Powerful questions are provocative queries that put a halt to evasion and confusion. By asking the powerful question, the coach invites the emerging leader to clarity, action, and discovery at a whole new level. Kimsey-House et al.

1. The Importance of
POWERFUL QUESTIONS
- In Coaching -

2. TELP Rep as Coach
“We are dedicating ourselves to the
success of every Emerging Leader”

3. TELP Rep as Coach
In partnership walk alongside the
emerging leader to put a halt to
default patterns and mind-set so
that the actions that follow bring
about the intended outcome.

4. Establish Relationship
In Teen Challenge coaching only
works for student that have come to a
place of sound biblical and moral
reasoning.
Kyle Brown (Prayer Mountain Boy’s)

5. Establish Relationship
As a coach we may guide the direction
of thought but we don't influence the
answers. This is a good way to see
where our students are in their minds
and hearts as well.
– Kyle Brown (Prayer Mountain Boy’s)

6. The ultimate goal for coaching is to have the
Emerging Leader to a place where they can:
1) Assess the situation and challenges they face.
2) Draw on their strengths and wisdom (which
at this point we hope they know comes from
God)
3) Set goals and Action Steps.
4) Keep themselves accountable and motivated.
Kyle Brown

7. Assess Situations and Challenges
The coach’s role is to ask Powerful
Questions

8. Powerful questions are provocative
queries that put a halt to evasion and
confusion. By asking the powerful
question, the coach invites the
emerging leader to clarity, action, and
discovery at a whole new level.

9. History Learning
• What caused it? • If the same thing came up again, what
• What led up to it? would you do?
• What have you tried so far? • If you had it to do over again, what would
you do?
Implementation Options
• What is the action plan? • What are the possibilities?
• What will you have to do to get the job • If you had your choice, what would you do?
done? • What are possible solutions?
• What support do you need to accomplish • What’s another choice you could make
it? besides the two in front of you?
• What will you do? • What will happen if you do, and what will
• When will you do it? happen if you don’t?
Integration Substance
• What will you take away from this? • What seems to be the trouble?
• What was the lesson? • What seems to be the main obstacle?
• How can you make sure you remember • What is stopping you?
what you have learned? • What concerns you the most?
• How would you pull all this together? • What do you want?

10. Powerful Questions
Activity
An Emerging Leader is having
a problem with a student who
has just completed their work
duty however, the Emerging
Leader doesn’t believe it was
done to the best of the
student’s ability. The Emerging
Leader asks the student to re-
do the work detail, however
the student insists that he is
finished with work duty and is
ready to go and shower.

11. Powerful Question
In this exercise, the goal is to have a 6-min
conversation with another person in which
you are allowed to ask only powerful
questions: no making statements, no
summarizing, no offering advice or telling
stories of your own, no drawing conclusions.
www.coactive.com/toolkit

12. Assess Situation and Challenges

13. Draw on Strengths and Wisdom

14. Set Goals and Action Steps

15. Keep Them Accountable and Motivated

16. “In a sense we train them to become
their own coach which will be of
great benefit when they become
staff.”
- Kyle Brown (Prayer Mountain Boy’s)

17. References
Brown, K. Feb 8, 2013. Prayer Mountain Boy’s. email.
Flaherty, J. 1999. Coaching: Evoking Excellence in
Others. Butterworth-Heinemann. Woburn, MA.
Kimsey-House et al. 2011. Co-active Coaching (3rd Ed).
Nicholas Brealey Publishing. Boston, MA.