What are some advanced coaching models of coaching questions?

Reframing/perspective change

Stoltzfus (2008) stated,

"A key reason people seek to work with a coach is to get perspective on their lives. So when we ask for perspective, or say we've lost perspective, what do we mean?" (p. 78).

Some examples of coaching questions that can be reframed to change a coachee's perspective include the following:

1. The perspective of balance

• "What's going on in other areas of life that is putting pressure on this area or making it more difficult for you to reach your goal?"

2. The viewpoint of others

• "Just an exercise, let's try on the perspectives of the other players. How would this look through your boss's eyes? To your team? Your customers? The media?"

3. The perspective of motives

• "What are you proactively reaching toward? What are you trying to get away from?"

4. Clarity

• "When you've been in situations like this in the past that turned out well, how did you feel in the midst of it? Did you go through it with total confidence and certainty, or did you have doubts along the way?"

(Stoltzfus, 2008, pp. 78-79)