How should I choose a coach? >>
What is a coach and what does a coach actually do? >>
What coach-specific training have you done? >>
What do people come to coaching for? >>
Is coaching like counselling? >>
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I recommend speaking to at least 2 or 3 different coaches before
making up your mind. Some coaches offer a free sample session which
lets you get a feel for their style - and its
vital to choose the coach you feel the best fit with. Its also
important to check out what coach-specific training the coach
has as currently coaching is not regulated.
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The International
Coach Federation gives a good definition: "Coaches are
trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach
to individual
client
needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client;
they believe the
client is naturally creative and resourceful. The coach's job is to provide support
to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity
that the client already has."
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I have completed over 100 hours of face-to-face coach training
with The Coaches
Training Institute - accredited by the independent
International Coach Federation. I
am also a member of the ICT and subscribe to its standards
and ethics. I also took further training with with Firework
Career Coaching and am a licensed Firework Career
Coach.
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People come to coaching to either change something or to achieve
something. The results they want
are generally
to
do with performance, learning or fulfillment.
A well-trained professional coach will work in all three areas, generally simultaneously.
Most of my clients have a sense of untapped potential;
feel frustrated by that and want to do something about it. I
consider
all
of
my clients
to be
naturally
creative and resourceful and I also believe that most of the time,
the client has the answers - and its my job to get those
answers out, not to
tell my clients what to
do.
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No - the main difference is that coaching is focused on the
present and future, rather than resolving difficulties from the past.
In coaching the
focus is on action rather on improving the client's emotional
state or how the client feels. In practice coaching generally
makes clients feel fantastic but this is a by-product rather
than the goal of coaching.
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This list of frequently
asked questions on the ICF website is an excellent place
to start.
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