Coaching practices for Question Based Coaching
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- I think I’m asking questions, but they’re really suggestions in disguise
- Someone brings me a problem and I grab their very first sentence and start solving it
- 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
- When I replay my coaching conversations I’m talking way more than the other person
- My conversations just sort of trail off when the time runs out, and people leave with a polite thanks
Practices that may help
- 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 - 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. - Ask "And what else?"
The first answer is rarely the most important one — "And what else?" pulls out the one that actually matters.
The Coaching Habit: Seven Questions to Be More Coach-Like - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Open with "What’s on your mind?"
The best opening question is also the most open — it invites exactly what the person most needs to talk about.
The Coaching Habit: Seven Questions to Be More Coach-Like - Stay curious one beat longer before advising
Resist the urge to give the answer for one more question — ask what they think first.
The Leader as Coach: A New Management Paradigm - Generate Options before evaluating any
Brainstorm all possible paths before judging — then the coachee, not the coach, narrows them.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
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Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
Powerful open questions at every stage
- Coaching Habit Seven Questions
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.
- Powerful Coaching Questions
Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
- The Coaching Habit Seven Questions To Be More Coach Like As A Parent
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.
- The Coaching Habit Seven Questions To Be More Coach Like At Work
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.
- The Coaching Habit Seven Questions To Be More Coach Like During Conflict
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.
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