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All About Coaching

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

C. S. Lewis

We've pulled together some useful information about coaching for you.  What is it, what it isn't, benefits, helpful tips on finding the right coach for you and some FAQs.

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Coaching

Everything you need to know.

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What is Coaching?

The ICF define coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximise their personal and professional potential. 

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Working together, the coach helps the individual build self-awareness, develop goals and put a plan in place to create long-lasting and sustainable change.   

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Fundamentally, coaching helps you work out who you are, what you really want and how you can go about getting there.

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Who is Coaching for?

Quite simply, coaching is for everyone.

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It can be applied to any area of your life, personally, professionally, in your relationships, decision making, emotionally.  

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Coaching works on your mindset and looks at how you can remove the barriers that are preventing you from moving forward.  It helps you to gain clarity, direction, and to be able to progress with anything you desire.

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How does it work?

A key belief that underpins coaching is that we already have the answers we need within us. A coach will support you to find these answers and to get you where you need to be in the best way for you.  It's completely all about you.

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Through offering a safe and non-judgemental space to hold powerful conversations, a coach will use and share a range of proven models, tools and techniques to support their client towards their desired goal. 

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This can be face to face or online or in a group setting, depending on the approach you need.

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How do I find the right coach for me?

It's really important to find a coach that is right for you.  You absolutely must feel comfortable and safe with your coach and that's why so many coaches offer a consulation or connection call before agreeing to work together.

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What to look for in a coach?

  • Qualified and accredited to a known governing body (such as ICF or AC).

  • Committed to their own continued personal and professional development.

  • Experience

  • Professionalism.

  • Chemistry, rapport and personal fit.

Benefits of Coaching

There are numerous benefits from coaching.  It provides an invaluable space for personal growth and development.  80% of people who receive coaching report increased self-confidence, and over 70% benefit from improved work performance, relationships, and more effective communication skills. 86% of companies report that they recouped their investment on coaching and more (source: ICF 2009). 

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Some other benefits include:

  • Better balance in life

  • Happier/ More Optimistic

  • Higher Self-Esteem

  • Increased Self-Awareness

  • Motivation/Inspiration

  • Increased Resilience

  • Progress in Business/Career

What Coaching Isn't

Let's get really clear.

Counselling/Therapy

Counselling & Therapy work specifically on mental health and working through experiences, emotions or traumas from your past. 

Coaching is a forward-focused process and can work alongside counselling in some cases, especially if you are wanting to set goals for yourself.  

Teaching

Coaching allows you to work out the routes, pathways and ways forward that are best for you. 

We do not teach you what you need to change or how you should go about it, we ask powerful questions that allow you to discover what's right for you and the best way to get there.

Mentoring

Mentoring offers guidance to show you ways in which to go about something, based on the mentors own personal 'expert' experience in a given area or skill.

Coaching is based around the idea that you are the expert of your own life.  What works for one does not work for others.

  As such, it supports you to gain clarity on the goals or change you truly want and to go about it in a way that is best for you.

FAQs

For frequently asked questions, please click on the button below.

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