GROW MODEL

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

The following questions are sample

questions you can ask your client when
using the GROW framework. Feel free to
adapt them to your niche / industry.
 G - GOAL

What is the aim of this coaching?



What do you want to achieve in the long term?


What does success look like?


How much personal control or influence do you
have over your goal?

What would be a milestone on the way?



What is a short-term goal on the way?


When do you want to achieve it by?


Is that possible, challenging, and attainable?


How will you measure it?
 R - REALITY

What is happening now?



Who is involved (directly and indirectly)?


When things are going badly on this issue, what

happens to you?

What is the effect on others?


What have you done about this so far?


What results did that produce?


What’s missing in this situation?


What’s holding you back?


What is really going on? (Intuition)

 O - OPTIONS

What do you need to do to achieve your goal?

What do you need to stop doing in order to

achieve your goal?

What else could you do?


What if.....? (Time, power, money

weren’t an obstacle)

Would you like another suggestion?


What are benefits and costs of each?

 W - WILL
Which option or options did you choose?


What are your criteria and measurements of success?


When are you going to start and finish each step?


What could hinder you in taking your first steps?


What support do you need and from whom?


What will you do to obtain that support and when?


What could I do to support you?


What commitment on a scale 1 – 10 do you have to

taking these agreed actions?

What could you do or alter to raise your commitment

closer to 10?


Is there anything else you want to talk about now or are

we finished?