Coaching Questions

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Terry Westblade

GOAL – What do you need to achieve?
What do you need to achieve? Tell me more about that.
If we worked together on this regularly for the next three months what would you like to have happen that is not happening now?
What would be the result of that?
How will that be of real value to you?
What will be the benefits of achieveing this goal?
What will be the costs if you don’t achieve this goal?
When you achieve this goal what will it look/feel like? Is that realistic?
Can you do that in the time available? What else?

REALITY – What is happening now?
How do you know this is accurate?
When does this happen? Be precise?
What do you already have in place that will help to increase the likelihood of you achieving this goal?
What other factors are relevant?
What is their perception of the situation?
What have you tried so far? What is working? What else? What’s within your control?
On a scale of 1-10 where 10 is ideal and 1 is the worst, where are you now?

OPTIONS – What could you do?
 What are your options for achieving this goal?
What could you do to change the situation?
What alternatives are there to that approach? What else?
What approaches have you used yourself, or seen others use in similar circumstances?
What advice would you give someone else in a similar position?
Would you like suggestions from me?
What are the benefits and pitfalls of these options?

WILL – What will you do?
What actions can you use during the coming week?
What will you do specifically?
What is the next step? 

TACTICS – How and when will you do it?
How and when will you do it? Precisely when will you take the next step?
Do you need to log the steps in your diary?
What is the next small step to progress this?

HABITS – How will you sustain your success?
How will you ensure you carry out these actions?
What might get in the way? How can you address that?
What needs to be different in you thoughts, feelings, behaviour and environment for you to carry out these actions?
What support structures are needed to maintain this? What else?
Is there something about you that needs to change in order to achieve your desired outcome?
 What different attitudes/values/beliefs will you need?