Here's how you can infuse logical reasoning into your coaching sessions.

3 helpful ways: Identify Assumptions: Encourage clients to articulate their assumptions about their business challenges or goals. Help them challenge these assumptions by asking probing questions like "What leads you to believe that?" or "Have you considered alternative perspectives?" Problem Decomposition: Break down complex business issues into smaller, manageable parts. Guide clients through logical steps to analyze each component, fostering a structured approach to problem-solving rather than reacting impulsively. Decision Analysis: Teach them decision-making frameworks such as SWOTs or 'SCORE.' This equips them with tools to evaluate options objectively and choose the most rational course of action based on evidence and reasoning.

DICAS: 1. Clareza Conceitual: Defina termos e conceitos-chave com precis?o para evitar ambiguidades e garantir a compreens?o mútua. Utilize exemplos concretos e analogias relevantes para ilustrar ideias complexas. 2. Estrutura??o Argumentativa: Apresente argumentos de forma clara e organizada, com premissas, inferências e conclus?es bem delineadas. Incentive o cliente a questionar e desafiar suas próprias ideias, promovendo o pensamento crítico. 3. Análise Lógica: Utilize ferramentas lógicas como diagramas, tabelas e matrizes para visualizar informa??es e identificar rela??es entre conceitos. Explore falhas lógicas comuns e ensine o cliente a reconhecê-las em seu próprio raciocínio.

Whenever my team faced a problem at work, we used to call a meeting and relentlessly ask why until we got to a stage where we couldn't find a cause and effect response any more. That was the root cause that we were after and it then firstly helped give clarity on what the issue was and also how that one issue journeys thriugh different stakeholders and processes before finally surfacing into the problem at hand. That exercise might sound brutal but with the right guardrails, for example a safe environment to say what people thought and also for people to say it tactfully and constructively, it is a highly effective exercise and something you can explore together with your mentee. Try it and connect with me.

Encouraging a mentee/client (or yourself!) to focus on critical thinking can be powerful, because it's easy to get stuck in your own worst-case thinking at times. Help them to analyze their predicament from different perspectives by identify any underlying assumptions they have, then evaluating actual evidence. This can help guide them to consider different viewpoints, especially if their original assumption wasn't founded on any real evidence.

To inject logical reasoning into coaching sessions, it is essential for the coach and client to co-create the session's goal. This alignment ensures that both parties work towards the same objective, allowing the coach to effectively facilitate the conversation with probing, exploratory, and perspective-shifting questions that evoke the client's logical thoughts. By attentively observing the client's verbalized thoughts, tone of voice, emotions, and gestures, the coach gains clarity on the client's situation, enabling a partnership that removes any ambiguity in goal setting and fosters a focused, productive coaching experience.