The DRC Coaching Model
A one-page guide to the five-stage session — the framework our ICF-accredited students use to move a conversation from awareness to action.
Most new coaches do not fail because they lack passion. They fail because they lack structure. Sessions drift, and clients leave encouraged but without clarity.
Goodwill is not coaching.
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Five stages. Thirty minutes. That is the whole framework.
01 Assess 5 min
Establish a clear picture of their current reality. You cannot coach someone toward a destination without first understanding the terrain they are standing in.
02 Articulate 5 min
Define the desired outcome with precision. A vague outcome produces a vague conversation. Specificity here determines everything that follows.
03 Awareness 10 min
The core of the conversation. Surface the patterns, beliefs and blind spots in the way. Awareness does not come from being told — it comes from being asked.
04 Align 5 min
Connect the goal to their deeper values. Motivation without alignment is fragile. Congruent action makes follow-through natural rather than forced.
05 Advance 5 min
Close with a clear, specific, time-bound action step. Insight that does not produce action is simply an interesting conversation.
The DRC Coaching Model is taught in Module 1 of Coaching Foundations. Dream Releaser Coaching is ICF Level 1 accredited — the standard set by the International Coaching Federation.
