Coaching is a one-to-one process - a relationship between a leader and a coach, usually via telephone, with specific objectives and goals focused on developing potential, improving relationships, and enhancing performance. In coaching you are the expert.

 

Coaching is:

"A professional partnership between a qualified coach and an individual or team that support the achievement of extra-ordinary results, based on goals set by the individual or team "

 – ICF definition

What coaching is not:

• Mentoring - a mentor is a person with vast experience in our field who can add to our lives by pouring in knowledge and wisdom.
• Counseling - a process of looking back and unearthing issues that hold us back or cause pain. The goal is healing.
• Consulting - often a person brought in with special expertise to help an organization attack a special problem or issue such as expansion or stagnation. They are paid to propose and help implement concrete solutions and strategies based upon expertise.

 

What can coaching do for me?

• Discover and implement strategies for growth and innovation.
• Provide clarity when things are unclear.
• Discover and develop skills I need to grow and develop further.
• Help improve relationships with my colleagues.
• Help to manage my time better to achieve all I want in life.
• Facilitate transition in my life and career.
• Reduce the stress in my job or my life.
• Bring greater balance between work life and home life.