What is Coaching?

The ICF (International Coach Federation) defines coaching as “an ongoing professional relationship that helps people produce extraordinary results in their lives, careers, businesses or organizations. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance, and enhance their quality of life.

In each meeting, the client chooses the focus of conversation, while the coach listens and contributes observations and questions. This interaction creates clarity and moves the client into action. Coaching accelerates the client's progress by providing greater focus and awareness of choice. Coaching concentrates on where clients are now and what they are willing to do to get where they want to be in the future.

Benefits of Working with a Coach

• More money. When you focus on money and use a coach as your guide, you tend to make more of it, reducing expenses and developing new ways to attain more.
• More of life. A coach focuses on all areas of your life and helps you integrate what works and get rid of the rest.
• Better decisions. Discussing ideas and concerns with someone independent yet subjective usually results in better decision-making.
• Faster development. If you’re interested in ‘growing yourself’, a coach can double your rate of development and help you zero in on the blocks and resolve them so you can move forward.
• Fewer problems. A coach will help you extend your boundaries and significantly raise your standards.
• A fully-supportive partner. Almost nothing worth doing is worth doing alone. When you’re a leader in your life, you need someone to hang with and discuss the tough stuff. With a coach, you have a non-judgmental partner who is there to support you in the good times and the low times.

Link to FAQs about Coaching --- http://www.coachfederation.org/aboutcoaching/about.htm