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What
is Coaching?
Coaching is About Results
Coaching
is about getting from where you are today to where you want to go. It is about
becoming aware of your own natural talents and strengths in order to achieve the
results you want. Coaching becomes a truly meaningful force when both the coach
and client have a willingness to "grant" power to the coaching relationship.
Who
Can Benefit from Coaching?
Coaching is for people who are ready for results.
It's for people who know they can perform at a higher level but have not been
able to do it on their own. If this sounds like you, it may very well be time
to seek help from a coach. Could you do better in... -
Your personal and professional relationships?
- Balancing your business
or worklife?
- Your ability to manage time and schedules?
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Getting more organized?
- Making reasonable decisions?
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Tackling problems?
- Sticking with your plans?
- Achieving
your goals?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you can benefit
from coaching.
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The
Client-Coach Partnership To the coaching partnership, the client brings
the agenda, issues and desired outcomes. The coach accepts the client unconditionally
and brings unbiased objectivity and curiosity. The coach focuses entirely on the
client, looking for patterns and listening for verbal and nonverbal clues that
draw attention and awareness to the client's "buried knowings." This
newfound awareness gives clarity to the client's issues, enabling them to focus
in on the key drivers needed to bring change and success. The coach will
never tell the client what to do or how to do it. The client is always the one
who's in charge. But, the coach sticks to the client's agenda, creates an environment
that's conducive for the client to make a conscious choice, and then holds the
client responsible for achieving their stated outcomes. The coach will
help the client to unblock and uncover the essence of the matter and put it into
words. Once the client can articulate their desired outcomes, the coach can help
them work on the solutions and unleash a world of possibilities. Coaching
works because the coach keeps the client motivated and never looses sight of the
client's goals. In most instances, your one-on-one coaching sessions takes
place by telephone. Fees vary depending on the type of coaching provided and with
length of each coaching session. Please call for information. Top
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Coaching
vs. Psychiatry, Counseling, and Consulting
Coaching
vs. Psychotherapy Coaching is not psychology, psychiatry, or therapy that
looks into the past in order to explain the present. Those sciences are designed
to diagnose and treat mental illnesses. They delve into the client's past in hopes
of finding and remedying the causes of identified problems.
Coaching
vs. Counseling
Coaching is not counseling. Counseling tends to be
more analytical, reviewing history to obtain data and explain habits for the purposes
of determining behavioral consequences.
Coaching
vs. Consulting
Coaching is not consulting. Some people confuse coaching
and consulting thinking they are similar when, in fact, they are opposites. A
consultant is a subject matter expert who is brought in to tell a client the best
way to approach an issue: what system to put in, what plan to execute, what business
strategy to go with, and so on. Coaching deals with the way an individual
performs within the system, plan, or strategy. For example, coaching helps the
client determine the best way to work within that system, plan, or strategy. Coaching
keeps the client motivated, organized, on time, and focused on working in the
system, executing the plan, or sticking to the strategy. A coach is not
a subject matter expert. The client is. A coach is an expert at coaching. Unlike
a consultant who can only work with a client on specific topics, a coach can work
with clients on almost any issue. Top of
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