{"id":8551,"date":"2019-12-16T09:03:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T09:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=8551"},"modified":"2019-11-22T21:07:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T21:07:49","slug":"4-steps-to-motivate-follow-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/4-steps-to-motivate-follow-through\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Steps to Motivate Follow-through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motivating follow-through is easy when you recognize personal style in the moment<br \/>\nand then adjust effectively. \u00a0With powerful questioning and specific focus your<br \/>\nclient engages fully and is empowered to create their plan for implementing change. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8552 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-Steps-to-Motivate-Follow-through-.jpg\" alt=\"4 Steps to Motivate Follow-through \" width=\"258\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-Steps-to-Motivate-Follow-through-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-Steps-to-Motivate-Follow-through--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-Steps-to-Motivate-Follow-through--768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-Steps-to-Motivate-Follow-through--80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/4-Steps-to-Motivate-Follow-through--470x352.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/en\/training.html\">Coach training<\/a> teaches these steps in depth.\u00a0 It starts with the awareness that people think, feel, and prioritize differently, and our own personalities influence how we think, feel, and prioritize.\u00a0 It is essential to be aware of and adjust for how we and others function.<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Use a simple tool to you identify personal style in the moment:<br \/>\n\u00b7 Determine if the person is Emotion or Logic in their thinking, processing, and speaking.\u00a0 Here are a few hints: Emotion people talk about feelings, share people stories, and express compassion.\u00a0 Logic people talk about tasks, engage in planning, and focus on results.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Then determine if the person is Passive or Aggressive in the interactions and communication.\u00a0 Passive people are cautious, take time to think, and are more indecisive.\u00a0 Aggressive people are opinionated, jump right in, and are fast-paced making decisions quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Adjust to the style of the other person by matching then balancing emotion with emotion and logic with logic.\u00a0 Match and balance the slower pace of the passive person or the faster pace of an aggressive person.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Focus forward and ask for internal motivation.\u00a0 Specifically, instead of talking about the past or the problem, talk about the future, solutions, options, and what it means personally to follow-through.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Ask powerful questions to empower ownership.\u00a0 Powerful questions, coaching questions, are open-ended, short, focused on the desired result, and confident in a positive outcome.\u00a0 Powerful questions create an opportunity to explore possibilities and choose what is desired.\u00a0 With exploration and choice comes ownership.\u00a0 With ownership comes follow-through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/en\/training\/certified-professional-coach\/program-overview.html\">Coaching certification<\/a> develops the skills for effectively applying these four steps to motivate follow-through!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motivating follow-through is easy when you recognize personal style in the moment and then adjust effectively. \u00a0With powerful questioning and specific focus your client engages &hellip; 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