The Coach’s Playlist is a one-minute read packed with quick and useful resources based on an essential element of effective coaching.
This week’s topic: Questions
The Idea
Never ask a question to get the answer you have already chosen.
Quotation
“A good question is like a lever used to pry open the stuck lid on a paint can.” Francis Peavey, quoted in Warren Berger’s A More Beautiful Question
Book
Jackie Walsh and Beth Dankert Sattes, Leading Through Quality Questioning
Resource
Great Questions for Instructional Coaches, Radical Learners Blog
Video
One example of questioning to set a coaching goal (6 min)
Question
How often do you ask questions that are actually advice disguised as questions?
