Coaching is a forward looking interactive process that focuses on people's strengths, and facilitates actions that take them from where they are now in their professional or personal lives to where they want to be.
To quote from "The Bottom-Line Value of Executive Coaching" by Executive Coach College,
"A coach forges a partnership built around a person's most important goals...Next the coach helps the individual leverage his or her strengths, grow skills and manage weaknesses in areas of strategic importance in the person's career. The coach helps the person be tenacious and undistracted while moving ahead... Finally, the coach helps the individual stay accountable to him or herself in following through..., while at the same time providing support, encouragement and celebrating with the person as they experience success."
People hire coaches for many reasons, such as:
• To leverage strengths to make the most of current jobs
• To clear out the clutter and organize their lives/businesses/homes
• To achieve a creative endeavor, such as writing a book
• To discover and clarify the personal values that inform life decisions
• To find the dream that has been hiding and bring it to life
• To create and implement a plan for personal or professional development
• To develop leadership skills
In summary, people go to coaches to discover what has real meaning for them, from which to create goals, and to get support along the way for the actions it takes to achieve those goals.
"If you're saying to yourself, 'Why do I need a coach to do that? I can do that myself!' answer this question, 'If you can, why haven't you?' Maybe it's time to see what coaching can do for you!" Academy for Coaching Excellence
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