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The Power of Listening in Problem Solving

The Power of Listening in Problem Solving

The power of listening was demonstrated to me recently as a friend of mine related a conversation he’d overhead at a coffee shop between a father and daughter seated at...

The Power of Listening in Problem Solving

The power of listening was demonstrated to me recently as a friend of mine related a conversation he’d overhead at a coffee shop between a father and daughter seated at...

Problem Solving the Coaching Way

Problem Solving the Coaching Way

Problem solving the coaching way means asking questions that help the coachee come up with solutions instead of merely making suggestions. Here are some tips for helping your coachees with...

Problem Solving the Coaching Way

Problem solving the coaching way means asking questions that help the coachee come up with solutions instead of merely making suggestions. Here are some tips for helping your coachees with...

Coaching Questions for Changing Perspective

Coaching Questions for Changing Perspective

Looking at a situation from many different angles is an important coaching skill. Examining different viewpoints through coaching questions (What in the past led up to this? What do others...

Coaching Questions for Changing Perspective

Looking at a situation from many different angles is an important coaching skill. Examining different viewpoints through coaching questions (What in the past led up to this? What do others...

Coaching Questions Start Significant Conversations

Coaching Questions Start Significant Conversations

Coaching questions can be a great way of starting significant conversations: taking everyday conversations from surface to significance. Instead of asking, “How are you?” or “What’s new with you these...

Coaching Questions Start Significant Conversations

Coaching questions can be a great way of starting significant conversations: taking everyday conversations from surface to significance. Instead of asking, “How are you?” or “What’s new with you these...

The Discipline of Asking

The Discipline of Asking

The discipline of asking questions is one of the keys for a coach. Asking questions instead of dispensing answers is a tangible way of honoring a person’s capacity to run...

The Discipline of Asking

The discipline of asking questions is one of the keys for a coach. Asking questions instead of dispensing answers is a tangible way of honoring a person’s capacity to run...

Coaching Tool: Direct Questions

Coaching Tool: Direct Questions

Coaching is not only about asking probing questions that are broad and indirect. Coaches also challenge clients to live up to their values, ask for steps to be chosen and...

Coaching Tool: Direct Questions

Coaching is not only about asking probing questions that are broad and indirect. Coaches also challenge clients to live up to their values, ask for steps to be chosen and...