{"id":5279,"date":"2014-10-27T06:03:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T06:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=5279"},"modified":"2022-09-19T18:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:46:03","slug":"coaching-challenges-and-solutions-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-challenges-and-solutions-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Challenges and Solutions 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/coaching-challenges-and-solutions-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/coaching-challenges-and-solutions-7.jpg\" alt=\"Coaching Challenges and Solutions 7\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/coaching-challenges-and-solutions-7.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/coaching-challenges-and-solutions-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/coaching-challenges-and-solutions-7-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>What if the client fails to follow through?<\/p>\n<p>When a client fails to follow through, the first step is to ask what held them back.\u00a0 If outside events, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-on-prioritization\/\">competing priorities<\/a>, or changes occurred, then the coaching conversation may be as simple as reevaluating the goal and the plan.\u00a0 If the client chose not to take the action, ask about their thinking and ideas.\u00a0 Sometimes it was because the action was not their idea.\u00a0 Alternatively it may because they are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/glassheel\/2013\/04\/23\/5-ways-to-conquer-your-fear-of-failure\/\">afraid of failure or of success<\/a>.\u00a0 In other cases they changed their mind.\u00a0 The coaching conversation then focuses on what they do want and how they want to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Foundational Information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The client chooses the focus and the plan.<\/li>\n<li>The coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/case-study-starting-the-process\/\">supports the client as a whole, capable person<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How are you doing with your action steps?<\/li>\n<li>What has helped?<\/li>\n<li>What has held you back?<\/li>\n<li>How do you want to move forward now?<\/li>\n<li>What are the obstacles?<\/li>\n<li>How will you move past the obstacles?<\/li>\n<li>What is your best possible scenario?<\/li>\n<li>What is your worst possible scenario?<\/li>\n<li>What is most likely?<\/li>\n<li>What happens if you do nothing?<\/li>\n<li>What do you want to have happen?<\/li>\n<li>What are your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/resources-support-opportunities\/\">resources<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>What is your strategy?<\/li>\n<li>What are your action steps now?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Coaching is a process to empower clients so they make meaningful change.\u00a0 If a client chooses not to change, that is their choice.\u00a0 It is the coach&#8217;s responsibility to explore whether coaching is beneficial and whether they are the right coach.\u00a0 If a client does want change then it is the coach&#8217;s responsibility to support that through the coaching process if it benefits them, or by helping them find the right coach or other professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if the client fails to follow through? 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