BCC BCC Coaching Models & Frameworks 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does the 'scaling question' accomplish in solution-focused coaching?
- It helps clients quantify progress and identify small actionable steps (Correct answer)
- It ranks clients by their willingness to change
- It measures the coach's effectiveness numerically
- It determines the length of the coaching engagement
Correct answer: It helps clients quantify progress and identify small actionable steps
Scaling questions (e.g., 'On a scale of 1–10…') make abstract progress concrete and reveal what a small improvement would look like.
Question 2: In narrative coaching, the technique of 're-authoring' refers to which process?
- Helping clients construct alternative, more empowering stories about their lives (Correct answer)
- Rewriting legal coaching contracts
- Editing the coach's session notes
- Restating the client's words verbatim
Correct answer: Helping clients construct alternative, more empowering stories about their lives
Re-authoring in narrative coaching invites clients to reframe the dominant story of their experience toward one that reflects their preferred identity.
Question 3: The FUEL coaching model used in leadership development stands for which sequence?
- Frame the conversation, Understand the current state, Explore the desired state, Lay out a success plan (Correct answer)
- Focus, Understand, Execute, Learn
- Find issues, Uncover needs, Energize change, Launch action
- Frame goals, Use data, Evaluate progress, Link results
Correct answer: Frame the conversation, Understand the current state, Explore the desired state, Lay out a success plan
FUEL is a structured leadership coaching framework that moves from framing the conversation to building a concrete action plan.
Question 4: Which statement best describes the role of 'powerful questions' in coaching frameworks?
- They open new perspectives by inviting deep reflection rather than simple yes/no answers (Correct answer)
- They are designed to confuse clients into seeking advice
- They allow the coach to demonstrate superior knowledge
- They replace the need for active listening
Correct answer: They open new perspectives by inviting deep reflection rather than simple yes/no answers
Powerful questions are open-ended and thought-provoking, helping clients discover insights they could not reach on their own.
Question 5: In Transactional Analysis (TA) applied to coaching, the 'Adult ego state' is characterized by:
- Rational, present-moment processing of information without emotional distortion (Correct answer)
- Replaying parental rules and judgments
- Acting on childlike impulses and emotions
- Memorizing coaching frameworks
Correct answer: Rational, present-moment processing of information without emotional distortion
The Adult ego state in TA is the objective, data-based part of personality that processes current reality without past conditioning.
Question 6: The 'inner game' concept introduced by Timothy Gallwey in coaching refers to:
- Overcoming mental interference to unlock natural performance (Correct answer)
- The physical mechanics of sports performance
- Internal organizational politics
- The coach's private supervision notes
Correct answer: Overcoming mental interference to unlock natural performance
Gallwey's Inner Game theory posits that performance = potential minus interference, with the coach helping clients quiet self-doubt.
BCC BCC Coaching Models & Frameworks 2
What does the 'scaling question' accomplish in solution-focused coaching?