What Is the Right Question?

When you are coaching or learning to coach your team to better performance, you want to do it well. I see this with my students when they first start learning how to coach. They know they need to ask a series of questions to help their team think through their own problem. And so they want to know which is the RIGHT question to ask? What questions are the right questions? In this episode I explore how there are no right questions (sorry to disappoint), but there are questions you can ask that will lead to deeper conversations and greater reflection. I also test your ability to pick up on emotion from someone's tone of voice, which can help you help your direct report to name their own feelings in a situation.