If your day is packed, maximize brief encounters. Turn short interactions into dynamic coaching moments. Use three questions to ignite action.
A Three Question Coaching Pattern:
#1. What’s your biggest opportunity or challenge today?
Ask about the present. Explore the world as it is. They’re ahead, behind, or on target. Maybe frustration prevails. Perhaps the team is thriving.
Coaches deal with realities.
Tip: Solving problems for others creates dependence. Coach people to find their own solutions.
#2. What do you want to happen?
Coaching is forward-facing and action oriented. The past never changes. The future is created today.
Turn conversations toward behaviors. “I want to build a team that thrives,” is a beginning, but there are no actions. How do teams that flourish treat each other? What do they do during meetings?
Always work with the person in front of you. When they want something to happen, they need to work to make it happen. They might want to change other people.
Suppose you ask, “What do you want to happen?” And they talk about a co-worker. Focus on actions they can take to resolve issues with others. Trying to control others frustrates everyone.
#3. What will you do today?
Identify two or three possible behaviors that will help them get what they want. Choose one behavior they can do today.
Suppose your team member wants to earn a promotion (see question #2). What’s one thing they can do today that contributes to future opportunities?
End with accountability. Let’s meet briefly next Wednesday to follow up.
Which of the three questions would most improve your short conversations?
What question that ignites action can you add?
https://rework.withgoogle.com/en/guides/managers-coach-managers-to-coach#introduction
—
Previously Published on leadershipfreak with Creative Commons License
***
Does dating ever feel challenging, awkward or frustrating?
Turn Your Dating Life into a WOW! with our new classes and live coaching.
Click here for more info or to buy with special launch pricing!
***
On Substack? Follow us there for more great dating and relationships content.
Join The Good Men Project as a Premium Member today.
All Premium Members get to view The Good Men Project with NO ADS. A $50 annual membership gives you an all access pass. You can be a part of every call, group, class and community. A $25 annual membership gives you access to one class, one Social Interest group and our online communities. A $12 annual membership gives you access to our Friday calls with the publisher, our online community.
Register New Account
Need more info? A complete list of benefits is here.—
Photo credit: unsplash
