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Explore the Deepen Generate Focus

Big Picture Understanding Possibilities and Commit

Purpose: Encourage a Purpose: Invest time in Purpose: Elicit ideas and Purpose: Support the

broad exploration of the understanding the issue options for moving development of a clear
topic or challenge. more clearly. forward. plan of action.

General Coaching Questions:
General Coaching Questions: General Coaching Questions: General Coaching Questions:
▪ What is most important to ▪ What are your main ▪ What could you do to ▪ What is your next step?

you about this right now? concerns about this? change the situation? ▪ What needs to be in place
▪ What outcomes do you ▪ How might others see this ▪ What else might be for that to happen?

want to achieve? situation? possible? ▪ What support do you need
/ want?

Clean Questions: Clean Questions: Clean Questions: Clean Questions:

▪ What kind of [x] is that [x]? ▪ And that’s … like what? ▪ And when … what would ▪ And for that to happen,
▪ Is there anything else ▪ And what happens just you like to have happen? what needs to happen

about [x]? before ......? ▪ And when … what would now?
▪ And what happens next? you like to stay the same / ▪ And what would you see
▪ And then what happens? be different? and hear when it is like

that?
Reflective prompt: Pause and Reflective prompt: What feels Reflective prompt: Which of

notice – what assumptions most important about what these possibilities stand out to Reflective prompt: How will
might you be bringing to this they’re saying? you? you hold yourself accountable
conversation? for taking action?