{"id":5384,"date":"2014-12-12T06:03:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T06:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=5384"},"modified":"2022-09-20T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T18:17:06","slug":"what-if-a-client-is-stuck-then-can-i-give-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/what-if-a-client-is-stuck-then-can-i-give-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"What If a Client is Stuck &#8211; Then Can I Give the Answer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-10-12-11.21.14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-10-12-11.21.14.jpg\" alt=\"What_If_a_Client_is_Stuck_Then_Can_I_Give_the_Answer?\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-10-12-11.21.14.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-10-12-11.21.14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2013-10-12-11.21.14-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>The funny thing about this question is that we are often too quick to assume that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/220\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">client is stuck<\/a> &#8211; and they are too.\u00a0 This means that as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/resources\/faqs\/is-coaching-right-for-me-take-the-quiz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coach<\/a> it is important to be ready with effective questions to help the client get unstuck them self.\u00a0 Examples of questions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you did know the answer, what is it?<\/li>\n<li>If I were in your shoes, what advice do you have for me?<\/li>\n<li>If you ask someone else (boss, mentor, friend, colleague, family member), what will they say?<\/li>\n<li>What is a really bad idea? OK, now a mediocre idea?\u00a0 OK, now a good idea?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then and only then, if the client is still stuck, does a coach ask permission to join a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-perspective-not-advice-2-of-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brainstorming<\/a> session with the client.\u00a0 The key to this is that the coach must give multiple ideas &#8211; at least three is a good guideline.\u00a0 The coach shares an idea or two then asks the client for an idea or two.\u00a0 This process continues until lots of ideas are listed.\u00a0 Next the <strong><em>client<\/em><\/strong> chooses which idea or ideas they want to use moving forward.\u00a0 (<em>A note: if the coach only gives one idea it is the same as giving advice.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The process of asking powerful questions first to help the client get unstuck and then, only if appropriate, joining in brainstorming, is coaching at it&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The funny thing about this question is that we are often too quick to assume that the client is stuck &#8211; and they are too.\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[70,77,48,45,50,75,55,81,49,80,88,102,84,115,117,78],"class_list":["post-5384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-agreement","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-code-of-ethics","tag-core-competency","tag-effective-coaching","tag-goal-setting","tag-goals","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-life-coaching-certification","tag-rapport","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384","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=5384"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11169,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384\/revisions\/11169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}