Worksheet: Evaluating Internal and External Coaches

Once you have made the decision to implement coaching within your organization, a critical first step to success is ensuring that you are selecting suitable coaches based upon specific needs you’ve identified. Whether internal or external coaches, this worksheet aims to help facilitate your thinking to evaluate candidates, ensuring that you are choosing the best fit for your coachees and organization.   

This worksheet will help you select optimal coaches by:   

• Evaluating key attributes of a potential internal coach based on a 5-point rating system 

• Ensuring suitability of an external coach utilizing prompts for self-guided questions, a checklist for market research and suggested coaching screening questions