Priority Learning Free Human Development Quiz

Test your leadership coaching skills by answering the statements below to the best of your ability.

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1. The way to generate frequent coaching opportunities is to...

Let people know you are a coach and ready

Teach coaching techniques to others

Evaluate past coaching experiences with the people you coached

Establish a reputation for listening and being available

2. When opening the coaching conversation with a person who has come to you for coaching, it is best to...

Ask what the person is feeling

Set a tone that is slow and deliberate

Begin to take notes to show concern

Clear you mind of all other things and look the other person in the eyes

3. The quickest way to gain trust with the person you are coaching is to...

Tell a story of your own so they won't feel like the pupil

Establish the role this person would like from you in the coaching interaction

Lean in and establish a positive body language of interest

Take the person to a location that may be free of interruptions

4. As you observe body language in others you can tell trust is established when...

The person being coached will start to look you more directly in the eye

They relax visibly and slow to your pace

They start to reveal things that you may not expect of a personal nature

They start to discuss the problem or situation as a "me" problem owning the situation

5. In every successful coaching event the person being coached eventually owns the problem or situation. The best way for a coach to achieve this ownership is to...

Ask what the person being coached has tried in the past regarding this issue - both successfully and unsuccessfully

Ask what happens if you they do nothing about it

Ask if anyone they know has been successful with this issue

Ask how much they are willing to do in order to change the issue

6. Creative ideas when coaching are powerful motivations for the person being coached. The good way to gain this creativity is to...

Ask what they would recommend to you if the roles were reversed

Ask, if this issue were successfully resolved, what might the gain be for the person being coached, the organization or their family as the situation dictates

Ask them to think out of the box in regard to the situation

Tell a story of how you witnessed something really creative in a coaching situation

7. Once a person being coached is engaged in some ideas and solutions, it is best to...

Work together to find a small first step and allow the person being coached to determine where to start

Brainstorm until it is clear that the person being coached is getting tired

Explain the concept of Smart (SMART) Goals (a problem solving model that specifically helps to set goals) and their value

Demonstrate your enthusiasm by steering them to ideas you know will have more value

8. Once the person being coached is excited about a new idea, your role as a coach is to...

Continue to brainstorm until all possibilities are exhausted

Recommend a series of steps that will eventually result in success

Not allow them to take on too much at first

Record the ideas on paper for the person or a flip chart if available and applicable

9. Setting small achievable goals following a coaching session is critical to success. The best way to do this is to...

Ask the person being coached what they can do immediately

Ask the person to build a plan and bring it back tomorrow

Set a meeting for the next day when everyone is fresh and determine goals then

Send them to another coach for a different point of view

10. Coaching follow-up is required when...

The problem or situation is work related

The person being coached asks for you to follow-up

Coaching anytime

You want to show personal support to the person being coached

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