Below are some
questions that are often asked about coaching in general. Click on the particular one that attracts your attention or scroll
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A supportive relationship with a
trained professional that enhances clients' ability to learn, make
desired changes, solve problems, and achieve goals. Coaches work
with their clients individually or in groups, face-to-face or by
telephone, typically in a series of regularly scheduled sessions.
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Coaching differs from consulting
because the coach's primary role is not to give advice or design
solutions. Coaches ask questions and suggest alternatives that guide
clients to discover their own unique answers and choose their own
path. A coach may provide ideas, expertise, and skill-building
techniques, but doesn't solve clients' problems for them, nor tell
them what to do.
Coaching differs from teaching in that the coach doesn't
determine what the client will learn, nor provide a curriculum to be
followed. The client decides what he or she needs to know, and the
coach facilitates learning by providing accountability, feedback,
helpful resources, or useful models.
Coaching differs from therapy because coaching sessions are
primarily focused on learning and achievement, rather than healing
or resolution. Coaches help clients to make changes in their lives
by observing present conditions, visualizing future goals, and
determining action steps. Analyzing past events, understanding
emotional reactions, or determining the cause of a client's behavior
are typically not addressed in coaching.
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Coaching
clients experience a sense of partnership and support in achieving
their personal goals that is often not available elsewhere in their
lives. Regular coaching sessions provide clients with dedicated time
to focus on what they truly want and what must happen to create it.
Coaches help their clients design action steps to meet their goals,
then hold them accountable to their own stated desires, providing
perspective, feedback, and smart questions along the way. As a
result, clients stay motivated, make significant changes, and
achieve more than they may have thought possible.
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A
typical coaching client is someone who wants to make changes in his
or her life, and is ready to take action. You might hire a coach for
yourself when you are looking for a new job, needing to improve your
management skills, wanting to increase profits in your business,
launching an ambitious new project, planning your retirement, or
dissatisfied with some of the conditions in your life and seeking a
new direction. You might hire a coach for your organization when you
want to improve productivity, increase teamwork, implement new ways
of working, or adjust to changing conditions.
Coaching
clients are men, women, and young people, of all ages, professions,
and income brackets. What they have in common is a desire for
partnership, support, and strategic guidance in solving problems and
achieving goals that are personally important to them.
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A litigation attorney found a new
career as a chef.
An executive improved job satisfaction and productivity in
her department by learning to communicate better with team members.
A small business owner tripled his bottom line.
An overworked accountant found a life partner and learned to
slow down.
A major corporation merged employees from two different
cultures into cooperative work teams.
A dissatisfied individual followed their dream and moved abroad
Any coach can provide examples like these of clients who
achieved extraordinary results because they had the guidance,
feedback, and support provided by coaching.
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To get the most from a coaching
relationship, clients need to be willing to learn new ways of doing
things and make changes in their attitudes and behavior. Anyone who
is open to hearing new perspectives, willing to question how they
are currently acting, and ready to take on new challenges in their
life or career can benefit from a working with a coach.
