FAQs

What Is Coaching?

Coaching is a new profession.
Coaches:

• Help people set better goals and then reach those goals.
• Ask their clients to do more than they would accomplish on their own.
• Focus their clients better to produce results more quickly.
• Provide the tools, support and structure to accomplish more.

Clients get focused and produce faster because they have a coach.

How Is Coaching Different From Consulting?
Therapy? Sports Coaching? A Best Friend?

Consulting. Coaching is a form of consulting. But the coach stays with the client to help implement the new skills, changes and goals to make sure they really happen.

Therapy. Coaching is not therapy. We don't work on "issues" or get into the past or deal much with understanding human behavior. We help clients set personal and professional goals that will give them the life they really want.

Sports Coaching. Coaching includes several principles from sports coaching, like teamwork, going for the goal, being your best. But unlike sports coaching, most professional coaching is not about competition, or winning and losing. We strengthen the client's skills. It's win/win.

Best friend. A best friend is wonderful to have. But is your best friend a professional who you will trust to advise you on the most important aspects of your life and/or business? Have a best friend and a coach.

What Is The Basic Philosophy Of Coaching?

Simply put, we humans are great, we're all discovering what we really want and we get what we want faster and easier by having a coach who's been there and who can help.

Who Hires A Coach And Why?

People hire a coach because:

• They want more.
• They want to grow.
• They want it easier.
  It's as simple as that. Coaches help a client get all three. Quickly.

What Happens When You Hire A Coach?

Many things, but the most important are:

• You take yourself more seriously.
• You take more effective and focused actions immediately.
• You stop putting up with what is dragging you down.
• You create momentum so it's easier to get results.
• You set better goals than you might not have without the coach.

Does The Coach Work On Personal Or Business/Professional Goals?

Both. With the line between personal and business life blurring in the 90s, the coach is the professional trained to work with all aspects of you.

Where Does the Coach Focus With An Average Client?

We focus where the client needs us most. We also tend to weave in the following discussions:

• Getting that client's Personal Foundation strengthened.
• Helping the client beef up their Reserve.
• Helping the client set goals based on their personal values.

By including these with what the client wants from us, we help the client have fewer problems and focus! on what's going to make them the most successful. We've found that clients really enjoy the approach.

Why Does Coaching Work?

Coaching works for several reasons:

• Synergy between the coach and client creates momentum.
• Better goals are set - ones that naturally pull the client toward the goal rather than goals that require the client to push themselves to the goal.
• The client develops new skills, and these skills translate into more success.

Why Is Coaching Becoming So Popular?

Coaching is becoming popular for several reasons:

• Elimination of "Shoulds" Many people are tired of doing what they "should" do and are ready to do something special and meaningful for the rest of their lives. Problem is, many can't see it, or if they can, they can't see a way to reorient their life around it A coach can help them do both.
• Growth. People are realizing how simple it can be to accomplish something that several years ago might have felt out of reach, or like a pipe dream. A coach is not a miracle worker (well, they are sometimes), but a coach does have a large tool kit to help the Big Idea become a Reality. Fortunately, people now have time and resources to invest in themselves for this kind of growth.
• Spirituality. If you've tracked the phenomenal success of James James Redfield's Celestine Prophecy on the NY Times bestseller list during 1994, you get a sense of just how many people are willing to look at, and consider, the notion of spirituality. Wow. Many coaches are spiritually based - even the ones who coach IBM and AT&T. America is getting spiritual quickly. (Our working definition of spirituality is how connected you are with yourself and others.) The coach helps the clients to tune in better to themselves and others.