FAQs

There is a big difference between consulting and coaching. In a typical consulting engagement, you are paying a consultant to have the right answers and to tell you “what to do”. As a client, you pay a consultant for their expertise so they can give you answers and advice.

My experience as a coach is in partnering with you to discover your own “right answers”. While I have a wide range of business and life experiences, only you know your situation best and can make relevant decisions. The value I bring as a coach is about helping you see what has been invisible to you and to help you make personal changes that you thought were not possible. I partner with you to guide you in achieving your specific goals, consistent with your values and your journey to become the best version of yourself.

Therapy focuses on healing a past psychological injury of some sort, whereas coaching is more about achieving some future success-state. Coaching’s focus is on moving forward as opposed to healing the past.

• Professional coaching is a partnership of equals centered on the coaching client.
• Coaching relies on the resourcefulness of the client to create his or her own solutions for change.
• Coaching is a sequential process that can consist of clarifying purpose, values, beliefs, skills, options, designing goals/plans, and encouraging taking action within a supportive relationship.
• Coaching is designed to help focus on untapped talents and energy in order to become more effective and productive, both personally and professionally.
• Coaching is most effective when communication is open and honest.

• Help you (coaching client) prioritize and develop a workable plan for your development/change.
• Provide appropriate encouragement, reinforcement and support.
• Help you gain resources associated with implementing your plan.
• Agree to keep all conversations confidential.
• Move you forward toward meaningful goals and support you to overcome obstacles and barriers.
• Work with you to define tasks, actions, decisions, goals, and timeframes.
• Share best practices as appropriate.
• Help you envision options, possibilities, strategies, and solutions while leaving the choice of action up to you.
• Provide ongoing support, focus, alternatives, constructive feedback, and clarity.

• Identify skills, behaviors, and goals for your improvement, or, at times, your decisions.
• Share your goals with others as appropriate.
• Try new behaviors, even if uncomfortable.
• Practice/rehearse with your coach key interactions associated with implementing your plan.
• Be willing to ask for help at any time. Utilize your coach as an outside resource here for your development.
• Give coach ongoing feedback about progress and satisfaction/dissatisfaction with process/results.
• Take action that moves you forward.
• Take responsibility for your own growth and learning and for choices that may result from working together.

The costs vary and depend on how long the coaching engagement will last.

A coach can offer a unique and unbiased perspective on behaviors and blind spots that are getting in the way of your success, both personally and professionally.

I offer one on one Coaching sessions in face to face meetings, through video or over the phone when those two options are not possible.

I usually discuss session schedules with my clients when we talk or meet the first time as I have coached clients who are in other parts of the world. Together we arrive at a mutually convenient timeframe.

Coaching requires a dedicated and sustained effort so it is important to be aware of the following about yourself:

• You are 100% committed to being honest, vulnerable and to do the hard work that is required in any personal change effort
• Are motivated to explore and accomplish goals
• You are open to receive and integrate feedback
• You are dedicated to becoming the best version of yourself
• You are searching for your true passion
• You are in a career or personal transition
• Are feeling stuck and need an objective perspective and feedback
• You want to reimagine your career possibilities
• You want to enhance your emotional intelligence
• You want to become a more authentic leader

Coaching offers a number of benefits and advantages.

• Enhanced self-awareness
• Greater awareness of how others experience you
• Becoming aware of and learning to manage your emotional triggers
• Ability to be more present
• Build self-confidence
• Manage conflict more effectively
• Stress reduction
• Improved communication skills