The Coaching Mindset: Less Telling, More Asking
Audio • 39 minutes
Learning Objectives
- Analyse the fundamental shift from a "telling" to an "asking" approach in leadership.
- Reflect on how to use open-ended, hypothetical, and scaling questions to foster independent thought and creativity.
- Examine the GROW model as a structured approach for coaching conversations.
Lesson Description
This audio lesson delves into the power of questions for leaders and examines the benefits of less telling and more asking. Carolyn Cresswell and Ruth Farenga discuss how to drive ownership in others and shift the purpose of questions from gathering information to supporting individuals to solve problems for themselves. This lesson analyses different types of effective questions and introduces the GROW model as a powerful and flexible structure for guiding coaching conversations, even in brief interactions. You’ll discover the key questions to integrate into daily interactions to foster independent thinking and innovation.
