Sample Coaching Questions

Good coaches give good advice. Great coaches ask great questions. Here's a list to get you thinking about questions you could be asking to help your coachees think through their issues and come up with their own way forward.

  • What worked well? What are you proudest of? 
  • What didn’t work so well?  
  • How do you think that could have gone better? 
  • What would you like to happen instead?
  • How will you do it differently next time? 
  • What has contributed to your success so far? 
  • What strengths do you already have and how do you think you could use them to best advantage here?
  • What strengths, interests or passions would you like to develop further? 
  • How easy or difficult would that be for you to do? 
  • What impact do you think that is likely to have? 
  • What would you say you learned from this? 
  • What progress do you see yourself making? 
  • What would it look like if you were entirely successful? How would you like it to look? 
  • What first steps could you take toward that goal that would make you feel you were making progress?
  • Why do you want that goal? What are all the benefits you can think of? 
  • What is really important in life/career? Why is that important to you? 
  • What obstacles have you already faced, and how did you overcome them? 
  • What obstacles do you expect to face here, and what could you do to prevent or overcome them? 
  • What resources do you need? Whose support do you need? 
  • If a friend were in your shoes, what advice would you give them?

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