How Do I Complete Coaching Sessions as the Employee?

Last updated: August 14, 2026

Employees and managers use Ambition Sessions to track their recurring and one-off coaching conversations, shared notes and feedback, and create next steps.

This article details how employees can access and submit their coaching sessions for review.

Required permissions:

  • No special permission is required to complete a Session where you are the assigned employee.

How Will I Know if I Have a Coaching Session?

Employees will be notified whenever they're assigned a Session in Ambition, whether that's a standalone Session, Group Session, or part of a Cadence or Program.

By default, Ambition notifies an employees when a Session starts, is due, is approved, or needs additional context added. Ambition users can opt out of these notifications at any time.

View Your Coaching Sessions

  1. There are two places where you can view your coaching Sessions in Ambition:

    1. Go to Coach --> Sessions.

    2. Go to the Coaching tab on your dashboard. You'll then see your Coaching Timeline which includes Open Items and Coaching History.

  2. Click on the Session's title to be taken to that Session's page.

Complete All Required Items

  1. Once you've clicked into your Session, you'll see a list of Agenda Items. These are questions your manager has created to guide the coaching conversations.

  2. Add replies for all questions in the textbox that says Add your answer.

    1. Required items will include "required" at the end of each Agenda Item's question or title.

    2. Any Agenda Item not marked as "required" is optional, but encouraged.

  3. You can use the formatting menu at the bottom of the answer box to add text styling, such as text colors, bullet points, images, hyperlinks, and emojis.

  4. Use the Save Progress button to save your replies if you cannot complete the Session in one sitting.

Submit the Session to Your Manager for Approval

Note:

  • You can submit your Session only if it's in Answers Due status.

  • If your session has expired, use the Reopen My Session feature to request that your manager reopen the session and set a new due date.

  1. Click on Submit for Review once you've completed all required Agenda Items,

  2. This will submit the session to your manager, who must mark the session as Completed.

  3. Your session will remain in Pending Approval status until your manager approves it.