CPCC Accountability & Acknowledgment in Coaching 3

Question 1

Which Co-Active cornerstone most directly underpins the accountability dimension of coaching?

Accepted Answer

The client is naturally creative, resourceful, and whole

Answer

Treating clients as naturally resourceful and whole means the coach trusts clients to design their own accountability rather than providing it for them.

Question 2

A client commits to a significant action but later says they 'forgot' to do it. Using Co-Active skills, the coach explores:

Accepted Answer

What the forgetting might reveal about the client's true level of commitment or readiness

Answer

In Co-Active Coaching, 'forgetting' is treated as data about ambivalence or readiness rather than a logistical failure.

Question 3

How should a coach respond when they witness a client making a courageous choice, even a small one?

Accepted Answer

Acknowledge the courage in real time to help the client recognize the quality they demonstrated

Answer

Real-time acknowledgment is most impactful because it links the client's felt experience of the moment to the recognition of their own qualities.

Question 4

When a client achieves a major goal, the most Co-Active way to close the accountability loop is:

Accepted Answer

Pause to let the client fully experience and articulate what the achievement means to them

Answer

Allowing the client to fully inhabit their achievement deepens the learning and strengthens their relationship with their own capability.

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes the difference between accountability in Co-Active Coaching and traditional performance management?

Accepted Answer

Co-Active accountability is self-directed and intrinsically motivated; performance management is externally enforced

Answer

The fundamental distinction is that Co-Active accountability lives inside the client's own commitment, not in external pressure or consequences.

CPCC - Certified Professional Co-Active Coach Practice Test

CPCC - Certified Professional Co-Active Coach Practice Test

CPCC Accountability & Acknowledgment in Coaching 3