Coaching practices for Why Do Some People Swear by Ai Coaching and Others Hate it
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- The people I coach leave fired up with a plan, but the first ordinary snag throws them and the whole thing quietly dies
- I practice on my own and only ever find out afterward that the whole thing was wrong, with no idea where I went off the rails
- When I coach people, almost everything out of my mouth is about their body
- The people I’m training just go through the reps I dictate, checked-out and joyless, and I dictate every detail because I assume that’s my job
- When I replay my coaching conversations I’m talking way more than the other person
Practices that may help
- Obstacle anticipation before close
Before ending, ask "what could get in the way?" and pre-plan the response.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical - Coached practice with targeted feedback
Attempt the task yourself while a coach observes and provides immediate, specific feedback on process.
Cognitive Apprenticeship: Learning by Making Thinking Visible - Rewrite internal-focus coaching cues as external-focus equivalents
Audit your coaching language and convert body-focused instructions to effect-focused ones.
External Focus of Attention, Made Practical - Give performers choice within practice to support autonomy
Offer self-directed options in practice — which drill, how many reps, which cue — to enhance intrinsic motivation and learning.
External Focus of Attention, 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 - Hire people who share the Why, not just the skills
Skills can be learned; shared belief cannot — filtering for Why-alignment at hiring is the highest-leverage culture move.
Start With Why: Leading Through Purpose - 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 - 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 - Find a truth-seeking group that argues with you
Surround yourself with people whose job in the relationship is to challenge your reasoning, not validate it.
Thinking in Bets - 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
Related concerns
- Approach Motivation Coaching
Establish exactly what the person wants to achieve — not the presenting topic, but the specific, owned outcome.
Clarify the Goal with precision
- Coaching Question Techniques
Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
Powerful open questions at every stage
- Elaboration Probe Coaching
Elaborative interrogation is the study technique of repeatedly asking "why is this true?" about a fact and answering in your own words, instead of just reading it. Controlled studies find it reliably improves retention of factual material, because forcing yourself to explain a fact connects it to what you already know and gives memory more ways to find it again.
- How To Know If Ai Coaching Is Right For You
Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
- Skepticism About Ai Coaching Legitimate Concerns
Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
- What Are You Saying No To Coaching
Every yes is a yes-at-the-expense-of-something — making the trade-off explicit is the most useful thing a coach can do.
Ask "If you’re saying yes to this, what are you saying no to?"
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