Turn the action into a question
Ask about the commitment from the call, like “How well did you protect your focus time today?”
For coaches
See how the week went before your next call.
Turn what you agreed on the call into one small daily check-in your client answers on their phone.
Between one call and the next
The plan is clear when the call ends. What happens next takes place where you cannot see it.
- You hear how the week went at the next call, after the fact.
- Your client agreed to one action. You do not know which days it happened.
- Checking in by text or email turns you into the one doing the chasing.
- Without a record, a slow week and a good week sound the same on the call.
“Most clients struggle not because the work is difficult, but because consistency is difficult.”
How coaches use a Ziv
Start small
Begin with one easy Ziv. Add more after five to seven days of steady answers, up to two or three.
Read the pattern
Before the next call, open the client and see each day's answer and how the scores moved.
A little momentum beats no momentum every time.
Examples for your kind of coaching
Geoff's guide to writing Zivs has example Zivs for life, productivity, leadership and executive, and business coaching.
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