GROW model
Goal
What would you like to achieve in the time we have?
How important is this goal from 1 – 10?
It seems to be a very big goal. What is a first step?
Lets go forward 6 weeks (3 months/6 months) and
imagine that this change has happened, you come
into work – how is life different? What can you see
/hear?
Draw me a sketch of your goal being achieved.
What would be most helpful thing for you to be able
to take away from this session?
Options
What are the different ways that you could approach
this issue?
Can you think of a time when you resolved this sort
of issue before, what worked well for you then?
What else could you do? Repeat 4 times.
What would you do if you had more time? A larger
budget or if you were in charge?
What would you do if you could start again with a
clean sheet of paper?
What would a very wise friend tell you to do?
What would a major company like Virgin do?
These are the options you came up with …….which
of these options do you prefer
Reality
Describe the current situation?
What made you think that you wanted to do
something different?
How great is your concern on a scale from 1 to 10?
Who is affected by this issue other than you?
What actions have you taken so far?
Are there any personal resistances that you have to
taking action?
What in this situation is within your control?
What else bothers you? And what else?
What is really going on in this situation?
Will
What are you going to do?
To what extent does this meet your goal?
How will you know if you are successful?
What could arise to stop you?
How might you stop yourself?
What actions will you take and when precisely?
On a scale of 1 – 10, how confident are you that you
can do this where 1 is not confident at all and 10 is,
you are certain you will do it?
X is good, what will take you to (a 9 or 10?)
Who do you need to get support from?
What would prevent you from being a 10?
Motivational interviewing
Goal
Lets go forward 6 weeks and imagine that this
change has happened, you come into work – how is
life different? What can you see /hear?
What would be the good things about getting better
at …?
What will happen if you don’t change?
Have you tried to change this before, if so what
happened?
When it worked initially, what were you doing?
If you don’t change, what’s the worst thing that could
happen?
If you were to decide to change, what would you do?
Options
What are the different ways that you could approach
this issue?
What else could you do? Repeat 4 times.
What would you do if you could start again with a
clean sheet of paper?
Who else could be a resource to support you
How could you influence them to support you?
What can I do to help
What would be a small first step?
What would a very wise friend tell you to do?
These are the options you came up with …….which
of these options do you prefer
Reality
How confident are you that you could make this
change on a scale from 0 to 10?’
Why did you select a score of [#] on the scale rather
than [lower #]?
What would need to happen for your score to move
up from a [#] to a [insert a higher #]?
How would your life be different if you moved from a
[#] to a [higher #]?”
What could you do to increase your confidence?”
How might I or others help you?”
Where have you succeeded at doing something like
this before? What did you do then?
Will
What are you going to do?
To what extent does this meet your goal?
How will you know if you are successful?
How might you stop yourself?
What else might go wrong and how can you manage
that? How can I or others help?
What actions will you take and when precisely?
On a scale of 1 – 10, how confident are you now that
you can do this?
# is good, what will take you to (a 9 or 10?)