Using GROW model to achieve goal setting for work and personal life

The GROW model is an incredibly simple, yet incredibly effective model for achieving your goals in life and work. The good thing is that it can be used by anyone without special training. Below I will show how you can use it and hopefully it will be helpful to you as much is for me.

 

GROW is an acronym for:

• Goal

Goal is your aim

Where you want to be.  Use one goal at time and be as specific as possible. To help you may ask yourself the below questions:

What do you want?

How will you know when you achieve it?

When do you want to achieve it by?

 

• Reality

Exploring the present reality

Reality is there you are now regarding your goal. Where are you now in relation to your goal? How far along are you towards achieving it?

What have you done specifically so far to achieve your goal?

What challenges have you met and how you overcome them?

What strengths do you have which may help?

 

• Option

Stretching beyond what you have tried or thought about before

Here you need to think as many options as possible to achieve your goal. There may be a single option, or there may be multiple options from which to choose. At the beginning it may be difficult to think many options but writing down all your options/ideas even if you think they are stupid or crazy, eventually it will help you to think good options to help you towards achieving your goals.

Questions to help you:

What could you do?

What else?

• Will/ Way forward

Gaining commitment from you towards taking action

This is the final stage where you need to decide which option is the best to achieve your goal. Also, you need to think about the barriers what may stop you from doing it and what can you do about it.
Question to think about:

Which options would be fastest/best/preferred?

What might stop me?

When will I take action?

This is where the action begins!!!!

GROW model is a powerful tool and many life coaches use it to coach their clients. I have been using it personally a year now and I can tell it's an amazing tool.

Good Luck with your goals!!!