Powerful questions have been a theme of coaching since I first got trained as a professional coach in 2007. In my coaching school there was an entire course dedicated to the skill of questioning. Powerful questions can allow the client to gain new understanding and clarity about issues around which they’ve been stuck.

My husband and I recently had a few uncomfortable days while we worked through a dispute with our contractor. He had sent us the final bill for our renovation and it included a few surprises that we were pushing back on.

Recently I coached a client and we talked about taking breaks. As I was listening “between the lines,” I sensed that this person was working too hard, keeping their head down way longer than was useful to stay focused and efficient.

I’m leading a webinar tomorrow called Mastering Great Meetings, so meetings are on my mind today. And if you know me, you know that being a professional facilitator makes me a true snob when attending other people’s meetings!

I'm volunteering for a non-profit. I'm the roll-up-her-sleeves gal working on a project. As I go along, I have found the process rather opaque at times as to at which steps the board needs to review and approve, when those meetings are, how long that process will take, and when I will be thrown the ball again, et cetera.

This morning I asked my husband to make my daughter's bed. He was resistant at first and I pointed out that it would only take 60 seconds. Later, when I went into her room, the bed was made, but not that well. Her decorative pillows were strewn about, not placed at the top of the bed. The sides of the blankets were not tucked under.