NBHWC Section 1 — Coaching Structure with all Correct
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1.1 Coach Preparation Prior to Session
What does the coach do prior to a session? ✔Correct answer-1. Prepare: Reviews materials,
client assessments and communications
2. Arrange clear logistics for meeting times and formats
3. Get present: Eliminates distraction and clears mind; practice mindfulness, set intention, and
connect to purpose
4. Get into coaching mindset, get curious, consider initial strength-based inquiries
Why is the coach's presence important? ✔Correct answer-1. It helps the client become calm
and receptive, which fosters self-awareness and self-discovery.
2. Reduces stress
3. Essential for genuine empathy
4. Increases sense of respect, client wholeness, connection
5. Increases intentionality, mutuality, attention, and client-centeredness
What are five concepts a coach can use to prepare for a session? ✔Correct answer-1.
Confidence is contagious
2. What is appreciated appreciates
3. Listen for the client's needs
4. Tell the truth (empathy, authenticity, honesty)
5. Trust intuition
What is mindfulness? ✔Correct answer-1. The nonjudgmental awareness of what is
happening in the present moment.
2. Being fully aware of and awake to where you are and what you are doing.
3. Paying attention to thoughts, feelings, behaviors, relationships, and environments without
judgment or condemnation.
4. Slowing down and paying attention to increase consciousness
Why is mindfulness in general important to the coaching process? ✔Correct answer-1. Helps
us break free from being on autopilot
2. Helps us experience what ACTUALLY happening, free from often unconscious assumptions
and judgments
3. Frees us to make informed decisions about new directions
4. Increased mindfulness in one area can lead to increased mindfulness in other areas of our
lives
,How can a coach activate their own mindfulness prior to a coaching session? ✔Correct
answer-1. Take three deep breaths
2. Close eyes for five seconds
3. Become aware of breathing
4. Set your intention to pay attention during the coaching session
5. Say to yourself "I am grateful for this opportunity to connect and make a difference"
6. Say to yourself "I have an opportunity to make a pivotal contribution"
7. Say to yourself "I am open to and curious about what will unfold"
8. Play the "now I am aware" game
How can a coach use mindfulness to manage their own experience during a session?
✔Correct answer-Manage emotions by noticing, setting aside and examining the feelings later,
outside the coaching session alone or with a mentor coach.
How can a coach facilitate mindfulness during a session? ✔Correct answer-1. Practice
mindfulness and be present, themselves
2. Offer a distraction-free workspace
3. Ask questions
4. Give feedback
5. Co-create assignments that increase client mindfulness
6. Start session with a moment of mindfulness or breath work
7. Invite clients into a presence practice, i.e. perceive an object from a beginner's mind, pay
attention to body/breath
When can it be useful to guide a client to be more present? ✔Correct answer-1. When the
client seems distracted
2. When instant actions might be helpful, "do it now" kind of actions and mindsets
What are six main sections of a coaching session? ✔Correct answer-1. Session opening
2. Weekly goal reviews
3. Three-month goal review
4. Generative moment
5. Goal setting
6. Session close
What percentage of time should a coach spend on each of the previously identified sections? Or
how many minutes within a 30-minute session ✔Correct answer-1. Session opening (7% or 2-
3 mins)
2. Weekly goal reviews (20% or 5-7 mins)
3. Three-month goal review (done monthly, 7% or 2-3 mins)
4. Generative moment (40% or 10-12 mins — can increase in longer sessions)
5. Goal setting (20% or 5-7 mins)
6. Session close (6% or 2-3 mins)
, What are 5 things a coach can do to open each session (and build trust and rapport)?
✔Correct answer-1. Ask how the client is right now "in this moment"
2. Use reflections to show understanding of the client's state
3. Ask client to share the best thing that happened from previous week(s)
4. Reflect something positive about the client (i.e. highlights, strengths, emotions)
5. Ask client to select the first weekly goal to be discussed
Brief core competencies (Bark) ✔Correct answer-1. Establish and maintain a relationship of
trust
2. Perceive, affirm, and expand client's potential
3. Practice engaged listening, incl. nuances and what's present but unexpressed
4. Process in the present, with full attention on client and from a holistic perspective
5. Expression—the coach's effective communication
6. Clarifying
7. Help client set and keep clear intentions
8. Invite possibility
9. Help client create and use supportive systems and structure
1.2 First Session or Before
What are three main goals of the initial or intake session? ✔Correct answer-1. Describe the
coaching process
2. Review information and assessments provided by the client
3. Determine if the client is an appropriate candidate for coaching
What roles and expectations might the coach clarify in the initial session? ✔Correct answer-1.
the coach will not diagnose or prescribe, nor give unsolicited advice
3. the client will self-determine his/her vision, goals, and action steps (coach will support client
finding their own answers)
4. the client will be actively engaged in trying new behaviors as planned with the coach
5. There is no one right way, it is a dynamic, organic experience
What theories is coaching based upon? ✔Correct answer-- Self-determination
- Positive psychology
- Appreciative inquiry
- Nonviolent communication
- Motivational interviewing
- Emotional intelligence
- Flow theory
How can the coach set the climate or stage for the coaching experience? ✔Correct answer--
Establish rapport
- Gauge client's intention for coaching/obtain info on why coaching is sought
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1.1 Coach Preparation Prior to Session
What does the coach do prior to a session? ✔Correct answer-1. Prepare: Reviews materials,
client assessments and communications
2. Arrange clear logistics for meeting times and formats
3. Get present: Eliminates distraction and clears mind; practice mindfulness, set intention, and
connect to purpose
4. Get into coaching mindset, get curious, consider initial strength-based inquiries
Why is the coach's presence important? ✔Correct answer-1. It helps the client become calm
and receptive, which fosters self-awareness and self-discovery.
