above coaching self assessment tool form that I asked my team
members to take some time and fill up for me so that I can recognise my loopholes during my
coaching period and my strengths that help the project to become successful and also help my
other team members in fostering their skills. With the help of SWOT analysis I will be analysing
my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of skills that I possess as a coach:
SWOT analysis of my skills as a coach
Strengths
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 Team working skills are my strength as a coach as was able to manage my team and
coordinate with each and every individual effectively and efficiently. With the coaching
self assessment tool it was clearly analysed that in my coaching format orientation team
working was reflected as my priority and also this reflected that managing team
efficiently is my major strength. As a coach I was highly comfortable and flexible in
working with team and also have good understanding about managing the other team
members.
 Another strength that I noticed is my time management skills. Even in the Coaching self
assessment tool the time management factor was given the highest score as each and
every team member believes that as a coach I was always punctual in each session and
also have a deeper understanding about making the time schedules for the team members.
Team management is one of the skills that I always keep up graded so that I did not miss
any deadlines of the projects which can downfall the success of any project. This
strength helps me in prioritising my tasks properly.
Weaknesses
 Leadership skill is my major weakness that is observed as a coach. I was not able to guide
and control the behaviour of my team members that was distracting them from direction
towards achieving the goals of the project. I have lack of knowledge about the various
kinds of leadership styles that coach must implement in its coaching practice and also
make that team members learn about them in order to achieve the projects effectively and
efficiently.
 As a coach I also lack in communication skill. By observing the coaching self assessment
tools that are filled up by the team members sates that I lack in interaction with the other
member such as not taking regular feedbacks regarding their performance and my own
performance, asking them about that issues in working on project and disputes with other
team members.
Opportunities
 I have moderate rewarding and appraising skills which is reflected in my coaching
assessment form which is a opportunity for me to enhance my appraising skills as this
will bring more motivation and encouragement among the team members and lead them
towards hard work and dedication.
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 As a coach I have moderate briefing and instructing skill to my team members which
sometimes lack the clarity of instructions regarding the rules and regulations. Bu this is
the opportunity for me to upgrade my briefing skills so that I can adequately explain my
requirements as a coach for the project to the members also this will help me in
increasing my personal and professional skills as a coach
Threats
 Lack of problem solving skill is threat to my overall career as a coach. I never used to
interfere in between the context of the team members rather avoid such situations. This
might increase the conflicts and make me look weak as a coach and degrade my other
skills too.
 I am deficit in coaching the team patience and tolerance as I am strict and intolerant
therefore this is a threat as due to these factors team members does not understand each
other’s perspective and motivate and encourage each other’s work in the project process
by which there might be unhealthy competitive behaviour between the members of team.
Personal Development Plan (PDP)
Areas of
development
Time
duration
Actions to
achieve
Current
situation
How will I
know I have
been
successful
Progress
Communication
and interaction
skills
Within
one
week.
In order to
improve my
communication
and interaction
skills I will
engage myself
in more and
more group
meetings and
push myself
towards talking
to team
As per the
Current
situation my
communication
skills are very
weak as I
avoid talking
to the people
other than the
work talks
which builds
very
I will monitor
my
performance in
writing the
several official
documents for
the emails
within the
organisation. I
will ask my
colleagues and
friends for the
My progress
will be seen in
my confidence
of writing e-
mail,
marketing
plans, content
for
advertisements
etc.
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members
regarding the
normal subject
apart from the
project in order
to build better
relationships
and interaction
between the
team and
coach. This
will help me
knowing this
perspective on
the opinions of
the other team
members
regarding the
project and
also make me
learn and
experience the
life
experiences of
the other team
members. This
will help me to
mitigate my
lack of
communication
skills I will add
professional
relationship
with the team
members
thereby
creating the
communication
gap. Due to the
lack of
interaction and
communication
with team
members I am
unable to get
any feedback
from my team
members
regarding any
issues or the
errors in the
project and
also I am not
able to gather
their opinions
or the
suggestion
regarding the
project
execution.
Lack of
communication
honest
feedback
regarding my
improved
written
communication
skills. I will
appoint a
instructor to
analyse my
written
communication
skills and to
provide me e
with marking
regarding my
improve
written
communication
skills. I will
personally
assess my
previous
written
documents and
recent written
documents in
order to
visualise my
successful less
in improving
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a new habit in
my weekly
activities that
is one session
in which I will
interact and
communicate
with other
members
through fun
activities
which bring
excitement and
encouragement
in the
members. This
will also
mitigate any
issues and
problems
related to
communication
gap. In order to
achieve the
excellent
communication
skill I will
involve more
and more of
my personality
in socializing
has also
created the
disputes and
unlikely
among the
team members
towards me as
a coach.
the written
communication
skills within
the
organisation.
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myself with
other people.
Leadership
skills
at the
end of
year
For learning
various
technical
software’s and
the skills such
as advanced
MS Excel and
other business
analytic tools I
will subscribe
on the online
teaching
portals and
learn why the
videos to
improve my
technical skills.
I will Regular
practice
various skills
that is been
taught in
videos. I will
ask my
colleagues
those are good
in technical
part to also
make me teach
In the technical
skills I have a
moderate
knowledge
about the
search engine
optimisation
and a basic
knowledge
about the MS
Excel.
Currently I
have been
lacking in
advanced
technical skills
such as skills
of advanced
MS Excel,
skills regarding
the business
analytics tools
and techniques.
I have the
knowledge
about the
digital
marketing
tools and
To analyse and
examine my
improvement
and way of
success in
learning and
developing
technical skills
will design the
marketing
plans various
strategies using
the different
marketing
tools I will also
try to input the
data using the
advanced MS
Excel and
other
marketing
activities using
the technical
skills. By
advertising
over the social
media using
my digital
marketing
My progress
of technical
skills will be
seen in my
effective
marketing
plans and
strategies and
also in the
marketing and
advertising
campaigns for
the company's
products and
services.
Development
of technical
skills will be
also reflecting
in my career
development.
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these skills in
their free time.
And if
necessary I
will also
pointed tutor to
gain the
knowledge and
to learn the
various
marketing
software’s and
other technical
skills that are
required for the
career
development.
techniques but
I have one very
less practice
and don’t
possess
experience due
to which my
digital
marketing
skills are also
currently poor.
technical skills
I will review to
the comments
and views of
the people over
the social
media
platforms to
analyse my
improvement
of technical
skills.
CONCLUSION
Hence it is concluded from report that Personal reflective is the form of writing to evaluate
the overall strengths and weaknesses during the experience and to learn and develop the skills
through the experience by self assessment. Personal reflection is very important for the
individual to self analyse the personal growth and drawbacks to understand the process of
learning and development and to continue the process of self-development. Personal reflection
helps in examining the various skills that are required to be developed for the better growth in
the upcoming future and also to build the awareness about the drawbacks in the path of career
development of the individual.
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References:
Books and Journals
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