Vision and Motivated Abilities Question Bank

Vision and Motivated Abilities Question Bank

For Coaches, Facilitators and Leaders

Supporting Meaningful Conversations About Natural Strengths and Professional Direction

"When your work is aligned with your motivated abilities, you don't just do what you enjoy—you contribute what comes naturally."

200+ Questions to Open, Deepen, and Guide Vision and Motivated Conversations

This question bank provides 200+ ready-to-use questions designed to help coaches, facilitators, and leaders open, deepen, and guide conversations with clients or colleagues discovering their natural patterns of engagement and aligning their professional direction with what truly energises them—whether in early career, mid-career transition, or later-life reinvention.

Ten Essential Conversation Frameworks:

1. Opening Vision and Motivated Abilities Conversations – Questions that help clients or colleagues identify what naturally engages them through patterns of energy, satisfaction, and effortless contribution
2. Recognising Natural Strengths Patterns – Questions that reveal motivated abilities through consistent themes across different contexts and life stages
3. Discovering What Energises You – Questions for identifying activities and contributions that create sustainable energy rather than drain it
4. Clarifying Your Vision – Questions that help clients or colleagues articulate their professional direction based on natural strengths
5. Distinguishing Motivated from Acquired Abilities – Questions that separate what comes naturally from what's been learned or forced
6. Vision at Different Life Stages – Questions for discovering and aligning motivated abilities in early career, mid-career, and later-life transitions
7. Aligning Work With Natural Strengths – Questions for creating professional opportunities that honour motivated abilities
8. Integrating Technical Excellence and Natural Engagement – Questions for combining expertise with what naturally energises
9. Navigating Transitions Through Motivated Abilities – Questions for using natural strengths as a compass during career changes
10. Building Sustainable Engagement – Questions for maintaining alignment with motivated abilities over time, and holding space for natural strengths exploration

Throughout the question bank, questions are organised by professional development purpose, allowing you to quickly find language that fits your client’s or colleague’s current moment. Each section includes questions that invite exploration, helping others discover their own clarity about what naturally engages them and how to build professional lives around those strengths.

This resource stands alone as a practical tool for immediate use in professional development sessions, with deeper exploration of vision and motivated abilities available in School of WorkLife's Vision and Motivated Abilities: Finding Your True Direction in Your WorkLife.

One-time purchase. Unlimited professional use in individual and group settings.