2. Reduces stress
3. Essential for genuine empathy
4. Increases sense of respect, client wholeness, connection
5. Increases intentionality, mutuality, attention, and client-centeredness
What are five concepts a coach can use to prepare for a session? ✔Correct answer-1.
Confidence is contagious
2. What is appreciated appreciates
3. Listen for the client's needs
4. Tell the truth (empathy, authenticity, honesty)
5. Trust intuition
What is mindfulness? ✔Correct answer-1. The nonjudgmental awareness of what is
happening in the present moment.
2. Being fully aware of and awake to where you are and what you are doing.
3. Paying attention to thoughts, feelings, behaviors, relationships, and environments without
judgment or condemnation.
4. Slowing down and paying attention to increase consciousness
Why is mindfulness in general important to the coaching process? ✔Correct answer-1. Helps
us break free from being on autopilot
2. Helps us experience what ACTUALLY happening, free from often unconscious assumptions
and judgments
3. Frees us to make informed decisions about new directions
4. Increased mindfulness in one area can lead to increased mindfulness in other areas of our
lives
,How can a coach activate their own mindfulness prior to a coaching session? ✔Correct
answer-1. Take three deep breaths
2. Close eyes for five seconds
3. Become aware of breathing
4. Set your intention to pay attention during the coaching session
5. Say to yourself "I am grateful for this opportunity to connect and make a difference"
6. Say to yourself "I have an opportunity to make a pivotal contribution"
7. Say to yourself "I am open to and curious about what will unfold"
8. Play the "now I am aware" game
How can a coach use mindfulness to manage their own experience during a session?
✔Correct answer-Manage emotions by noticing, setting aside and examining the feelings later,
outside the coaching session alone or with a mentor coach.
How can a coach facilitate mindfulness during a session? ✔Correct answer-1. Practice
mindfulness and be present, themselves
2. Offer a distraction-free workspace
3. Ask questions
4. Give feedback
5. Co-create assignments that increase client mindfulness
6. Start session with a moment of mindfulness or breath work
7. Invite clients into a presence practice, i.e. perceive an object from a beginner's mind, pay
attention to body/breath
When can it be useful to guide a client to be more present? ✔Correct answer-1. When the
client seems distracted
2. When instant actions might be helpful, "do it now" kind of actions and mindsets
What are six main sections of a coaching session? ✔Correct answer-1. Session opening
2. Weekly goal reviews
3. Three-month goal review
4. Generative moment
5. Goal setting
6. Session close
What percentage of time should a coach spend on each of the previously identified sections? Or
how many minutes within a 30-minute session ✔Correct answer-1. Session opening (7% or 2-
3 mins)
2. Weekly goal reviews (20% or 5-7 mins)
3. Three-month goal review (done monthly, 7% or 2-3 mins)
4. Generative moment (40% or 10-12 mins — can increase in longer sessions)
5. Goal setting (20% or 5-7 mins)
6. Session close (6% or 2-3 mins)
, What are 5 things a coach can do to open each session (and build trust and rapport)?
✔Correct answer-1. Ask how the client is right now "in this moment"
2. Use reflections to show understanding of the client's state
3. Ask client to share the best thing that happened from previous week(s)
4. Reflect something positive about the client (i.e. highlights, strengths, emotions)
5. Ask client to select the first weekly goal to be discussed
Brief core competencies (Bark) ✔Correct answer-1. Establish and maintain a relationship of
trust
2. Perceive, affirm, and expand client's potential
3. Practice engaged listening, incl. nuances and what's present but unexpressed
4. Process in the present, with full attention on client and from a holistic perspective
5. Expression—the coach's effective communication
6. Clarifying
7. Help client set and keep clear intentions
8. Invite possibility
9. Help client create and use supportive systems and structure
1.2 First Session or Before
What are three main goals of the initial or intake session? ✔Correct answer-1. Describe the
coaching process
2. Review information and assessments provided by the client
3. Determine if the client is an appropriate candidate for coaching
What roles and expectations might the coach clarify in the initial session? ✔Correct answer-1.
the coach will not diagnose or prescribe, nor give unsolicited advice
3. the client will self-determine his/her vision, goals, and action steps (coach will support client
finding their own answers)
4. the client will be actively engaged in trying new behaviors as planned with the coach
5. There is no one right way, it is a dynamic, organic experience
What theories is coaching based upon? ✔Correct answer-- Self-determination
- Positive psychology
- Appreciative inquiry
- Nonviolent communication
- Motivational interviewing
- Emotional intelligence
- Flow theory
How can the coach set the climate or stage for the coaching experience? ✔Correct answer--
Establish rapport
- Gauge client's intention for coaching/obtain info on why coaching is sought
