FAQ
WHAT IS COACHING?
Coaching is a facilitated, goal-driven process and a professional relationship. It helps people produce extraordinary results in their lives, careers, businesses, or organizations. Through coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance and enhance their quality of life.
Coaching is a way to create change that will lead to desired results much faster and effectively. Therefore, it helps people unleash their full potential to positively impact themselves, their teams, business, and others.
This is also a relationship is based on trust, mutual respect, and confidentiality.
WHAT COACHING IS NOT?
Therapy, Counseling or Performance Management.
WHAT DO COACHES COACH ON?
- Growth
- Personal development
- Leadership effectiveness
- Life transitions
- Career transition
- Starting a new job
- Optimization of individual/team work performance
- Improvement of communication skills
- Increase in productivity
- Expansion of career opportunities
- Increase of self-esteem/self-confidence
- Managing work/life balance
- Improvement of business management
- Team management
- Navigating Organisational Politics
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLE COACHING GOALS?
- I want to move to the next level in my career and get a promotion. How can I achieve the next big move in my career?
- I am a new country leader; how can I create my 30-60-90-day plan?
- I am relocating to a new country with my family; I need to work with a coach to navigate this massive transition.
- I’ve moved to a new role; how can I be successful in this new role?
- I transferred to a new company; how will I manage the perceptions and adapt to the new company culture?
- My organization is going through a massive change; how will I navigate and manage change for my organization and continue to add value?
- I am going through a transition in my personal life; how can I keep my focus and continue to succeed at work?
- I want to manage my team more effectively; how can I improve my leadership skills? How can I be a better and stronger leader?
- I want to be a more confident person able to communicate professionally and influence others.
- I want to define my career path going forward.
- I want to manage work stress and have a more balanced and healthy life.
- I want to define my career purpose.
- I’m looking for an executive career coach who themselves has been an executive and has gone through similar challenges.
WHAT ARE THE ROLES?
Coach’s role: A certified coach asks powerful questions, helping the person uncover approaches that result in a positive change in the person’s life, career, and personal goals.
Client’s role: Identify expected outcomes and goals. And they will be open to uncovering options, points of view, and enacting positive change
WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL COACH FEDERATION’S (ICF) DEFINITION OF COACHING?
ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
For many, coaching is a life-changing experience that dramatically improves their outlook on work and life while improving leadership skills. Coaching helps people tap into their potential, unlocking sources of creativity and productivity.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF COACHING?
Individuals who partner with coaches have reported several benefits, including improved:
- Self-confidence (by 80%)
- Work Performance (by 70%)
- Relationships (by 73%)
- Communication Skills (by 72%)
Source: (https://coachfederation.org/research)