This week is earmarked as International Coaches Week, which was started in 1999, to recognize the difference that Personal and Business Coaches make in individuals’ lives and how they add to the health of organizations when employees are trained, and then coached, into higher productivity and satisfaction in the workplace.
So what exactly is this field of Coaching all about? Coaching is a supportive relationship with a trained professional that enhances one's ability to learn, make desired changes, solve problems, and achieve goals. Coaches work with their clients individually or in groups, face-to-face or by telephone, typically in a series of regularly scheduled sessions.
Coaching is not consulting, teaching, or therapy because it is not focused on giving advice, delivering curriculum, healing dysfunction, or analyzing behavior. The focus of coaching is on guiding a client to find their own unique answers. Coaches won't tell them what to do or what they need to learn. A coach supports them in strategizing solutions, choosing the right direction, building personal skills, and raising awareness. Coaching doesn't spend time in the past; it concentrates on where a person is today and how to get to where they want to be tomorrow.
People typically hire a coach when they:
Determine that their goals and dreams are not being achieved by their current methods;
Have the willingness to be challenged, supported, and called forth to approach things differently;
Decide they are willing to do what it takes to create change in their lives
Thinking about hiring a coach? For more information on the Coaching industry, visit http://www.sandiegocoaches.com/ and http://www.coachfederation.org/.
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