What is Coaching?
Coaching is a professional partnership between a qualified coach and an individual or team that supports the achievement of extraordinary results, based on goals set by the individual or team. Through the process of coaching, individuals focus on the skills and actions needed to successfully produce their personally relevant results.
A coach works with a client to help them become clear about their goals, fears, life purpose and relationships, and supports them in taking ACTION in these areas. Coaching is about helping the client clarify their goals and purpose, to take them from where they are now to where they want to go, and achieve it faster.
Coaching Briefly Defined
This is the International Coach Federation definition of coaching:
“Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”
“Coaching honors the client as the expert in his/her life and work and believes that every client is creative, resourceful, and whole.”
A coaching session is generally one hour in length and can take place over the phone or in person.
What Coaching is NOT?
Coaching is NOT therapy. Coaching differs from therapy which focuses on emotions and the past experiences; or consulting which offers advice giving and identifies generally a specific problem to solve, or mentoring where knowledge is shared by an individual with more experience and wisdom. Coaching is grounded in the present and through goal setting, launches the client into action for the future.
How does Coaching work?
The coach is a partner who will help you clarify your goals and implement an action plan to achieve your vision of how you want your life to look – both personally and professionally. Coaching is essentially a dialog between coach and client, in a productive and results-oriented framework. Additionally, a coach:
· Helps you discover, clarify, and achieve goals
· Helps you solve problems and make the most of opportunities.
· Provides structure, support, accountability, inspiration and provides guidance.
· Is an active listener, someone who reframes information and offers a shift in perspective.
· Supports you in taking action on the things you desire
- Elicit client-generated solutions and strategies
- Encourage self-discovery
What are the benefits of
coaching?
Individuals who engage in a coaching partnership can expect to
experience fresh perspectives on personal challenges and opportunities,
enhanced thinking and decision making skills, enhanced interpersonal
effectiveness, and increased confidence in carrying out their chosen
work and life roles.
Consistent with a commitment to enhancing their personal effectiveness,
they can also expect to see appreciable results in the areas of
productivity, personal satisfaction with life and work, and the
achievement of personally relevant goals.
What is a Coach?
A coach will help you utilize your personal skills to reach the height of your potential. We do this through inquiry and discovery to help you to articulate and realize your goals and ambitions, and also learn skills that will last after coaching ends, while walking the journey with you.
A coach is an objective, nonjudgmental professional who gives you encouragement, support, advice, and strategy to win or perform at your very best.
For athletics, for weight loss, or for personal life effectiveness, a life coach can guide you, teach you, and support you in achieving things in your life that you’ve wanted—or once had & want back.
Life coaches can coach you to greater success in your career, your relationships, your self image, your mental and emotional health, and life.
Tyree’s coaching includes support for:
• Creating a supportive environment that allows for greater success
• Learning to take the daily action that assists in achieving goals
• Creating more free time to do more of what is important
• Increasing the level of self-care
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