CELC Coaching Models and Frameworks 3

Question 1

A client is highly resistant to setting explicit goals at the start of a session. Which coaching framework is MOST accommodating of this preference?

Accepted Answer

Gestalt coaching

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GROW model

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SMART goal framework

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Management by Objectives

Question 2

Which framework uses the metaphor of 'immunity to change' to explain why smart, motivated leaders fail to achieve important goals?

Accepted Answer

Kegan and Lahey's Immunity to Change

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Appreciative Inquiry

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Cognitive Behavioral Coaching

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Transactional Analysis

Question 3

When is Appreciative Inquiry (AI) MOST appropriately chosen over a problem-focused coaching framework?

Accepted Answer

When surfacing and amplifying existing strengths and peak experiences will drive change

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When the client needs to address an urgent compliance failure

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When the client lacks any prior leadership experience

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When quantitative performance metrics are the primary outcome

Question 4

An executive coach working systemically would be MOST attentive to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The relational and organizational context surrounding the client's challenges

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The client's individual cognitive patterns only

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Standardized coaching competencies from an accrediting body

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The number of coaching hours completed

Question 5

Which coaching model is structured around the phases: Discovery, Dream, Design, and Destiny (or Deploy)?

Accepted Answer

Appreciative Inquiry 4-D Cycle

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GROW

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CLEAR

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Co-Active Coaching

Question 6

In Transactional Analysis (TA) applied to executive coaching, the 'Adult ego state' is BEST characterized as:

Accepted Answer

Rational, present-tense thinking that processes information objectively

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Internalized critical messages from parental figures

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Spontaneous, emotional, and playful responses

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Goal-driven, achievement-oriented leadership behaviors

Question 7

A coach using an ontological coaching approach focuses primarily on helping clients change which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The way of being — language, emotions, and body — that underlies actions

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Behavioral habits through repeated practice drills

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Technical competencies mapped to a 360-degree assessment

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Explicit strategy and execution planning