Coaching should always result in some new awareness. Whenever I observe poor coaching, it often is peppered with questions like, “What is the best way for you to accomplish this?” Well, if I knew that, I wouldn’t need a coach!
There are lots of ways to create more awareness, but Chad Hall and I want to focus this morning on how powerful questions can spark discovery.
Neither of us works from a list of questions that we pull out of our pocket at just the right moment, but often hearing a powerful question can help a coach understand what kind of questions are better at creating awareness.
Today, Chad and I are going to look at 10 powerful questions and see why they evoke new awareness and when might be a perfect time to use such a question.
- What do you want people to say about you at your funeral?
- The Dream question
- If Jesus were to give you a new name…
- What’s the worst thing that could happen?
- What’s the best thing that could happen?
- If God could speak a word of grace to you, what would he say?
- Who could help…
- Who do you need to have a difficult conversation with?
- If you had 50% more confidence, what would you be doing that would be different?
- How are you going to celebrate success?
