How Coaching Works
COACHING BEGINS WITH A CONVERSATION
Professional and personal coaching provide a dedicated space to step back, reflect on your concerns, and move forward with intention. Through focused conversations where you gain clarity, understanding about yourself and others, coaching will help you translate these insights into behavior change and action.
Each coaching relationship is tailored to you. Some people come to coaching to strengthen leadership effectiveness, navigate professional transitions, or clarify complex decisions. Others want a consistent environment for reflection, accountability, and growth.
Sessions are collaborative, thoughtful, and practical. The goal is always the same: to help you gain clarity and translate that clarity into purposeful action. Below are the partnerships that I offer.
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Private Coaching
Clients work with me in pre-arranged coaching sessions from all around the world.
I do the vast majority of my work on Zoom or the phone because we’re all busy and these are effective, easy ways to meet. Although using the phone can seem strange at first, most people adjust quickly and enjoy the comfortableness, the rapport that develops, and the time-saving convenience.
Our working relationship will be designed specifically for your style and goals. I ask clients to think ahead and plan how they want to use our time.
Individual Monthly Coaching includes:
- Extended initial session included in first month’s fee.
- Four 45-minute sessions.
- Assignments between sessions designed to create action and foster insight.
- Unlimited e-mail exchanges Monday through Friday.
- In-between session calls, 5-10 minutes, as needed to work through an immediate challenge or share a success.
- You’re welcome to participate in a group at a discounted rate.
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Mentor Coaching
Mentoring involves teaching and training newer coaches or partnering with more experienced coaches who are working toward recertification or who want to deepen their skills or have a tune-up.
Mentoring can be as needed, perhaps to work through a gnarly issue, or a series of sessions to gain greater understanding of coaching presence, the process, and skills.
Certification mentoring is an extensive exploration of the coach candidate’s work, style, and proficiency. We listen to and review segments of taped sessions together at our meetings. Since mentees may have been trained at different programs or according to a particular coaching model, the common ground we use in our sessions is the International Coaching Federation’s core competencies.
The International Coaching Federation’s certification or recertification requires ten hours of mentoring when applying and preparing for the designation of Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Professional Certified Coach (PCC), or Master Certified Coach (MCC). As an MCC, I am able to mentor candidates at any level.
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Other Coaching Options
Sometimes a single focused session is the most useful option.
“Just-in-time” coaching offers an opportunity to:
- Work through a specific challenge
- Clarify an important decision
- Prepare for a difficult conversation or transition
These sessions are designed to provide immediate clarity and practical direction.
Your Coaching Fees May Be Tax Deductible
In the U.S.A., expenses of continuing education undertaken to maintain and improve business and professional skills may be tax-deductible. (Treas. Reg. 1-162-5. Coughlin vs. Commissioner, 203F 2d 307.) Your tax consultant can provide you with further information.
Ready to Get Started?
If you are interested in exploring whether coaching may be helpful, let’s connect. We can discuss your goals and determine whether working together would be a good fit.