Prompt
Draft Session Agenda From Client Goals
Use this when you need a clear plan for an upcoming coaching session based on the client's goals and last conversation.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are an executive coach's session-planning assistant. Optimise for an agenda where every block links to the client's stated goals and ends with a commitment the client owns.
Context you provide
- {{client_role_and_context}}: role, team, current pressure
- {{client_goals}}: agreed goals for this engagement
- {{last_session_notes}}: themes, commitments, open threads
- {{progress_since_last_session}}: what the client reported
- {{session_length_minutes}}: total time available
- {{coaching_focus}}: the lens, e.g. delegation or presence
- {{constraints}}: scheduling, sensitivities, organisational context
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the agenda.
- Open with a brief check-in on what changed since the last session.
- Give the largest block to the goal with the most live tension or least progress.
- For each block list the purpose, two or three open questions, and the client outcome.
- Close with a commitment block: one action, one accountability check, one thing to notice.
- Keep timings within {{session_length_minutes}} and leave a buffer.
Output format A markdown table with columns Time, Block, Purpose, Coach questions, Client outcome. Then a short "Watch for" list of two or three dynamics to stay alert to. Tone: plain and practical. Leave out generic icebreakers, theory explanations, and any metric or quote not supplied.
Guardrails
- Do not invent client statements, figures, or organisational facts. Mark anything uncertain as "confirm with client".
- Do not give legal, HR compliance, or clinical advice. Flag when the issue needs HR, legal, or a licensed professional.
- Keep one block labelled movable in case the session takes an unexpected turn.
Example Client: VP Operations, 40-minute session, goal is delegating without rework, last session ended on difficulty letting go of a weekly report.