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Coaching Questions: A Coach's Guide to Powerful Asking Skills Paperback – April 24, 2008

by Tony Stoltzfus (Author)

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The single most important skill in coaching is asking powerful questions. In this volume, master coach trainer Tony Stoltzfus joins with 12 other professional coaches to present dozens of valuable asking tools, models and exercises, then illustrates these coaching strategies with over 1,000 examples of penetrating questions. Covering the gamut from basic techniques like options and actions to advanced concepts such as challenge and reframing, Coaching Questions is a book that will find a home on any coach's short list of handy references. Coaching Questions: A Coach's Guide to Powerful Asking Skills includes:1. Dozens of asking tools, models, and strategies.2. The top ten asking mistakes coaches make, and how to correct each one.3. Nearly 1200 examples of powerful questions from real coaching situations.4. Destiny discovery tools organized in a four-part life-purpose model .5. Overviews of 15 popular coaching niches, with a tool and examples for each.6. A schedule of training exercises to help you become a "Master of Asking".

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100 pages
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April 24, 2008
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8.25 x 0.23 x 10.5 inches
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0979416361
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From the Author

As Director of Training at a coaching school, new coaches were always asking me, "Do you have any of those questions you use written down somewhere?" This book is my response--an attempt to briefly present a broad range of coaching tools and illustrate each with example questions. For coaches who are in training or just starting, scanning a few key pages before your appointments will get you coaching better, faster. For experienced coaches, there are so many techniques and illustrations here that I'm sure you'll find plenty that's new.

About the Author

Tony Stoltzfus is co-founder of a coach training school, author of five coaching books and numerous training programs (including a new Open Source coach training initiative), and has presented nearly 100 coach training workshops around the country. He focuses on transformational coaching with an international clientele of pastors, non-profit leaders and businesspeople. Tony serves on the board of a non-profit that brings coaching to leaders in emerging nations, and leads a relationally-based coaching network that seeks to build coaches into authentic communities and rally them to join in acts of generosity and service.

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Publisher : Coach22 Bookstore LLC; 1st edition (April 24, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 100 pages
ISBN-10 : 0979416361
ISBN-13 : 978-0979416361
Item Weight : 10.1 ounces
Dimensions : 8.25 x 0.23 x 10.5 inches

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Inu

Some of the introduction questions are so good I use them as a start up in consulting

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018

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This book is so complete I can't beleive the author said it was ment to be a quick guide.
It could perfectly be the textbook of the 11-months training I'm taking right now, i've been reading the chapters and it's keeping me ahead of the class.
Some of the introduction questions are so good I use them as a start up in consulting, teaching and coaching as well.
Such a good product, totally recommendable, and a "must" for a coach's library.

37 people found this helpful

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Shane Clements

Take your coaching to the next level and help your clientele discover the resources they need to become more successful.

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2015

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I am new to life coaching, only if you go by the official title of an Executive Professional Life Coach. However, the concept is something I am quite familiar with, having been involved in ministry work for over 25 years, serving as a youth minister, missionary, and senior pastor, I have had several opportunities to provide various forms of coaching in differing life situations. Tony's book, Coaching Questions, would have been a valuable resource to have had in my library back then, and is one that I am glad to have the opportunity to add to it now. The information presented is timely, practical, and the format allows one to navigate the content with ease.

The book is divided into six sections, each providing valuable tools, tip and hints, and exercises to practice. In section one, Tony covers the ground work of getting started and lay out solid reasoning for the importance of asking the right questions. In section two the coaching process is covered and expounded upon with many practical tips and exercises. Section three focuses on life coaching and destiny discovery with questions designed to help the client get a clear picture of who they are and what their life's purpose is. Section four is where the author brings together the first three sections and gives the reader a picture of coaching in action. Advanced asking skills are covered in section five. Section six closes out the book looking at the different niche areas and some specific coaching strategies for each one.

Asking the right questions is at the heart of any good coaching session, and in Coaching Questions, Tony provides you with the tools to do just that. If you want to take your coaching to the next level and help your clientele discover the resources they need to become more successful in eight areas of their life ( work, money, living environment, personal growth, health and recreation, community, family, and spirituality), I would recommend adding this book to your library.

59 people found this helpful

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Howie Schnairsohb

Extremely user friendly, readable, and functional immediately.

