What is Coaching?
This is a legitimate question, and in reality, the best way to answer it is to experience coaching first-hand. If you'd like to do so, please contact me for a sample session.
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Away from first-hand experience, a metaphor may be helpful. Coaching is like taking a taxi. You choose the destination and the driver helps get you there in the best possible way.
Equally confusing is the terminology – we have professional coaches, life coaches, executive coaches, business coaches, and the list goes on. I am an Executive Coach but that does not mean that I only coach C-Suite Executives. Far from it! Executive Coaches work with individuals who are in employment, at any level of seniority in a corporate environment or otherwise, who want coaching primarily on their career. My passion is working with finance professionals, from those targeting their first management role up to experienced and senior leaders. If this isn’t you, but you like my profile, please know that I am motivated to work with anyone who wants to make the corporate world work for them, on their terms.
My Coaching Approach Explained
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What My Coaching Is
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A relationship, built on trust, designed solely to serve your agenda
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An investment in yourself
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A forum to explore your values, your deepest desires, your dreams, your purpose, your gut instinct, your limiting beliefs, your choices, your emotions and so much more
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A process of self-discovery, the awareness achieved through which you will make lasting positive change in your life
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What My Coaching Is Not
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Consulting, mentoring or therapy
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Giving advice or problem-solving
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What I Do As A Coach
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View you as a person, not a problem to solve
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Help you reach awareness about what you care about and what you want
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Empower you to take meaningful action towards these things
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Hold you accountable for doing what you say you will do, and being who you say you will be
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Provide you with opportunities for learning and self-discovery, without judgement