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Questions about Coaching
What is coaching?
What are some of the reasons that people hire coaches?
Does coaching really work?
What areas of my life does a coach work on?
What benefits can I expect from a coaching relationship?
What is the difference between Coaching and Consulting?
What is the difference between Coaching and Therapy?
Am I likely to become emotional in a coaching session?
What is coaching?
Coaching is a powerful, sustained professional relationship that helps people produce extraordinary results in their lives, careers or organizations. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance, and enhance their quality of life.
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What are some of the reasons that people hire coaches?
It makes sense to hire a coach if you want to improve or move your life or career forward in some way, particularly, if you're not getting the results you're looking for on your own. Common issues that bring clients to coaching are a desire to...
In addition to these things, clients come to Tiger Lily to develop and master specific skills to help them move forward. These clients want to: Go Back
Does coaching really work?
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What areas of my life does a coach work on?
Even in a corporate setting, the coach is available to coach your whole life. The power of coaching is that it offers a whole life context in which to look at problems and issues.
Having said that, however, as the client, you decide what we work on together. The coach is available to coach you on any and all aspects of your life, but you choose.
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What benefits can I expect from a coaching relationship?
As in a relationship with a personal trainer - it is highly effective and will reap significant benefits if you are clear about your goals, you are committed to achieving them and you do the work required to make it happen.
Most clients find that they gain greater clarity and self-awareness and they move forward in important areas of their lives.
A skilled coach will help illuminate the path, work with you to remove obstacles, champion you when you falter and continue to remind you about what really matters in your life.
Having an ongoing relationship with a trained professional who knows and cares about you getting what you want from your life and who is prepared to hold you accountable for taking action is a powerful recipe for success.
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What is the difference between Coaching and Consulting?
Coaching and consulting are very similar, but with some fundamental differences.
In a consulting relationship, the client defines the problem, the consultant takes it on and makes recommendations, develops solutions and sometimes even implements those solutions. You hold the consultant accountable for results. The underlying assumption is that the consultant is the expert and solution provider.
In a coaching relationship, the coach assists you to grow and develop, to deepen your understanding of what matters most and to uncover and implement your own solutions. The coach holds you accountable for results. The outcomes are learning and action toward meaningful positive change. The underlying assumption is that you are the expert in your own life.
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What is the difference between Coaching and Therapy?
At times, coaching can feel like therapy as we explore issues of great importance to you and issues that have an emotional impact. But coaching is very different than therapy and each has its place.
The underlying assumption of therapy is that healing is needed. The client is unable to move forward because of psychological injury or illness. The therapist looks for the source of the injury or illness in an effort to provide treatment. Frequently the focus is on the past and its impact on the present.
The underlying assumption of coaching is that the client is naturally creative, resourceful and whole. The assumption is that the client does not need to heal but is ready to grow. The coach focuses on the present and the future. The effort is in developing a better understanding and changing the present to create a more fulfilling future.
A useful analogy is the difference between a doctor and a personal trainer. Doctors treat patients - individuals who are experiencing symptoms, recovering from an injury or wanting to ensure that they are in good health. A personal trainer sees clients. The assumption is that they are well enough to endure physical exercise and are looking to enhance their strength, performance and overall fitness.
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Am I likely to become emotional in a coaching session?
Perhaps. It's not the goal of coaching to elicit emotions in clients, but we don't avoid them either. It is the job of the coach to create the kind of environment where clients can express their emotions honestly and without embarrassment. Emotion in a coaching session is usually a sign that we are talking about issues of profound importance to you. Because you are naturally creative, resourceful and whole, emotions are often a source of strength and greater awareness.
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