Chapter 6: Coaching Models 163CLEAR Model
The CLEAR, Contracting, Listening, Exploring, Action, Review, model
was originally developed in the early 1980s. It is described as a
“systemic transformational coaching” model, which purposefully
facilitates the adult learning component of transformation (Hawkins
& Smith 2006, p. 28).
The original CLEAR model provided coaches with a series of
steps for the learner to reflect upon their work, which would lead to
meaningful insight and a plan for incorporating new components
into their career (Hawkins and Smith, 2006). Interestingly, once this
insight and plan were prepared, the coaching process would end;
the model relied on the change to happen outside, or after the
coaching session. Hawkins and Smith realized the learning, or the
change, must occur during the coaching session. They adjusted the
model noting, “We have become increasingly aware that coaches
and their clients are often frustrated when they recognize that in
spite of making clear progress in their sessions, these new insights
often do not lead to the hoped for change back at work” (p. 28).