37: 8 Powerful Coaching Questions to Ask Any Client Anytime

Hey coaches, I'm excited to talk to you today about eight powerful questions that you can ask your coaching clients nearly any session, any time, any client.These are powerful questions that are standard in the coaches toolbox.As you know, I am selling my house and all of the things that we are doing to get it sold. I just decided I wanted to do some mini episodes for you that don't take much time to listen to. They also won't be edited. So I'm doing this off the cuff and I hope that you find it valuable.You can see these questions written down on my website.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.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:... Read the other 4 powerful questions here.