{"id":2178,"date":"2023-01-30T13:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2178"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:20:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:20:14","slug":"bridging-the-void-identifying-strategies-to-achieve-a-goal","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/?article=bridging-the-void-identifying-strategies-to-achieve-a-goal","title":{"rendered":"Bridging the Void &#8211; identifying strategies to achieve a goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"center\"><strong>Coaching and Mentoring Tip Sheet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At times, a participant may have trouble identifying strategies to achieve a goal &#8211; their mind simply draws a blank.<\/p>\n<p>Strategies to bridge this void include requesting the participant to identify a time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>When they were in a similar situation and ask;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What worked for you then?<\/p>\n<p>What did you learn from the situation that could be useful to you now?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>When they noticed somebody else in a similar situation and ask;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What worked for them?<\/p>\n<p>What did they do that could inform what you do now?<\/p>\n<p>Another strategy is to create a different perspective by asking; \u201cIf somebody else was in your situation, what advice would you give them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you could promote the participant to identify possible resources from which he\/she could draw, by asking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>Who may be able to assist you?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Where could you find support?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Where could you find out?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a tip \u2013 don\u2019t become unnerved by protracted silence and avoid jumping in to provide a solution.<\/p>\n<p>If it becomes necessary, request to make a suggestion. If you are invited to do so, phrase the suggestion in terms of your vicarious observations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coaching and Mentoring Tip Sheet At times, a participant may have trouble identifying strategies to achieve a goal &#8211; their mind simply draws a blank. Strategies to bridge this void include requesting the participant to identify a time: When they were in a similar situation and ask; What worked for you then? What did you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[47],"article-tag":[],"class_list":["post-2178","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-coaching-mentoring-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article\/2178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article\/2178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2179,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article\/2178\/revisions\/2179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Farticle-category&post=2178"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Farticle-tag&post=2178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}