--- book type: non-fiction genre: status: author: title: created: 2022-12-23 --- #note/sourcereview/book | #on/coaching | #on/questions ## What is the thesis? **Question 1: The Kickstart Question** – What’s on your mind? This is how we begin our conversations in a way that is focused and open. **Question 2: The AWE Question** – And what else? Asking this question, “And what else?” works as a self-management tool for us as the coach and as a boost for the other six questions. **Question 3: The Focus Question** – What’s the real challenge here for you? As the question implies, this question begins to funnel the topic in a way that focuses the conversation.  It works in conjunction with the next question. **Question 4: The Foundation Question** – What do you want? This question takes us to the heart of the matter so that our attention is on what really matters. **Question 5: The Lazy Question** – How can I help? By asking this question, we learn what the person wants our role to be. (e.g., listener, supporter, encourager, etc.) **Question 6: The Strategic Question** – If you are saying Yes to this, what are you saying No to? Saying YES more slowly means being willing to **stay curious before committing**. **Question 7: The Learning Question** – What was most useful for you? The Learning Question pairs with the Kickstart Question to make what Stanier calls the Coaching Bookends – ensuring conversations with you are of high value. ## Am I convinced and why? ## Summarize the argument ## What is the other side of the argument? ## What else do I wonder about? ## Action ## When do I want to stumble across this? ## Source: Bungay Stanier, M. (2016). _The coaching habit: Say less, ask more & change the way you lead forever_. Box of Crayons Press. ## References, Quotes, Ideas ```dataview table file.mtime.year + "-" + file.mtime.month + "-" + file.mtime.day as Modified from [[ ]] and !outgoing([[ ]]) sort file.mtime desc ```