- What is coaching? Coaching is a designed partnership that helps an individual or team produce desired results and, often, new awareness and personal growth. The individual or team chooses the focus of the conversation while the coach listens, asks questions, makes observations, offers possibilities for consideration, and requests action. Coaching adds things: fresh ideas, new perspectives, clarity, acceptance, accountability. Coaching can remove obstacles such as: limiting beliefs, assumptions, conflicting ideas, and other types of mental or physical blocks.
- How could coaching help me? Coaching is all about helping you achieve your goals and overcome your challenges. Coaching can help you to:
- Gain clarity and focus
- Achieve business and personal goals
- Accelerate progress and results
- Obtain a fresh perspective
- Improve relationships
- Change attitudes and behaviours
- Discover untapped possibilities
- How do I know if coaching is right for me?
- Coaching is for people who have a goal and are ready to work on achieving it. Ask yourself:
- What is my desired outcome?
- Am I willing to put the time and effort into making changes to achieve that outcome?
- Do I find it valuable to collaborate or have another viewpoint?
- What are some business reasons for hiring a coach?
- Individual and team assessment
- Business growth
- Vision, mission, and organisational development
- Executive growth
- Leadership development
- Team building and accountability
- Career transition and advancement
- Work/life balance
- Improving business relationships
- Training reinforcement and sustainability
- What are some personal reasons for hiring a coach?
- Build confidence
- Improve health and wellbeing
- Manage conflict, people, and life balance
- Improve communication and relationships
- Overcome indecision and procrastination
- Clarify goals and priorities
- Meet spiritual needs
- Get “unstuck"
- How is coaching conducted? Coaching may be in-person, on the telephone, through e-mail or messaging, teleconferencing, or web-conferencing. The method is determined by the locations of the coach and the individual or team, and a mutually convenient and comfortable means.
- How long does a coach work with an individual? The length of a coaching partnership varies depending on the individual's or team's needs and preferences. For certain types of focused coaching, 2 months of working with a coach may be appropriate. For other types of coaching, people may find it beneficial to work with a coach for a longer period. Factors that may impact the length of time include: the types of goals, the ways individuals or teams like to work, the frequency of coaching meetings, and financial resources available to support coaching.
- How should I select a coach? The most important thing in selecting a coach is finding someone with whom you can relate, feel trust, and build the most powerful partnership. Most coaches will offer an initial meeting to explore whether there's a good fit.
Overall, be prepared to design the coaching partnership with the coach. For example, think of a strong partnership that you currently have in your work or life. Look at how you built that relationship and what is important to you about partnership. You will want to build those same things into a coaching relationship.
Of course of you have any questions yourself do let me know directly.
