Excellent questions for coaching team members

Questions via: The Leaders Cheat Code by Rachel Pacheco

I categorized them based on how I'd user them.

Understanding the situation

• What led to this situation?
• What does your gut tell you about the situation?
• Where is the urgency coming from?
• How do you feel about the situation?
• What’s not yet clear about what’s going on? How could you get clarity?
• What’s the challenge here? What do you find most challenging?
• If you could wave a magic wand, what would the situation look like?
• How do you explain this situation to yourself? To a friend?
• What concerns you most about the situation?
• What do you fear about the situation?

Assessing options

• What’s exciting about this option?
• What would that outcome look like?
• What other options have you not explored?
• What’s another possible way to address this?
• What is preventing you from taking action?

Determining Outcome

• What do you want out of this situation?
• What’s the ideal outcome?
• What’s the next best possible outcome?
• What’s at risk if you don’t take action?
• What’s at risk if you do take action?
• What does no action look like?
• What information or support do you need to decide?

Attempts

• What have you tried so far?
• What will you start doing tomorrow?

Reflection

• What would you do differently if you could have a do-over?
• What have you learned about yourself through this situation?
• What will you do differently in the future when a similar situation arises?

Misc

• What else is there for you?