CELC Coaching Techniques & Approaches 3

Question 1

An executive is resistant to feedback from their team. Which coaching approach is most effective for building their receptivity?

Accepted Answer

Have the executive simulate receiving critical feedback in role-play

Answer

Role-playing receiving critical feedback builds the executive's emotional regulation and receptivity skills in a low-risk setting.

Question 2

What distinguishes Appreciative Inquiry as a coaching technique?

Accepted Answer

It begins by exploring what is working well and amplifying those strengths

Answer

Appreciative Inquiry shifts the coaching conversation toward strengths and peak experiences as a foundation for growth.

Question 3

A coach notices a client consistently frames challenges as external ('my team doesn't understand me'). The most appropriate technique is:

Accepted Answer

Reframe the challenge to focus on what the client can control

Answer

Reframing shifts the client's locus of control inward, enabling more productive action and personal accountability.

Question 4

In solution-focused coaching, what is the purpose of the 'miracle question'?

Accepted Answer

To invite clients to describe a desired future state in concrete, behavioral terms

Answer

The miracle question bypasses problem-saturated thinking and invites clients to articulate what success looks and feels like.

Question 5

Which intervention is most consistent with a person-centered coaching approach?

Accepted Answer

Trusting the client's capacity to find their own solutions with the coach's facilitation

Answer

Person-centered coaching, rooted in Carl Rogers' work, holds that clients have the inner resources needed for growth when given the right conditions.

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