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Coaching & Mentoring For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Coaching & Mentoring For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Leo MacLeod, Marty Brounstein
July 2023
Beginner
384 pages
10h 26m
English
For Dummies
Audiobook available
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Chapter 11

Teaching by Asking Questions

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Knowing when to ask questions

Bullet Asking effective tutoring questions

Bullet Listening actively to facilitate coaching discussions

Bullet Overcoming challenges

Bullet Influencing employee commitment by tutoring with questions

Your primary role as a coach and mentor is to help develop employees to their full potential. When you motivate them to challenge themselves and learn from experience, you’re laying the foundation for commitment. Your employees want to try harder to figure things out on their own, and, in the process, grow in their careers and contribute more overall to the organization.

One of the best ways of teaching is also the oldest: Ask questions. The Greek philosopher Socrates engaged in two-way dialog with his students to spark intellectual curiosity and independent thinking. But you don’t have to be the founder of philosophy to tap the power of questions. You just have to remember to use them. This chapter looks at why questions are so ...

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