COACHING
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What
is Coaching?
Coaching is a new profession.
Coaches helps people:
- Set better goals and then reach those goals
- Ask their clients to do more than they would have done
on their own
- Focus their clients better to more quickly produce
results
- Provide the tools, support and structure to accomplish
more
the definition of our Coaching profession
Does it mean I have a weakness?
Absolutely not! Having a coach means the exact opposite.
Coaching is about learning to become even better than you already are.
Constant self improvement is the way we evolve as human beings. This explains
why Coaching is one of the top executive perks being offered today.
It's one way a corporation can keep its top performers.
It's also the reason why Tiger Woods has a coach. To continually seek improvement.
To be a better leader than you
were last week. To be a better father
or mother than you were yesterday.
To be a better human being.
How is Coaching different from Therapy?
Imagine a basketball team with a team doctor that
tends to sprains, broken bones, muscle spasms and other physical ailments.
The team doctor is like a trained therapist and psychologist.
The
difference between Coaching and Therapy
Coaches
are like the team coach who coach the game of basketball. Except we coach
a game call LIFE! We don't work on "issues" or get into the past
or deal much with understanding human behaviour. We leave that up to the
client to know and figure out while we help them move forward, setting personal
and professional goals that will give them the life they really want.
How is Coaching different from Consulting?
Consulting brings expertise to you. Coaching brings
expertise out of you. It allows you to make the best decision because coaches
stretch more options out of you.
How is Coaching different from Mentoring?
Mentoring is moving you toward more like me; Coaching is moving you toward more like you and the essence of who you are.
Why is Coaching becoming so popular?
Many people are tired of doing what they "should"
do and are ready to do something special and meaningful for the rest of
their lives. The problem is, many can't see it, or if they can, they can't
see a way to reorient their life around it. A coach can help them do both.
People are realizing how simple it can be to accomplish something that several
years ago might have felt out of reach or like a pipedream. A coach is not
a miracle worker (OK, sometimes they are) but a coach does have a large
toolkit to help the big idea become a reality. Fortunately, people now have
time and resources to invest in themselves and in this kind of growth.
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