Powerful Questions
By Nancy Zwiers
I love the new chapter in my career—executive coaching. I had always loved mentoring—giving advice to help people meet the challenges and opportunities in their careers. I assumed that coaching was basically the same thing. However, during my certification process, I learned that there is an important distinction between mentoring and coaching.
Coaching is not about giving advice. It is about asking powerful questions.
What makes for a powerful question?
Let’s take a look at 30 examples of powerful questions that you can use with yourself or your people…
Happy Questioning!
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