{"id":9788,"date":"2022-09-05T09:03:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=9788"},"modified":"2023-04-06T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T18:22:32","slug":"how-coaching-skills-expand-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/how-coaching-skills-expand-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"How Coaching Skills Expand Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How Coaching Skills Expand Thinking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is easy to get caught up in our own thinking.\u00a0 It is also easy to buy in to what someone is telling us.\u00a0 This ease may also limit thinking and awareness.\u00a0 Trained coaches learn skills and techniques that open and expand thinking which in turn creates awareness.<\/p>\n

Specifically, with practice coaches learn to ask short and simple questions that are open-ended and forward focused.\u00a0 Coaches also learn to ask in a way that demonstrates confidence in the client.\u00a0 For example, asking \u201cWhat do you think you might want to try?\u201d conveys a lack of conviction that the client will do something.\u00a0 A trained coach learns to ask \u201cWhat will you do?\u201d instead.\u00a0 Asking \u201cWhat would you like to see happen?\u201d is doubtful it will happen.\u00a0 Asking \u201cWhat do you want to see happen?\u201d starts to create the possibility and belief in it happening.\u00a0 The question \u201cAnything else?\u201d is likely to get a \u201cno\u201d answer.\u00a0 The question \u201cWhat else?\u201d invites more thinking and possibilities.<\/p>\n

Similarly, trained coaches will ask for different perspectives.\u00a0 They will start with exploring the client\u2019s perspective and then expand on that by asking the client how others may perceive it.<\/p>\n

A trained coach<\/a> partners with the client to recognize different perspectives and consider how that plays into their own strategies and planning.\u00a0 Coaching<\/a> skills expand thinking because of the questions and exploration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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