Research Paper: The Role of Coaching in the Success of Expatriate Assignments

Appendix A

1. Powerful Questions to Support Decision Making
2. What would you like to have happen?
3. Why do you want this? What is motivating this decision?
4. What will it bring you? What do you see as the consequences?
5. What do you hope to accomplish? Will this take you nearer/further away from your goal?
6. What do you think you will gain/lose by taking this action?
7. Are you 100% behind this? If not, what is holding you back?
8. How important to you is it to do this?
9. What kind of support do you need to make this happen?
10. How committed are you to this?
11. What might be the outcome? (benefits/consequences/gains/losses)
12. Who wants this – you or someone else?
13. Does this excite you?
14. Do you feel fear at this, and if so, is it enough to hold you back?
15. What assumptions are you making?
16. What is your agenda?
17. How will you know whether this is yes or no?
18. What is stopping you from saying yes/no?
19. What is the worst/best that could happen?
20. What can be mitigated? Where is support essential, and where can it be found?

Appendix B

Powerful questions which support the decision and encourage positivity, via reframing perspectives :

• What is motivating you in this direction?
• What are the strengths that have motivated you to this point?
• What are the opportunities that you see for yourself?
• What is your intuition telling you?
• If this opportunity disappeared right now, how would you feel?
• What do you need to accept and take responsibility for, in order to move on?
• If you let go of all your concerns, how do you want this to turn out?
• What is causing you the most angst right now, and how will you feel once you are the other side of it?
• What is your support system?
• Revisit the underlying rationale – what is the compelling reason for doing this?
• Imagine you are 75 years old, looking back at your life – What would you most be proud of?

Appendix C

Powerful Questions to support the Client through challenging times

1. What works for you right now? And what does that give you?
2. What do I expect from myself?
3. What are you trying to force through, that might need more time?
4. In the bigger scheme of things, how important is this issue for you?
5. If you could do it over again, what would you do differently?
6. What can you learn from this?
7. What would the older you say to your younger self?
8. What part of your life can you celebrate right now?
9. Is what you want aligned with your values?
10. What are you assuming?
11. What are you trying to prove?
12. What is it you need to let go of?
13. What do you need to change in your attitude for you to be able to function in the midst of this, even if you can’t change the circumstances?
14. If you can’t change things, how can you be at peace with it?