Assess whether the client is coachable or seeking validation
Reads how the client responded to challenge and inconvenient framings in early conversations and forms a structured view on whether they are genuinely open to changing course or seeking validation.
In / outObservations from early conversations → coachability verdict with supporting evidence and implication for fit
You might say…
“Every time I reframed the problem, they restated the original. That's not curiosity — that's a brief to confirm what they've already decided.”
What it does
Given how the client responded to challenge, questions, and inconvenient framings during early conversations, forms a view on whether they are genuinely open to changing course or are looking for endorsement of a decision already made. Used to inform the fit judgement that follows.
Trigger: Use after one or more exploratory conversations to inform your fit judgement — especially when the client seemed enthusiastic but resisted every probe.
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