Coaching FAQs

Coaching is a collaborative process between the coach and the coachee aimed at facilitating personal and professional development, enhancing performance, and achieving specific goals. It involves a trained and accredited coach working with an individual or a group to identify obstacles, set objectives, and create actionable plans for success.

In coaching sessions, you can expect to engage in meaningful conversations with your coach. Together, you'll explore your goals, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Your coach will ask powerful questions to help you gain clarity, challenge limiting beliefs, and develop action plans to move forward.

Coaching is a powerful tool as it assists individuals in achieving results beyond what one thinks is possible.

Unlike other practices, coaching is rooted in the belief that individuals are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. The job of the coach is not to tell people what to do but through asking the right questions help individuals clarify and control their life and narratives.

Coaching helps evaluate what they are doing now in the light of their goals, dreams, values and intentions. It explores new perspectives and provides different choices, leading to change.

Coaching helps one go beyond the mental blocks of what they thought was possible, focusing on the skills and actions needed to successfully produce personally relevant and meaningful outcomes.

Individuals choose the focus of conversation, while the coach listens and contributes observations, asks questions, sometimes even discuss concepts and principles which assist in generating possibilities and identifying actions.

Through coaching one connects to their core values and find the clarity that is needed to support the most effective actions.

The duration of a coaching engagement varies depending on individual needs and goals. Some clients may benefit from short-term coaching to address specific challenges, while others may choose long-term coaching for ongoing support and development. Coaching sessions are typically scheduled weekly or bi-weekly.

Look for a coach who is certified by a reputable coaching organization, such as the International Coach Federation (ICF) or the EMCC - more popular in Europe. Accreditation ensures that the coach has undergone rigorous training and adheres to ethical standards.

Coaching can be beneficial for individuals seeking to make positive changes in their personal or professional lives, overcome obstacles, and achieve their goals. If you're motivated to grow, open to feedback, and committed to taking action to change and grow, coaching may be a valuable resource for you.

Yes, coaching sessions are confidential. Your coach is committed to maintaining confidentiality and will not share your personal information or session details with others without your consent, except in cases where disclosure is required by law or necessary to prevent harm.

Even when the organization engages a coach for your growth and development, coaches are bound by the ethics of the coaching process and your coaching remains a confidential process and nothing you share will be shared by the coach to the organizational client.

The effectiveness of coaching can be measured by progress toward your goals, increased self-awareness, enhanced skills and capabilities, and improvements in overall satisfaction and well-being. Your coach may also use assessments or feedback tools to track progress and evaluate outcomes.

If you're not satisfied with your coaching experience, it's important to communicate openly with your coach. Share your concerns and discuss potential adjustments to the coaching approach or goals. If necessary, you may choose to end the coaching relationship and seek support from another coach. For this purpose, most coaches will offer FREE chemistry session or laser coaching session, for you to experience working with them, before starting an engagement.

Coaching fees vary depending on the coach's experience, credentials, and the length and frequency of sessions. Some coaches offer packages or discounts for multiple sessions. Investing in coaching is an investment in your personal and professional growth, and the benefits can be invaluable in achieving your goals.

Coaching typically focuses on the present and future, helping individuals clarify goals and develop strategies to achieve them. Therapy or counseling, on the other hand, often delves into past experiences and emotional healing. While coaching can touch on personal issues, its primary focus is on forward progress and goal attainment.

Training and teaching involve the transfer of skills and knowledge to the learner. The trainer or teacher is the expert.

In coaching, the coach is not the expert, coach does not give answers, but asks questions for a client to connect deeply to what they already know and uncover what is unknown.

Coaching explores the present and designs the future for the client, the client learns in the process, but the coach does not teach directly.

A mentor is a senior person in the business who guides a junior person from their greater experience. A coach does not have to be a senior person in the client’s line of business. The client has to know the business, not the coach.

Consultancy deals with the business system as a whole. A consultants recommendations affect individuals indirectly. Coaching affects individuals directly. Coaching will very often be part of a consultant’s recommendations for a business.