What are the three performance counseling stages? what is the right sequence?

Hi all, What are the three performance counseling stages?
as somewhere I have read it is 1) rapport building 2) exploration 3) action planning.
and somewhere i hav read as 1) action planning, 2) rapport building & 3) exploration.
plz clarify me on this as to what is the right sequence.

Dear Friend
Need not necessarily for performance counselling but this is applicable to any counselling
Stage 1
Rapport building. Without the first stage you can not move to the next stage
Stage 2
Exploration Exploring the issues involved alongwith the person
Stage 3.
Action Planning
I think a few more steps are involved and the freshers can throw more light on the theory.
But the sequence is rapport, Explore and then action plan
Siva