176: 8 Powerful Coaching Questions to Ask Any Client Anytime - Listener's Choice
Don't you just love having ready made questions you can ask your clients that are so powerful they will send your client into self reflection? Me too. Find the full transcript at prosperouscoach.com/176 .The right question can really help anyone zoom past obstacles and into a power zone of awareness and action on their own behalf. That's why questions are so valuable to coaches and in coaching session.So the first question that you can ask that of course really unlocks a lot for your clients:What do you want?Well, sometimes people have a hard time answering this question, but with probing questions beneath it, you might be able to get them to it. The second question is:What's holding you back?As human beings, we do generally have a sense of this. We might be in denial about it, but we generally do know what we're doing that's either sabotaging ourselves or what we're thinking, what we're feeling that is lingering too long for us to be able to transform.So what's holding you back? That question will cause your coaching client to go inside and really look at the truth with a capital T. The third question is:What is it costing you to continue holding back? I don't know if we normally as human beings think about what the costs are of our actions, of our thoughts, of our habits, but to ask someone that causes them to look at themselves from a place of self responsibility.The fourth question is:How could you show up differently? Presumably you're talking to them about a circumstance or a situation and this question allows them to wonder, Oh, I'm at choice here. How could I show up differently? I remember this one time where I was going to be speaking in public at a pretty big event for coaches and I was just so nervous. I called my husband for support and he has asked me: How do you want to show up, Rhonda?I paused and I thought about it. Well, I want to show up standing in my power, believing in myself and being open and vulnerable to my audience as well as delivering something that is actually valuable to them.Those four answers just grounded me. They made me feel good again, made me feel ready again. And I realized that it was okay to be vulnerable with my audience. It's okay that I was nervous and I didn't have to try to obliterate that nervousness before getting on stage.The fifth question is:What is a new perspective that you could adopt right now?Oftentimes when our coaching clients are telling us how they feel or what they think about something, it might be a gripe. It might be the raw feeling and there's nothing wrong with that.As a matter of fact, I invite my clients to share their raw feelings.You can respond to that raw stuff with the question: What's a new perspective you could adopt right now about that?You're inviting them to pick themselves up out of the situation and get a 30,000 foot view. Look at it from the other person's point of view. Or from their highest self point of view. Rhonda Hess helps new coaches leverage their zone of genius into a profitable coaching niche and launch with confidence. For VIP step-by-step support apply for Rhonda's VIP Coaching Business Breakthrough Program here and she'll be in touch to invite you a discovery call. Or if you're stuck on your coaching niche, grab a Nail Your Niche Strategy Session with Rhonda here.