Coaching Protocols

Each of these 7 principles of the Coherence Code has a number of potential tools that can be organized into specific habit change systems. One of the main aspects of Total Brain Coaching is the creation of protocols for different types of coaching. We are creating an open source document at totalbraincoaching.com, and we invite coaches to contribute their own tools and protocols. The tools, which are part of our protocol for individual habit change, are in bold under each of the 7 principles.

TOTAL BRAIN COACHING PROTOCOL 1

(TBC Protocol 1)

Principle- D – DISCOVER YOUR ENERGY STATE

Tool 1-Take the Energy State Quiz

Descriptor – Use the Energy State Quiz for yourself and the person you are coaching. Read how your energy state and the person you are working with interact. Use this information to customize your coaching approach.

Principle- H – HARNESS YOUR NEUROPLASTICITY AND GUT-BRAIN AXIS

Tool 2- Create a Habit Map and Plan

Descriptor – Create a list of habits the person you are coaching wants to change. Prioritize the list. See which habit change will give the maximum benefit.

Tool 3- Create a new habit and outline the details for habit change

Descriptor- Once you know which habit you want to change decide on a replacement habit for that one.

Principle- A – USE THE POWER OF ATTENTION

Tool 4- Focus your Attention on One Habit

Descriptor- Make sure when you are practicing the new habit you give it full attention and are not multitasking.

Principle- R – FIND YOUR INNER RHYTHM

Tool 5- Mobilize Your Energy Resources

Descriptor- Determine if there are changes you can make to your routine in increase neuroplasticity and balance your gut brain axis.

Principle- M – USE THE FEEDBACK MATRIX

Tool 6- Reinforce habits through 4 levels of feedback

Descriptor- Create strategies on four levels to reinforce your new habit

Self-Coaching
Personal Coaching
Group Coaching
Environment Coaching

I – CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT AND INTEGRATION

Tool 7- Empower your client to own the process of habit change

Descriptor- Create feedback cycles with metrics, i.e. • Have measurable outcomes

Principal- C – CELEBRATE STEPS OF SUCCESS

Tool 8- Using the power of positive reinforcement by celebrating

Descriptor– • Reward your client’s milestone of progress with a celebration based on milestones achieved.

Using a Protocol and sending us the results.

Which Protocol you used
How long it took to establish the habit. Please put 0 if habit was not established
If the habit remained after 1 month.
Description of how you used the Protocol.
The learnings you got from using the Protocol.

IF you use a protocol, we will publish your results in the table below. Members of our community will also lean if the protocol didn’t work, so please send us your “learnings” (times when it didn’t work) also. If it was helpful we will increase the counter on our webpage. Please send the results to tedtalktoday@gmail.com.

Creating a new Protocol

If you would like to create a new protocol then please send me an email with the structure similar to the Total Brain Coaching Protocol 1 Principle Tool Descriptor For each tool you use.

Also send us the results

Which Protocol you used,
How long it took to establish the habit. Please put 0 if habit was not established
If the habit remained after 1 month.
Description of how you used the Protocol.
The learnings you got from using the Protocol.

We will review the data, post the Protocol on this page and add the result to the Protocol Results table. Please send the protocol information to tedtalktoday@gmail.com

Protocol chart

Protocol Name	The Habit that was trying to be established.	How long did it take to establish the habit?	Has the habit remained after 1 month?	Description of how they used the Protocol.	Learnings using the Protocol.
TBC Protocol 1	Putting fork down after every bite and putting full attention on food being eaten.	4 weeks	yes but not after 2 months	The person I was coaching wanted to lose weight (10 lbs). Based on their VPK assessment we determined they could stop snacking. I had them work on two habits that were complimentary towards the goal. The first was putting full attention on eating their meals by placing their fork down between each bite and focusing on the nourishing value of the food. They established this and started to snack less (50% less) We added having them sip hot when they were going to snack which is listed below. For the Feedback Matrix tool we had them journal the number of times they snacked in an hour. We had them have weekly meetings with their personal coach. They reported their progress to their family. And we had them remove snacks from the kitchen.	The person being coached enjoyed the food much more and ate less. The environmental feedback of removing snacks from easy access helped tremendously.
TBC Protocol 1	Sipping hot water when wanting to snack.	3 weeks	yes but less	The person I was coaching wanted to lose weight (10 lbs). Based on their VPK assessment we determined they could stop snacking. I had them work on two habits that were complimentary towards the goal. The first was putting full attention on eating their meals. They established this and started to snack less (-50%) We added having them sip hot when they were going to snack which reduced snacking by 50% again so in total they snacked 75% less. They achieved their weight goal.	The hot water was not only filled the person up but seemed to help with digestive problems. To establish this habit it was very important to have hot water in an easily assessable location at work.
TBC Protocol 1	Rephrasing what the other speaker had said and them asking them a question to continue the conversation.	8 weeks	Yes but less	The person I was coaching wanted to increase their active listening by 50% in their conversations at work. Based on their VPK assessment we determined they were naturally very active talkers and thus had a hard time just listening. I had them create a habit of rephrasing what the other person had said to them and then asking a question to continue the conversation. They self journaled the number of times they were successful. I met with them once a week. We had them attend coaching classes also.	The act of asking questions changed the mindset of person being coached and they naturally wanted to listen more so they could ask good questions. Having reminders to do this habit on their watch, phone, and computer in a subtle way helped.
TBC Protocol 1	Starting the day with 10 minute meditation	2 weeks	No, they did for two weeks	The person I was coaching wanted to meditate 10 minutes a day at the start of the day. Based on their VPK assessment we determined they had a very changeable nature. We designed a two week experiment to see what the benefits of this routine would be. They self journaled how many minutes they did each day. They met with a coach once a week. They also created a “meditation” spot in their bedroom that was free of distractions.	They perceived benefit from the 2 week experiment, and designed another experiment after their first one. Creating a distraction-free zone for meditation helped greatly.
TBC Protocol 1	Team wanting to reduce multitasking	2 months	Yes	The team decided that they wanted to reduce multitasking by decreasing unplanned “walk-ups” from other teams. (A walk-up is when people ask for advice from a different team with different goals.) We determined that our new habit would be to refer all walk-up requests directly to the one team member.. I employed all of the four types of Total Brain Coaching (self-coaching, personal coaching, group coaching, and environmental coaching) to help team members create this new habit. In the self-coaching sessions, each member of the team decided to keep track of the number of times someone came to them with a walk-up request. During personal coaching, I worked with each individual in the team and coached them on how to minimize walk-ups by immediately referring the problem to the Scrum Master. In my group coaching, the team met together as a group and discussed other strategies to stop walk-ups. Team members were encouraged to remind each other to refer walk-ups to the Scrum Master.In regards to environmental coaching, I spoke with other teams and asked them to also go directly to the one team member for any requests. Multitasking time was reduced by 20% and team performance greatly improved. We decided together on a team goal to reduce walk-ups by 25% and celebrated by going out for a team lunch.	By using a member of the team as a “shield” we could reduce the amount of time the entire team was getting distracted.