{"id":10306,"date":"2023-02-27T09:02:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T09:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=10306"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:52:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:52:49","slug":"5-questions-for-coaching-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/5-questions-for-coaching-up\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Questions for Coaching Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People skills, communication skills, managing challenges, goal setting, and developing strategies are valuable for all of us at work, at home, and in many other interactions.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coach training<\/a> supports developing these skills and the assignments during certification include practicing with these skills in everyday conversations.\u00a0 In addition to coaching skills being an essential competency for leaders, coaching skills serve individuals at all levels.\u00a0 One significant benefit is the opportunity to coach up instead of managing up. <figure id=\"attachment_11263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11263\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/27-Feb-5-Questions-for-Coaching-Up-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"Light colored woman sitting across from oriental woman at a desk with laptops in discussion, dark colored woman standing between them listening with her hand on a wall next to a window.\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/27-Feb-5-Questions-for-Coaching-Up-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/27-Feb-5-Questions-for-Coaching-Up-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/27-Feb-5-Questions-for-Coaching-Up-108x60.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/27-Feb-5-Questions-for-Coaching-Up.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5 Questions for Coaching Up<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To use coaching skills in a conversation with your supervisor or manager, consider these questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently I am tasked with \u2026 <em>(insert list here)<\/em>. Please tell me your priorities to ensure I am meeting your expectations.\u00a0 Which do you want completed in which order?<\/li>\n<li>What options do I have for delegating or additional support to meet deadlines?<\/li>\n<li>How do you recommend that I prioritize my work to ensure a more consistent work\/life balance?<\/li>\n<li>A member of my team is under-performing.I have presented them with the facts and indicated they are at risk.\u00a0 I want your support.\u00a0 How do you want it handled?<\/li>\n<li>Currently my work (or development goals) are\u2026 <em>(insert list here)<\/em>. My action plan is <em>(insert plan here)<\/em>.\u00a0 My progress is <em>(insert highlights here)<\/em>.\u00a0 What thoughts or recommendations do you have?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The value in these questions is that you demonstrate confidence and capability while inviting their input respectfully.\u00a0 These questions are a starting point.\u00a0 As we recommend it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training\/certified-professional-coach\/program-overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching certification<\/a> classes, keep brainstorming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People skills, communication skills, managing challenges, goal setting, and developing strategies are valuable for all of us at work, at home, and in many other &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[470,471,16,40],"tags":[2112,416,748,50,2113,519,79,342],"class_list":["post-10306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-resources","category-coaching-skills","category-coaching-stories","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-5-questions-for-coaching-up","tag-certification","tag-challenges","tag-coaching","tag-goal-settings","tag-managing","tag-skills","tag-support","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10306"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11266,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10306\/revisions\/11266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}