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Powerful Coaching Questions List: Setting The Foundation

This document provides a list of powerful coaching questions organized into categories that align with the core competencies of the International Coach Federation (ICF). The categories are: setting the foundation, creating awareness, action plan and accountability, and follow-up conversation questions. The questions within each category are designed to help coaches establish goals, explore perspectives, create action plans, and follow up on progress.

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Powerful Coaching Questions List: Setting The Foundation

This document provides a list of powerful coaching questions organized into categories that align with the core competencies of the International Coach Federation (ICF). The categories are: setting the foundation, creating awareness, action plan and accountability, and follow-up conversation questions. The questions within each category are designed to help coaches establish goals, explore perspectives, create action plans, and follow up on progress.

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Powerful Coaching Questions List


This list includes questions that incorporate the International Coach Federation (ICF) core competencies.

Setting the Foundation


ICF Competencies:
• Establish the coaching agreement
• Establish trust and a safe environment
• Create coaching presence- be mentally present and engaged

Questions:

• What would you like to focus on for our conversation?


• What do you hope to achieve in our time together today?
• What would you like to take away from our conversation?
• What do you need to accomplish from our discussion?
• Based on the priorities of your team, what would you like to focus on
today?
• Based on the amount of time we have together today, what would be your
ideal outcome from our conversation?
• How can our session today help you with the current challenges you are
facing?
• What is your desired outcome or goal?
• How will you know ifyou have achieved your goal?
• How will you measure success?

Sources:
Hicks, RF (2014). Coachingasaleadershipstyle:Theartandscienceofcoachingconversations
forhealthcare. New York, NY: Routledge.

InternationalCoachFederation.(ND).CoreCompetencies.Retrievedfrom http://
coachfederation.org/credential/landing.cfm?ItemNumber=2206
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Creating Awareness
ICF Competencies:
• Listen actively • Ask
powerful questions • Communicate
directly
• Create Awareness

Questions:

• What's important to you about that outcome or result?


• What have you tried so far?
• Tell me more.
• What will change if you achieve this goal?
• What's worked for you in the past?
• When have you been successful in a similar situation in the past?
• What did you do to make it successful?
• What strengths can you utilize in making this change?
• What's the current situation?
• What is in your control?
• What can you learn from this situation?
• If you could start over again, what would you do differently?

• What's the cost of not taking action?


• What's the benefit of taking action?
• What barriers stand in your way?
• What's getting in the way of your progress?
• What's your biggest obstacle to achieving this goal?
• What else?
• Imagine you had no barriers, what would that look like?
• What changes are needed to move forward?
• What specific events led you to that conclusion?
• Think of someone you respect. How would she/he handle this
situation?
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Action Plan and Accountability


ICF Competencies:
• Design actions •
Plan and set goals
• Manage progress and accountability

Questions:

• Based on what we have been discussing, what are your next steps towards
achieving your goal?

• What are the possible outcomes?

• What are your options moving forward?

• What haven't you considered that might have an impact?

• If you had all the resources you needed, what action would you take?

• What is your plan?

• What actions will you take? By when?

• What information do you need to move forward?

• What is a first step you can take?


• How will you know that you've succeeded?
• What resources do you need?
• How can I support you with your plan?
• Who do you have to support you?
• How will you hold yourself accountable?
• What can you try?

Follow-Up Conversation Questions


• How is your plan going? What's working?
• What have you learned so far?
• What are the obstacles in your way?

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