Find The Premature Diagnosis
Recognize when a coaching question embeds the manager's diagnosis and narrows the learner too soon.
The manager suspects confidence is the problem, but she has not explored the pattern yet. Find the premature-diagnosis hazard. The manager about to ask whether the issue is lack of confidence Correct. The risk is the manager's theory entering as a question before Jordan's pattern is explored. The employee looking uncertain Not the issue. His uncertainty is information to explore. The question becomes risky when the manager labels it too soon. The manager's notebook on the table Not the issue. Taking notes can support inquiry. The problem is the diagnosis hidden in the wording. The laptop on the table Not…
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