As a professional coach, have you ever heard people say: “I would love to be a coach but I don’t think I would have the right questions to ask a client”. It seems that it’s a shame that such a limiting belief can potentially hold great coaches back so… Armed with this knowledge and determined to help those who have a desire to help others, here are a set of top 10 coaching questions:
1. What will be the impact if things stayed the same?
2. How will you know…?
3. What do you mean when you say [X] ? i.e.: What do you mean when you say ‘success’?
4. What practical actions do you want to take over the next 7 days?
5. What else?
6. How important is this to you?
7. What if you could wave a magic wand – what would you do?
8. Where will this lead?
9. What would your best friend tell you to do?
10. What have you done before that has helped with this issue?
Coaching is all about asking the right questions, so explore and experiment withthe top 10 and make them your own. You will soon see the veil of uncertainty lift and your confidence grow until you suddenly realise that you are no longer reading a script and have the right question for the right person, at the right time.
Please feel free to share your favourite questions, and together we can conquer these limiting beliefs.
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