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Coaching is a collaborative and goal-oriented partnership between a Coach and a client. It involves guiding individuals to identify and achieve their personal and professional aspirations. Unlike mentoring or consultancy, coaching focuses on drawing out the client’s potential, encouraging self-discovery, and fostering accountability for their own success.
Coaching is not about giving suggestions or advice. I am not a mentor, nor am I qualified to practise as a psychologist. As a Coach, I believe in helping people help themselves. Offering advice, opinions, or making judgements would undermine the fundamental principles of coaching. A Coach guides another person in their life path from where they are to where they want to go.
Different Coaches use various models to structure their sessions. One popular model is the GROW model, which stands for Goals, Reality, Options, and Will forward. I will ask pertinent questions, be attentive to your answers, challenge you without making judgements, and refrain from offering opinions or advice whilst using different models and exercises that suit best your needs.
Yes. Coaches use various types of coaching to address different situations, such as Executive Coaching, Performance Coaching, Family Coaching, Youth Coaching, etc.
The main difference is that counselling focuses on the origin and causes of potential psychological problems, while coaching concentrates mainly on the future for personal development and enrichment. Coaching and counselling both ask incisive questions, but coaching is future-focused, optimising opportunities for the client.
No. While mentoring has some elements of coaching, it differs because the mentor offers advice based on experience. If you’re being told what to do or how to solve a problem, then it’s not coaching.
It depends on your personal journey, goals, and pace. Coaching sessions continue as long as there is benefit for the client. The goal is to reduce dependence and increase proactivity.
Coaching sessions are completely confidential, adhering to The Coaching Academy’s Coaching Code of Ethics. Exceptions may occur if the Client shows an intention to harm themselves or others or to commit criminal acts.
Unfortunately not. The Client must be willing to be responsible for their behaviour and intentions, wanting to change from within. Coaching requires a commitment similar to physical exercise; it is serious work, but the rewards can be great.
If you feel dissatisfied, see a disparity between where you are and where you want to go, lack the skills or confidence to pursue your dreams, feel stuck, continuously postpone decisions, or are unable to keep decisions made, coaching can help you reach your potential.
Simply drop me a line to book a free discovery session, and we can go from there.