Solution Focussed Coaching: 10 Evidence-Based Coaching Practices
Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Solution Focussed Coaching, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.
Practices that may help
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Building On What Works
Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, directs attention to what already works — client strengths, past successes, and desired futures — rather than to analyzing problems. Meta-analyses report small-to-moderate positive effects across a range of presenting issues, with particular strength in behavioral problems and depression in adult populations. - Clarify the Goal with precision
Establish exactly what the person wants to achieve — not the presenting topic, but the specific, owned outcome.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical - Coach the person, not just the problem
The most important thing a manager can work on is the person’s capacity to handle future problems, not just today’s.
The Leader as Coach: A New Management Paradigm - 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 - Set the Goal — establish what the conversation is for
Begin every coaching conversation by clarifying what the person wants to achieve in this session.
The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People - 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 - 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 - 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 - Obstacle anticipation before close
Before ending, ask "what could get in the way?" and pre-plan the response.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical - Raise awareness and build responsibility simultaneously
Help the person see their situation more clearly while also connecting them to their ownership of it.
The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- When someone I’m coaching brings me a topic, we just end up circling it and venting
- I keep solving the same person’s problems over and over, slightly different each time
- 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
- My one-on-ones sprawl and end with nothing decided
- I only ever coach in the rare formal sit-down and then default to firing off answers in every quick hallway exchange
Related concerns
- Solution Focused Coaching
Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, directs attention to what already works — client strengths, past successes, and desired futures — rather than to analyzing problems. Meta-analyses report small-to-moderate positive effects across a range of presenting issues, with particular strength in behavioral problems and depression in adult populations.
- Outcome Coaching
Establish exactly what the person wants to achieve — not the presenting topic, but the specific, owned outcome.
Clarify the Goal with precision
- Purpose Of Coaching
Establish exactly what the person wants to achieve — not the presenting topic, but the specific, owned outcome.
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy Vs Coaching
Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, directs attention to what already works — client strengths, past successes, and desired futures — rather than to analyzing problems. Meta-analyses report small-to-moderate positive effects across a range of presenting issues, with particular strength in behavioral problems and depression in adult populations.
- What Is Solution Focused Coaching
Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, directs attention to what already works — client strengths, past successes, and desired futures — rather than to analyzing problems. Meta-analyses report small-to-moderate positive effects across a range of presenting issues, with particular strength in behavioral problems and depression in adult populations.
- When Should Founder Seek Coaching Vs Therapy
Brainstorm all possible paths before judging — then the coachee, not the coach, narrows them.
Generate Options before evaluating any
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