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2018

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I recently bought at random 5 books on coaching as a review as I was recently referred my first coaching client. This book, “coaching questions” was by far, the most valuable. It is smart, comprehensive yet to the point, and intuitively makes sense as well. It’s the kind of book you can pick up and at any point find something of value.

31 people found this helpful

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Honest customer

Great for an inexperience coach

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2016

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This book seems to be helpful for someone with NO experience; someone who is new in coaching. It has many great questions and a novice coach will find them very useful.

27 people found this helpful

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Shelley P.

I really enjoy using this book in my coaching and training business

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2017

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I really enjoy using this book in my coaching and training business. I like the layout of the paperback book and the tons of questions that can be adapted to any coaching subject area. It is evident that the author has experience in coaching and I love that I have access to such a powerful resource to add to my library. As a coach it is important to differentiate between asking and telling. This book presents great methods for listening and asking to enhance your coaching skills and your client's overall experience. I would highly recommend this as an added resource for anyone interested in coaching or anyone who is currently coaching. The book arrived as scheduled and I have no cons related to this purchase.

11 people found this helpful

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Rob Kirk

The ebook goes on and on with pages of subjects matters and relevant questions that are extremely useful in adding tools to your

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2017

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If you are a coach and your trying to polish up and come up with new questions, this is the book for you. The ebook goes on and on with pages of subjects matters and relevant questions that are extremely useful in adding tools to your tool chest of questions. This book is less about coaching and as the title infers, more about the actual questions. I found it useful, now I keep it close by to write down a few great ones every time I have a coaching interaction.

14 people found this helpful

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I've just recommended it to my fellow coaches

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018

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Fabulous book! I've just recommended it to my fellow coaches....The book is loaded with practical information that you can apply immediately to your coaching sessions. It's great for recapping on all of the things I've learned through my coaching course and can also be used as an excellent reference book. I'm super happy with this purchase and highly recommend it to any seasoned coach or coach in training.

6 people found this helpful

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Lourdes

GREAT Book for Life Coaching

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2019

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As I embark on my new journey of becoming certified as a Life Coach, this book is a gem! In it, there are certain situations that provides specific questioning to get the client to open up and share their thoughts so you can help guide your client to a co-creative relationship. I'm so glad I found this book on amazon by "accident". A gem of a book for all Life Coaches! It should be in all coach's library of tools!

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Mat

Offensive, chaotic, simplistic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2019

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Really basic stuff. Chaotic page layout makes it difficult to know where to go. Reference to God is offensive in a coaching book, and seems quite inappropriate especially as wasn't clear that the book was written from such perspective. Commonly known acronyms used in an annoyingly wrong manner. Im struggling to think how others scored it higher.

14 people found this helpful

Brittanica2101

The God stuff was offensive

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2019

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I was surprised to find this book of coaching tips was loaded with references to God- a concept I have no interest in. I think this should be clearer from the off. I especially didn't like the way that God was kinda sneaked into the book in unexpected places.

16 people found this helpful

Angela Jones-Moore

Fabulous reference for the qualified Life Coach.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2019

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As a qualified Life Coach I have found this book to be invaluable.

It isn't the kind of book to sit down and read from cover to cover, however; it is a brilliant reference guide. When planning client consultations, there are tips and questions to offer suggestions on the ways in which you can conduct your consultations.

We all have our own methods and coaching styles, this book offers a great support to any coach with numerous different questions built around the same point to make your clients think and also to ensure the client achieves the best that they can from their coach.

I can see me using this for years to come, it was a reference text for my Advanced Life Coach diploma and a very useful one too.

3 people found this helpful

Ginger

This book gives developing coaches the confidence to practice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2019

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GROW is the most taught model of coaching. Therefore, this book is of particular use to students and new coaches. It is also handy for leaders who want to practice a coaching style of leadership. It gives a number of scenarios that can be made into resources and worksheets with a little imagination. Recommended.

3 people found this helpful

Amazon Customer

Coaching...that is the question!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2020

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A good mixture of advice and engaging activities to help you test the waters with coaching on a personal and professional level. The layout is a bit difficult to follow as it's non-linear and is littered with cross-references all over the place, but I like the fact that it doesn't shy away from a faith perspective that people will sometimes bring to coaching, and how to engage with that as well as the more stereotypical aspects you would expect to find. Worth a look.

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