What you need to know about the COACHING EXPERIENCE
What is COACHING?
Coaching is one of the fastest-growing tools and support mechanisms that help ordinary people become extraordinary in their work and lives. ICF defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential”.
– International coaching federation
What does “The Legends” say about Coaching?
Bill Gates
We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.
Oprah Winfrey
"Coaching helps you stop the crazy mind chatter in your head that tells you all the time that you're not good enough."
Tony Robbins
"Coaching will help you define and discover your personal success."
Eric Schmidt
“Every famous athlete, every famous performer has somebody who’s a coach. The one thing people are never good at is seeing themselves as others see them. A coach really, really helps”.
We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.
"Coaching helps you stop the crazy mind chatter in your head that tells you all the time that you're not good enough."
"Coaching will help you define and discover your personal success."
“Every famous athlete, every famous performer has somebody who’s a coach. The one thing people are never good at is seeing themselves as others see them. A coach really, really helps”.
BENEFITS OF COACHING
- Concrete results - better productivity, quicker promotions, higher profits
- Richer learnings about the areas in that you could improve yourself
- Speedier action with superior precision to advance in your life
- A sounding board to hear your voices and gain perspective
- It helps you to be aware of your beliefs & value systems that are holding you back and also guides you to be firmer on them
- Be more aware of the blind spots that we may not otherwise see
- A support system to handle your emotions
- Being blunt in giving open and honest feedback that others might not share
- It gives you 360 feedback on planning & management skills
How is Coaching different from Counselling or Consulting?
What Harvard Business Review Survey Says, Coaching Borrows from Both Consulting & Therapy
CONSULTING
- Paid to come up with answers
- Focuses on organizational performance
- Strives for objectivity
- Provides quantitative analysis of problems
THERAPY
- Focuses on the past
- Diagnoses and treats dysfunctionality
- Based on medical ethics
- Paid for by the individual
- Curtsey: January 2009, Harvard Business Review
COACHING
- Focuses on the future
- Foster's performance in a business context
- Helps executives discover their path
- Advises individual leaders on business matters
- Involves management in goal setting
- Based on organizational ethics
- Paid to ask the right questions to tackle complex issues at work & home
- Focuses on driving individual behavior change
- Explores the subjective experience
How do I Coach Clients?
- I Expect Your Best
- I Make Specific Requests
- I Give Advice
- I Am Open