When is a good question a really good question? That’s what Axiom #5 is for!
Archives for July 2011
Axiom #4–The power of a question is inversely proportional to it’s length.
A quick acronym that helps you get the balance right in your coaching conversations. Axiom #4 will help you focus your skill building as well.
Axiom #3–Shorten the distance between where you are and where you want to be.
You are here. But you want to be there. Every coaching conversation should move you closer to the destination.
Axiom #2–Coaching is a muscle.
You don’t want to go too long between coaching sessions, or just like when you go back to exercise, you’ll be sorry the next day!
Coaching Axiom #1–A vision without a timeline is called a wish.
Here’s the first in our series of coaching axioms. For the next few weeks, we’ll be walking through some of the best, short statements that apply to coaches and coaching.