{"id":3538,"date":"2012-08-24T06:03:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T06:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2022-09-18T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T14:32:47","slug":"coaching-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDo you think you should\u2026?\u201d isn\u2019t really a question, it is expressing an opinion.\u00a0 The way questions are asked determines the flow of the conversation.\u00a0 Sometimes a coach asks questions so that the conversation stays on track.\u00a0 Sometimes coaches ask questions that limit thinking.\u00a0 Formulating effective questions is a skill that requires consistent practice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coaching.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coaching<\/a> questions are clarifying, probing, advice-free, and open-ended.\u00a0 Tips for formulating questions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>KISS: Keep It Short and Simple<\/li>\n<li>Ask questions that focus forward<\/li>\n<li>Ask questions that are open to possibilities<\/li>\n<li>If the client is logical, ask thinking questions<\/li>\n<li>If the client relies on their gut instincts, ask feeling questions<\/li>\n<li>The answer often leads to the next question<\/li>\n<li>Use \u2018What\u2019 or \u2018How\u2019 questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is an example without and then with these tips for powerful questioning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Without: Do you think it is better for you to discuss this with your manager or should you go to HR?<\/li>\n<li>With: What are your options for addressing it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the first example, two possibilities are given and the focus is limited to considering only those two options.\u00a0 In the second example, the client will consider more ways of addressing it and more people with whom to discuss it, and then choose what makes the most sense for them.<\/p>\n<p>In coaching, the client is their own best expert.\u00a0 For the coach to effectively partner with the client, learning powerful questioning is essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDo you think you should\u2026?\u201d isn\u2019t really a question, it is expressing an opinion.\u00a0 The way questions are asked determines the flow of the conversation.\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,40],"tags":[70,52,59,91,69,48,85,45,50,54,86,55,81,88,51,89,103,57,87,79],"class_list":["post-3538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-build","tag-business-2","tag-business-coach","tag-business-development","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-business","tag-coaching-certification","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-effective-coaching","tag-excellence","tag-executive-coach","tag-opportunities","tag-part-or-full-time-coaching-business","tag-professional-coach","tag-skills","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538","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=3538"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10819,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions\/10819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}