6 minutes

Coach without scoring

Suggest a course. Do not diagnose a stage. Do not grade completion.

What you’ll be able to do

Identify the practical implication of “Coach without scoring” and apply it to one live DHS decision connected to Equity-Centered Leadership.
Compare the responses to this question and explain your choice: What should happen before the work is locked?
Document a next step for Coach without scoring: Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

A process map and notes are spread across a working table. — Coaching is work, not a stage or a verdict on a person.

Say / do not say

Say: this course is a resource for the packet in front of us.
Say: you choose whether to take it.
Do not: announce someone’s orientation.
Do not: put course completion in a performance review as a proxy for character.

Put this lesson to work

What you can change

You control whether coach without scoring changes a live DHS process connected to Equity-Centered Leadership or remains information on a page.

What to watch for

The team completes the learning, keeps the same default, assigns no owner, and never checks who carries the burden.

Your next step

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Try a situation

A team must finalize work connected to coach without scoring this week. The usual process is ready, but the people affected, access needs, burden, and follow-through have not been checked.

What should happen before the work is locked?

Use the usual process now and ask for feedback after implementation.

Ask one colleague with relevant lived experience to approve the plan.

Name the live object, affected people, access and formal requirements, alternatives, owner, and review date.

Carry this forward

Suggest a course. Do not diagnose a stage. Do not grade completion.
You control whether coach without scoring changes a live DHS process connected to Equity-Centered Leadership or remains information on a page.
Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Completion is shown by a scenario decision and a saved one-minute commitment.

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Your next step

What will you do differently this week after Coach without scoring?

Apply this lesson to one live work object connected to Equity-Centered Leadership.

Name the affected people, one process change, the owner, and a review date.

Use the right-door guide if a formal duty or accountable office may be involved.

Browse and download only. Course notes are not typed or saved on this page.

Mark this lesson complete

Participation and course completion in this program do not count toward DHS-required training credits unless management, a director, or DHS leadership expressly approves an exception.