Events - Event View

DISCOVER Questions Get You Connected for High-Value Coaching

Presented by Deb Calvert

Better questions = better coaching!

Research reveals that there are 8 purposes for asking questions. Most of us routinely rely on just 4 of these purposes, but coaches who use all 8 strengthen relationships and accelerate client awareness and growth. Learn the 8 purposes in the acronym DISCOVER and how to enhance your coaching engagements by using a wider variety.

Participants will expand their repertoire of questions and learn additional purposes for asking questions that stimulate reflection, promote self-discovery, and accelerate client awareness about their own priorities, goals, perceptions, and options. During this highly interactive workshop, participants will craft and share questions. Deb will prepare a question set based on the group's contributions. This lasting tool will reinforce the training and benefit all members of the ICF Metro DC Chapter long-term.

Participants will use DISCOVER Questions to:
1) Quickly understand and facilitate self-discovery about what the client values most and why.
2) Master question types that help clients visualize or better understand their own desired outcomes and goals.
3) Evoke new ways of looking at a situation and thinking about solutions by moving beyond standardized coaching questions and formulaic responses to "meet the client where they are."