FAST Facets
Before you take the next step, start with FAST
Each scenario includes:
A filled FAST Snapshot
One targeted coaching question per facet
One Next FAST Question (the pivot that moves the work forward)
Statement 1: The Presentation Tomorrow
FAST Snapshot
Feeling: anxiety, pressure, fear of judgment
Acting: over-editing, rewriting, perfection looping
Seeing: audience as blank, disengaged, evaluative
Thinking: “It has to be right or it fails”
FAST Questions
F: “What are you noticing in your body as you keep rewriting the opening?”
A: “What is the rewriting actually helping you avoid right now?”
S: “What are you imagining those ‘blank faces’ mean about you?”
T: “What does ‘getting it right’ mean in your mind?”
Next FAST Question
“If the opening didn’t need to be perfect, what would be good enough to start?”
Statement 2: The Team Meeting
FAST Snapshot
Feeling: tension, defensiveness, anxiety
Acting: withdrawal, silence, bracing
Seeing: meeting as unsafe or high-risk
Thinking: “It’s better to stay quiet than risk it”
FAST Questions
F: “When your chest tightens, what does that signal to you?”
A: “What does staying quiet protect you from in that moment?”
S: “How are you interpreting the room when you start bracing?”
T: “What are you telling yourself about what could happen if you speak?”
Next FAST Question
“What would participating look like if it didn’t require you to feel fully comfortable first?”
Statement 3: The Feedback Conversation
FAST Snapshot
Feeling: concern, hesitation, fear of damaging relationship
Acting: over-softening, diluting message
Seeing: employee as fragile / easily shut down
Thinking: “Directness = losing him”
FAST Questions
F: “What feeling comes up right when you consider being direct?”
A: “How does softening the message change the outcome?”
S: “What are you picturing will happen if you’re fully direct?”
T: “What belief are you holding about how he handles feedback?”
Next FAST Question
“What might honest and clear feedback look like without assuming his reaction?”
Statement 4: The Promotion Decision
FAST Snapshot
Feeling: fear, nausea, overwhelm
Acting: likely avoidance or hesitation (implied)
Seeing: self in role → threat, exposure
Thinking: “This might be too much / I can’t handle it”
FAST Questions
F: “What does that physical drop in your stomach feel like it’s warning you about?”
A: “What do you notice yourself doing when that feeling shows up?”
S: “When you picture yourself in that office, what specifically looks off or wrong?”
T: “What are you making this promotion mean about you?”
Next FAST Question
“What part of this opportunity feels like a stretch—and what part feels like a threat?”
Statement 5: The Sunday Night Dread
FAST Snapshot
Feeling: heaviness, dread, anticipatory stress
Acting: avoidance (scrolling), delaying sleep
Seeing: Monday as overwhelming / already lost
Thinking: “I’m already behind before I start”
FAST Questions
F: “When that heaviness shows up, where do you feel it most?”
A: “What does scrolling give you in that moment?”
S: “How are you picturing Monday before it even begins?”
T: “What are you telling yourself about how Monday is going to go?”
Next FAST Question
“What’s one small way you could change the start of Sunday night, not fix Monday?”
🔹 Statement 6: The New Role
FAST Snapshot
Feeling: insecurity, fear of exposure (imposter pattern)
Acting: hyper-vigilance, possibly over-preparing or holding back
Seeing: future moment of failure → judgment → identity shift
Thinking: “They’ll find out I don’t belong”
FAST Questions
F: “What feeling shows up when you imagine that moment of silence?”
A: “How are you currently preparing for or avoiding that scenario?”
S: “What do you see happening in that room after the silence?”
T: “What are you making that moment mean about your capability?”
👉 Next FAST Question
“If that moment did happen, how would you want to respond in a way that still reflects who you are as a leader?”
🔻 Quick Synthesis (so you can teach this)
Across all six, notice the pattern:
FAST questions surface the loop
The Next FAST Question shifts agency
None of them “solve”—they create movement
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