You know that open ended questions are the most potent tool for coaching sessions.
A single powerful question can evoke a positive shift in clients. Learning how to frame those questions in the moment is an art every coach can learn.
But session time isn’t the only time that powerful questions help you and your client.
It makes sense to ask them in:
- The copy on your website.
- Social posts.
- Other content like videos, blogs and podcast episodes.
- Keynote talks and webinars.
- Discovery calls.
… even in an intake document your client fills out and sends you before your first session.
I started sending 10 BIG QUESTIONS as part of my on-boarding process over a decade ago and I love how my new client’s answers clue me in about how to serve them best.
I will share those with you now. And that might be a spark for you to create different or even more pithy questions for your new clients.
10 Powerful Questions to Give New Coaching Clients During On-Boarding
Hey Coaches!
This episode is short and sweet. And, I also wanted to refer you to Episode 139 called The Art of Crafting Powerful Coaching Questions where I interview Laurie Cameron, who is simply the most skillful coach I’ve ever known. Listen to that after this.
Here are the 10 questions I have in one document of my intake packet called 10 BIG QUESTIONS. I have my new clients answer these and send the document back to me as part of the on-boarding process before our first session.
- What are your strongest beliefs about yourself?
- What are your strongest beliefs about the world?
- What wisdom has come out of your greatest life lessons?
- When in your life have you felt the most creative?
- What does prosperity mean to you?
- How do you define success?
- What is your BIG WHY for creating your coaching business? This one would need to change to fit your niche. So, it might be about their big why for hiring you for a specific and significant outcome you help them achieve.
- How might you sabotage your own success?
- What do you want me to do if I notice sabotaging behavior?
- How can I best empower you at those times?
These last 3 questions are so revealing about how to coach them when mindsets and beliefs and clearly in the way.
What different questions might you ask in your client intake?
