Powerful Questions

Posted on September 02, 2015 by Michael Hochberg, One of Thousands of Relationship Coaches on Noomii.

Powerful Questions

Powerful questions need to come from outside of ourselves.
Questions are at the heart of coaching.
Powerful questions are crucial in coaching.
We are not usually trained to ask questions.
Questions make us leave our comfort zone.
When you ask a question in coaching ,the answer is for the client.
It is not useful to ask questions to understand. It is to help the client to discover more.
The question is asked for the client to have a breakthrough.

When you are asking powerful questions ,they will be questions supported by trust in yourself and the process and that the client knows the answer.
It is all about having an answer that serves the client better and he knows what serves him.
You must trust yourself and not doubt the question.
You only know if it is powerful after you ask the question.

If one question does not work you can ask another.
Listen and stay with the client.
The client knows what is best for them.
You must be present and be mindful and in a place of curiosity.
You don’t know the answer – You should ask from the perspective of someone who does not know the answer- We will learn new things from the client.

We must listen with all your senses.
We must listen for the non verbal.
We must have a structure that when we ask a question we use the structure and we ask a powerful question.
The questions must be open ended.
You should have pacing-You should direct it to the words the client is using.
The questions should be related to focus the client on there goals.
You should ask for specifics.
You should focus on the being not the doing.How are they feeling? What does it mean?
Make it short,one question at a time.
When we listen with all our senses , then the intuition comes in.
We should be curious at all times.
We should ask positive questions.
The questions should focus on the future and the next step. Generate new options.
The questions should start with a what or a how not a why.
Why questions will make the client defensive.
You can ask,Which way is it an obstacle for you?
Who do you want to become?
Where are you in all this?
Where are you respecting yourself?
How can you use this in a way that benefits you?
What is important for you?
The #1 question?- What is the best question you would ask yourself at this moment?