Coaching practices for Coaching Questions Current Situation
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Someone comes to me with "it’s a disaster, he doesn’t respect me," and I just take their version at face value and start fixing
- I think I’m asking questions, but they’re really suggestions in disguise
- When I replay my coaching conversations I’m talking way more than the other person
- We spend the whole conversation working on the problem they walked in with, and I keep sensing the thing that’s really got them stuck
- I sit down to coach someone through what happened and they’re already braced, because they know I’ve made up my mind about how they did
Practices that may help
- Explore Reality — establish an honest assessment of the current situation
Help the person see their current situation clearly and specifically, without judgment or premature solutions.
The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People - Powerful open questions at every stage
Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical - Maintain a high question-to-statement ratio throughout GROW
Ask questions far more often than you offer statements — the coachee’s thinking is the product.
The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People - Ask "What’s the real challenge here for you?"
The presenting problem is rarely the actual problem — this question cuts through to what really matters.
The Coaching Habit: Seven Questions to Be More Coach-Like - Replace performance review conversations with feedforward conversations
In coaching conversations, ask "what could you do differently?" instead of "what went wrong?"
Feedforward: Future-Focused Feedback That Actually Changes Behavior - Ask "What do you want?"
People often know what they want but haven’t said it — asking directly surfaces it and shifts from complaint to intention.
The Coaching Habit: Seven Questions to Be More Coach-Like - Obstacle anticipation before close
Before ending, ask "what could get in the way?" and pre-plan the response.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical - The Coaching Habit: Seven Questions to Be More Coach-Like
Michael Bungay Stanier’s seven questions — from "What’s on your mind?" through "What was most useful for you?" — are a practical system for coaching conversations that takes less than a minute to learn and a career to master. The framework is practitioner-derived from behavioral coaching practice; its mechanisms are grounded in autonomy support, self-determination, and the generation effect. The questions work because they shift the cognitive labor back to the person who owns the problem. - Close with "What was most useful for you?"
The closing question turns the conversation into a learning that sticks — and teaches you what is actually valuable.
The Coaching Habit: Seven Questions to Be More Coach-Like - Use GROW in brief leadership conversations, not just formal coaching sessions
Apply GROW structure to 5-minute hallway conversations and 1-on-1 check-ins — not only to hour-long coaching sessions.
The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
Related concerns
- Coaching Conversation Framework
In coaching conversations, ask "what could you do differently?" instead of "what went wrong?"
Replace performance review conversations with feedforward conversations
- Coaching Habit Closing Question
The closing question turns the conversation into a learning that sticks — and teaches you what is actually valuable.
Close with "What was most useful for you?"
- Coaching Habit Five Question
Michael Bungay Stanier’s seven questions — from "What’s on your mind?" through "What was most useful for you?" — are a practical system for coaching conversations that takes less than a minute to learn and a career to master. The framework is practitioner-derived from behavioral coaching practice; its mechanisms are grounded in autonomy support, self-determination, and the generation effect. The questions work because they shift the cognitive labor back to the person who owns the problem.
- Coaching Habit Second Question
Michael Bungay Stanier’s seven questions — from "What’s on your mind?" through "What was most useful for you?" — are a practical system for coaching conversations that takes less than a minute to learn and a career to master. The framework is practitioner-derived from behavioral coaching practice; its mechanisms are grounded in autonomy support, self-determination, and the generation effect. The questions work because they shift the cognitive labor back to the person who owns the problem.
- Coaching What Else Question
Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
Powerful open questions at every stage
- What Was Most Useful Coaching Question
The closing question turns the conversation into a learning that sticks — and teaches you what is actually valuable.
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