Try out coaching with these colorful and soft Coaching Cubes

Coaching Cubes with 36 questions on 6 different theme cubes:

Explore new areas of discussion with Coaching Cubes 

Colorful foam dice that feature positive coaching questions and they are great for promoting discussion and unblocking stuck conversations with your coachees.

One of the most effective techniques to help someone develop their own thinking is to ask them questions. Good questions prompt new thoughts, bring previous experiences to bear on present dilemmas, shed new light on the issue, and prompt plans for action.

This activity consists of six coloured, soft cubes with positive coaching questions on them. The cubes are designed to be rolled as dice, with each cube having its own theme relating to the coaching process.

The Coaching Cubes follow this model.


The PRISMM COACHING CUBES Model

The PRISMM coaching model combines systemic consulting, appreciative inquiry and positive psychology to create a powerful coaching process. A colourful, tactile, innovative addition to any coach’s kit, they can be used with individuals or with groups.

Positive Aspects of Now exploring the positive aspects of someone’s work and life, positively affecting mood and perspective.

Relationships & Context identifying the people important to the topic, stimulating context aware thinking 

Illuminating Insights creating shifts in perspective to throw new light on the topic.

Motivation and Energy creating possibilities for movement that facilitates energised action.

Moving to Action clarifying the first steps to creating feasible, effective, and energised change.

Spotlighting Values the powerhouse for energised possibilities.

Using your Coaching Cubes 

The cubes are designed to be versatile. Here are seven suggestions for when and how you can use the Coaching Cubes to add value to the coaching process.

1) To support the coaching process from beginning to end 

The cubes can be used to shape a whole coaching session from ‘positive aspects of now’ with the Green cube right though to ‘moving to action’ with the Red cube. This will take you through the PRISMM coaching process. Alternatively, at any point in the conversation, they can be used separately or all together, revealing a choice of 1-6 questions at each ‘throw’.

2) To facilitate self-coaching 

Want to work on an issue of your own? Roll a cube and answer the question, roll another. Make notes on the thinking and ideas generated as you go. You will soon experience a shift in your thinking and new ways forward will begin to appear.

3) To help someone relax into the process 

Perhaps you are working with someone who finds the intensity of one-to-one coaching uncomfortable. Using the cubes as dice gives them something to handle and focus on, while lessening the requirement for eye contact.

4) To promote ownership of the process 

Actively involve the person you are working with. Let them select which dice to roll or question to answer to encourage active participation and engagement.

5) To support peer coaching or coaching skills training 

The coaching cubes offer an instant resource to inexperienced or trainee coaches. One of the hardest coaching skills to learn is that of developing generative questions. By using the cubes the participants can access thirty-six useful questions.

6) To get a session moving again 

If the conversation runs into a dead end, roll all the dice, look at the six questions together and ask your client ‘which of these are you most drawn to engage with right now?’ and pretty soon you will find yourself back in a productive place.

7) To move on from ‘Why don’t you?’ and ‘yes, but’ conversations 

Even the most experienced coaches occasionally find themselves being drawn into this unfruitful exchange. Break the cycle by rolling the dice and asking questions that don’t contain any advice!

The themes of The Coaching Cubes are as follows: 

• The Green cube explores positive aspects of someone’s work and life. 

• The Blue cube identifies people important to the situation. 

• The Orange cube creates shifts in perspective to throw new light on the topic. 

• The Yellow cube illuminates ideas, values and energy. 

• The Purple cube creates movement, facilitating energised action. 

• The Red cube clarifies first steps.

Have a closer look at The Coaching Cubes right HERE

Michael Meinhardt
LEADERSwarehouse.com 

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