Coaching is a new profession that helps you produce extraordinary results in your life, career, business, or organization. Though the process of coaching you will deepen your learning, improve your performance, and enhance the quality of your life. Specifically, a coach works with you to:
Hold yourself responsible and accountable
How Does It Work?
In each meeting, you choose the focus of conversation, while the coach listens and contributes observations and questions. This interaction creates clarity and helps move you into action. Coaching accelerates your progress by providing greater focus and awareness of choice. Coaching concentrates on where you are now and what you are willing to do to get where you want to be in the future.
Huh???
A coach does just what an athletic coach or music teacher does, only in a more complete and bigger way. A coach challenges you and takes the time to find out what success in life means to you. A coach is your partner in living the life you know you can accomplish, personally and professionally. We can't reach our fullest potential alone. Athletes and performers understand this. They know they need someone else - a trained professional, to help set goals, discover real needs, and work effectively toward ultimate goals of excellence. So, they hire a coach or a teacher. No serious athlete or musician would expect to progress very far without one. Neither should you.
And unlike business consultants who are hired to provide solutions, coaches believe the solutions lie within you. They may be hidden or stuck, but they're in there! The coach's job is to draw out, provide support, and enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that are within you.
Who Should Hire A Coach?
Hire a coach if you want better results. Organizations and individuals; executives and parents; spouses and managers-all have hired coaches. If you or your organization is ready to stretch, grow, and discover, you're probably ready to work with a coach.
So, Coaches Work With Individuals or Organizations?
Either, or both, actually. And, with the line between personal and business life blurring, coaches are the only professionals trained to work with all aspects of you.
Are There Different Kinds of Coaches?
Yes. While some coaches are generalists, most work in particular niches, including business, children, executives, organizations, parents, or relationships. There is a coach to meet your particular interests.
Why Is Coaching Becoming So Popular?
Because better results matter. We've long understood the need for an athletic coach, a music teacher, or a personal trainer. Coaching enables you or your organization to have those same benefits to reach new levels of success. And who doesn't want more success?
Isn't This Just Therapy?
No. Coaching is not therapy. Coaches don't
work on "issues," get
into the past, or deal much with understanding
human behavior. Coaching is about envisioning a better
future
and working toward those new possibilities.
How Long Do We Work Together?
Sometimes it is as brief as accomplishing a specific goal or project, but more often it is an ongoing relationship of at least three to six months. You'll be amazed at how much progress you'll make along the way.
What Does It Cost?
Most coaches working with individuals charge $200 to $450 per month for a weekly session (typically a half-hour to an hour). Executive coaches charge more, often running $1,000 to $10,000 per month.
Do Coaches Have Credentials?
Yes! Coaching is a new profession, but the best coaches recognize the need to be credentialed. Look for a coach that is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). ICF has established Standards of Ethical Conduct for all coaches to ensure consistent professionalism. There are also specific training programs for coaches that are recognized by ICF. Additionally, many coaches are working toward or hold one of ICF's credentials. These include: Associate Certified Coach (ACC); Professional Certified Coach (PCC); or Master Certified Coach (MCC).
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