The coach: Provides objective assessment and observations that foster the individual’s or team’s self-awareness and awareness of others Listens closely to fully understand the individual’s or team’s circumstances Acts as a sounding board in exploring possibilities and implementing thoughtful planning and decision making Champions opportunities and potential, encouraging stretch and challenge commensurate with personal strengths …read more.

To be successful, coaching asks certain things, all of which begin with intention. Additionally, clients should: Focus on one’s self, the tough questions, the hard truths and one’s success. Observe the behaviors and communications of others. Listen to one’s intuition, assumptions, judgments, and to the way one sounds when one speaks. Challenge existing attitudes, beliefs …read more.

Measurement may be thought of in two distinct ways: external indicators of performance and internal indicators of success. Ideally, both are incorporated. Examples of external measures include achievement of coaching goals established at the outset of the coaching relationship, increased income/revenue, obtaining a promotion, performance feedback that is obtained from a sample of the individual’s …read more.

Working with a coach requires both a personal commitment of time and energy as well as a financial commitment. Fees charged vary by specialty and by the level of experience of the coach. Individuals should consider both the desired benefits as well as the anticipated length of time to be spent in coaching. Since the …read more.

ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, which is particularly important in today’s uncertain and complex environment. Coaches honor the client as the expert in his or her life and work and believe every client is creative, resourceful and …read more.

To determine whether you or your company could benefit from coaching, start by summarizing what you would expect to accomplish in coaching. When an individual or business has a fairly clear idea of the desired outcome, a coaching partnership can be a useful tool for developing a strategy for how to achieve that outcome with …read more.

Professional coaching focuses on setting goals, creating outcomes and managing personal change. Sometimes it’s helpful to understand coaching by distinguishing it from other personal or organizational support professions. Therapy: Therapy deals with healing pain, dysfunction and conflict within an individual or in relationships. The focus is often on resolving difficulties arising from the past that …read more.

An individual or team might choose to work with a coach for many reasons, including but not limited to the following: Something urgent, compelling or exciting is at stake (a challenge, stretch goal or opportunity) A gap exists in knowledge, skills, confidence or resources A desire to accelerate results A lack of clarity with choices …read more.

Coaching has grown significantly for many reasons, among them: Rapid changes are taking place in the external business environment. Downsizing, restructuring, mergers and other organizational changes have radically altered the “traditional employment contract.” Companies can no longer achieve results using traditional management approaches. With the growing shortage of talented employees in certain industries, companies must …read more.