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What is Coaching?
Coaches:
- Help
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.
How
is coaching different from consulting? therapy? sports coaching?
a best friend?
Consulting
— Coaching is a form of consulting. But the coach stays with
the client to help implement the new skills, changes and goals
to make sure they really happen.
Therapy
— Coaching is not therapy. We don't work on "issues"
or get into the past or deal much with understanding human behavior.
We leave that up to the client to know and figure out while we
help them move forward and set personal and professional goals
that will give them the life they really want.
Sports
— Coaching includes several principles from sports coaching,
like teamwork, going for the goal, being your best. But unlike
sports coaching, most professional coaching is not competition
or win/lose based. We strengthen the client's skills vs help them
beat the other team. It's win/win.
Best
friend — A best friend is wonderful to have. But is your
best friend a professional who you will trust to advise you on
the most important aspects of your life and/or business? Have
a best friend and a coach.
What
is the basic philosophy of coaching?
Simply
put, that we humans are great, that we're all discovering what we
really want and that we get can get what we want faster and easier
by having a coach who's been there and who can help us.
Who
hires a coach and why?
People
hire a coach because:
- They
want more.
- They
want to grow.
- They
want it easier.
It's
as simple as that. Coaches help a client get all three. Quickly.
What happens when you hire a coach?
Many
things, but the most important are:
- You
take yourself more seriously.
- You
take more effective and focused actions immediately.
- You
stop putting up with what is dragging you down.
- You
create momentum so it's easier to get results.
- You
set better goals that you might not have without the coach.
Why
does coaching work?
Coaching
works for several reasons:
- Synergy
between the coach and client creates momentum.
- Better
goals are set -- ones that naturally pull the client toward the
goal rather than goals that require the client to push themselves
to the goal.
- The
client develops new skills, and these skills translate into more
success.
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