What is coaching?
The philosophy of coaching
The International Coach Federation, (ICF), adheres to a form of coaching that honors the client as the expert in his/her personal and/or professional life and believes that every client is creative, resourceful, and whole. Standing on this foundation, the coach’s responsibility is to:
- Discover, clarify, and align with what the client wants to achieve.
- Encourage client self-discovery.
- Elicit client generated solutions and strategies.
- Hold the client as responsible and accountable.
Definition of Coaching (as published by the ICF)
"Professional Coaching is an ongoing partnership that helps clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance, and enhance their quality of life.
In each meeting, the client chooses the focus of conversation, while the coach listens and contributes observations and questions. This interaction creates clarity and moves the client into action. Coaching accelerates the client’s progress by providing greater focus and awareness of choice. Coaching concentrates on where clients are today and what they are willing to do to get where they want to be tomorrow."
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"...Anny performed various workshops enhancing performance through understanding yourself and others in the workplace. Overall, the result
was that employees experienced first-hand how human behaviour affects others and how others think. They understood their own conflict style
and the impact that it has on others. By adapting their behaviour they become more effective with each team member. Realizing the unique
contributions of other group members means that each person is a valuable part of the whole team. The outcome was an increasing sensitivity
of the diversity of each employee."
--- Judith N.C., Gatineau, Quebec
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The Coach’s Role:
- To assist you ( the Coachee ) in strengthening your belief in yourself and in others.
- To ask a lot of questions to move towards a higher level of thinking. You are then able to develop and discover solutions to your own issues.
- To facilitate you removing mental blocks to allow you to become less stressed and more successful in any area of your life.
- To provide ideas or solutions.
- To honor that some things in your life are private and are not meant for these coaching sessions.
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The Coachee’s Role:
- To identify the stressors or challenges blocking you from being as successful as you want to be personally and professionally.
- To be committed to resolving these challenges.
- To take responsibility for your actions past, present and future.
- To do any homework generated as a result of each coaching session.
- To act on solutions.
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