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Coaches partner with clients to
define their professional goals, and then through the coaching process support
them in achieving their full potential.
The techniques used by
coaches include:
- Powerful listening to provide mutual understanding,
insight and a trusted sounding board.
- Strategizing to identify the best way to solve an issue.
- Just-in-time training on leadership skills to optimize
effectiveness.
- Asking
challenging questions to cut to core issues, stimulate new thinking and change.
- Holding clients accountable to commitments to action.
- Motivating clients to keep them on track and inspired.
Companies use coaches to support them in dealing effectively
with a broad range of business challenges.
Typically, potential clients contact Leading Insight for one or more of
the following reasons:
- Coaching for key employees involved in leading a cultural change.
- Train leaders/managers to learn how to coach employees to improve employee
satisfaction and productivity.
- Develop their "stars" to
become "superstars" and reach
their full potential, as individual contributors or within a team.
- Improve employee performance.
Coaches support their client in finding their own solution to a
challenge in contrast with consulting where the consultant makes recommendations. The
greatest learning, empowerment and commitment to action comes individuals find the optimum solution based on their real life experiences. Coaches support
this learning process by providing just-in-time training, asking powerful
questions, sharing personal experiences and making creative suggestions.
Coaches focus is on what steps need to be taken to reach high
performance goals. Unlike therapy, coaching is typically not concerned
with understanding the past, it is forward looking. Coaches will refer clients
to therapy to address emotional issues.
Coaching may include some training, however its focus is to provide
leadership skills training, as it is required to achieve specific goals.
This
is called just-in-time training and is a very efficient way of learning.
Ideal coaching clients are individuals or teams that are
committed to professional and personal development and are motivated to make
changes in their lives to reach high performance goals.
To find someone that you
believe you can work with you begin by
finding and interviewing one or more potential coaches. Your local chapter of the International
Coaching Federation should be able to help you with a list of coaches in your
area who have experience in working in your industry.
Leading Insight offers a free introductory session to support
individuals in making the right choice.
Coaching sessions are structured to maximize the value
of the time and the learning of the client. Coaching is usually
done on the telephone, with the occasional personal meeting. The
length and frequency of meetings will vary according to the issues being
addressed. A customized coaching
program is usually developed in partnership with the client at the first session.
Some clients see satisfying results from 2-3 sessions.
Coaches usually bill on a monthly basis, and fees for
individual coaching range from $350 to
$3000/month depending on the nature of the work and the experience of the coach.
Currently there are virtually no requirements by any state or country that
require a coach to be licensed or approved.
Leading Insight operates within the Coaching Code of Ethics of Corporations
and Business Coaches as developed by Corporate CoachU International.
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