Practical HPM Coaching Toolkit

Human Potential Modeling – Tools for Deep and Sustainable Development

How to Use This Toolkit

This toolkit can be used:

• in one-to-one coaching,

• in executive coaching,

• in team or leadership development,

• as a diagnostic + intervention framework.

You can apply it:

• sequentially (full HPM journey), or

• selectively (focus on one dimension at a time).

Each section includes:

• Purpose

• Key coaching questions

• Practical exercises

• Coach observation focus

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TOOL 1 – Identity & Role Mapping

(Who am I in this role?)

Purpose

To clarify identity, role boundaries, and internal expectations that influence behavior and decision-making.

Coaching Questions

• Who am I being in this role, not just what am I doing?

• Which expectations come from me, and which come from others?

• Where do I feel legitimate, and where do I feel I am “pretending”?

• Which roles conflict with each other?

Exercise: Identity Map

Ask the client to write:

• Current roles (professional and personal)

• Key values linked to each role

• Areas of tension or overlap

Then explore:

• Which role dominates decisions?

• Which role is neglected?

Coach Observation Focus

• Language of obligation (“I must”, “I should”)

• Signs of role confusion or over-identification

• Emotional charge linked to specific roles

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TOOL 2 – Emotional & Energy Awareness Scan

(What is my internal energy doing?)

Purpose

To increase emotional literacy and regulate energy instead of suppressing it.

Coaching Questions

• What emotion is most present at work right now?

• Where do you feel it physically?

• What does this emotion want to protect or signal?

• How does this emotion affect your decisions?

Exercise: Emotional Energy Log (1 week)

Client notes daily:

• Situation

• Emotion felt

• Energy level (low–medium–high)

• Behavioral outcome

Reflection in session:

• Which emotions drain energy?

• Which emotions activate clarity and action?

Coach Observation Focus

• Avoidance of emotional language

• Emotional incongruence (words vs body)

• Chronic emotional patterns (e.g., tension, frustration)

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TOOL 3 – Cognitive Model Deconstruction

(How am I interpreting reality?)

Purpose

To identify limiting beliefs and mental shortcuts that shape behavior.

Coaching Questions

• What are you assuming is “obvious” in this situation?

• What must be true for this belief to make sense?

• When has this belief helped you? When has it limited you?

• What alternative explanation could exist?

Exercise: Belief Reframing

Write:

• “I believe that…”

• “This belief leads me to act by…”

• “A more functional belief could be…”

Test new belief in real situations.

Coach Observation Focus

• Absolutist language (“always”, “never”)

• Fear-based assumptions

• Unchallenged narratives about self or others

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TOOL 4 – Communication & Relationship Diagnostic

(How am I co-creating relationships?)

Purpose

To improve clarity, assertiveness, and relational effectiveness.

Coaching Questions

• What message do you think you are sending?

• What message is likely being received?

• What are you not saying?

• How do you handle disagreement?

Exercise: Conversation Replay

Client describes a recent difficult conversation:

• What was said

• What was felt

• What was avoided

Coach explores:

• Missed communication choices

• Alternative assertive responses

Coach Observation Focus

• Passive or aggressive communication patterns

• Fear of conflict

• Lack of feedback culture

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TOOL 5 – Strategic Action Design

(What will I do differently, concretely?)

Purpose

To translate insight into aligned and sustainable action.

Coaching Questions

• What small action would signal real change?

• How does this action align with your identity?

• What resistance might appear?

• How will you know it is working?

Exercise: Micro-Action Planning

Define:

• One behavioral change

• One context

• One metric (observable, not emotional)

Review after real-world application.

Coach Observation Focus

• Overly ambitious plans

• Action disconnected from values

• Avoidance disguised as planning

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TOOL 6 – Meaning & Purpose Alignment

(Why does this matter?)

Purpose

To reconnect action with meaning and long-term direction.

Coaching Questions

• What makes this goal worth the effort?

• Who benefits from your growth?

• What kind of professional do you want to become?

• What would “success with meaning” look like?

Exercise: Purpose Statement (Draft)

Client writes:

“What I want to contribute through my work is…”

Refine over multiple sessions.

Coach Observation Focus

• Signs of burnout or cynicism

• External motivation dominance

• Loss of long-term vision

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INTEGRATION TOOL – HPM System Review

Purpose

To ensure coherence across all dimensions.

Ask the client:

• Where am I aligned?

• Where am I fragmented?

• Which dimension needs attention now?

Use this tool:

• at the start of a coaching journey

• at mid-point review

• at closure

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Final Notes for Coaches

HPM coaching is not about:

• fixing people,

• pushing performance,

• or forcing change.

It is about modeling human potential by working on the structures that generate behavior.

Depth, presence, and systemic awareness are more important than speed.

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Foundational Reference

Trevisani, Daniele (2009). Human Potential. Coaching and Training Methods for Performance Development. Milan: FrancoAngeli.
Foundational work of the HPM – Human Potential Modeling Method.

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