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As a leader, you often find yourselves navigating complex territory—between business outcomes, human dynamics, and the emotional terrain of leadership. One of the most clarifying and practical models I use the Three Buckets Framework, developed through years of experience with leaders.

Leadership coaching is about interweaving relations and results and about creating synergy between them. Your personal and organisational goals and challenges are the starting point of our work together.  

 

At Coachi, I support leaders in holding three key perspectives—what I call the Three Buckets:

  1. The Business Problem
    What is the measurable, tangible issue on the table? What needs being solved ? Whether it's revenue targets, strategic alignment, or stakeholder conflict, this is the leadership context. The goal: keep one foot in this bucket so your development remains anchored in real-world results.

  2. The Leader’s Contribution
    This bucket invites a bold and honest look at how you as the leader may be contributing to the issue. It’s where insight and accountability live. The focus: connectivity.

  3. The Leader’s Presence
    Perhaps the most trans-formative of the three, this bucket explores the leader’s way of being—your emotional stance, ability to self-regulate, and capacity to stay grounded in discomfort. As coach, this is my home base. The result: personal growth.

When all three buckets are balanced, the coaching conversation becomes a crucible for change. Too much in one and we lose effectiveness: we may get stuck in analysis, over-index on mindset, or chase outcomes without deep roots.

 

The simple model offers not just a structure for coaching, but a mirror for reflection—for both me as the coach and you as the 'client'.

 

Which bucket are you most comfortable in? Which one challenges you most? I’d love to hear how this model shows up in your daily work as a leader.