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

Answer

Gestalt coaching emphasizes present-moment awareness and emergent insight rather than pre-set goals, making it suitable for clients resistant to prescriptive goal-setting.

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

Answer

Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey's Immunity to Change framework reveals competing commitments and big assumptions that unconsciously protect the status quo.

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

Answer

Appreciative Inquiry intentionally shifts attention toward what is already working well, harnessing those strengths to envision and build a desired future.

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

Answer

Systemic coaching holds that a client's challenges cannot be fully understood or resolved in isolation from the broader organizational and relational system.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Appreciative Inquiry 4-D Cycle

Answer

Appreciative Inquiry's 4-D Cycle guides clients from discovering strengths through dreaming a preferred future, designing strategies, and deploying them.

(CELC) Certified Executive Leadership Coach Practice Test

(CELC) Certified Executive Leadership Coach Practice Test

CELC Coaching Models and Frameworks 3