Questioning skills – Questions to Expand Your Perspective

The expression “it is important to broaden one’s horizons” is used frequently in everyday life. Paradoxically, this may be a confirmation that the client is not doing so well. In coaching, the professional coach asks questions that broaden the perspective of the client so that he or she can move from “not being able to do it” to “feeling that you are able to do it”.

The content consists of the following four types of questions

Point of View to Emotions.

(Sample question.)
How does it feel to do it?
You said that you thought you could do it, but it is not progressing as you imagined it would.

Take a leap of faith.

(Sample question.)
I feel that your experience has created your current self-awareness. Your words often give me the feeling that if you challenge yourself without dwelling on the past, you can do it. So why don’t we dare to double our goals?

Return the question to its starting point.

(Sample question)
You have talked a lot about what you want to become. Why don’t you reconfirm the goal you strongly expressed at the beginning, the goal you want to achieve through the session?

Take a holistic viewpoint.

(Sample question)
You have talked about your concerns about work, but the term “work in life” has been attracting a lot of attention. What are your concerns when you look at your life as a whole, not just your work?


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