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Q: How does someone know if he or she is ready to work with a coach?
A: To get the most from a coaching relationship, clients need to be willing to learn new ways of doing things and make changes in their attitudes and behavior. Anyone who is open to hearing new perspectives, willing to question [...]

Q: What kinds of people use coaches?
A: A typical coaching client is someone who wants to make changes in his or her life, and is ready to take action. You might hire a coach for yourself when you are looking for a new job, needing to improve your management skills, wanting to increase profits in [...]

Q: Where does someone find a qualified coach?
A: Determine what you want to accomplish. Then ask friends and colleagues if they have worked with a coach to achieve goals similar to your own. While coaching does not require a professional license, there are a number of organizations that train or certify coaches.
To locate a coach [...]

Q: How much does coaching cost?
A: There are no rules about how much a coach can charge. The typical investment for individual coaching is $300 to $600 USD per month for a series of regular weekly scheduled sessions. To achieve significant results, most coaches ask that clients commit to work with them for at least [...]

Q: What do people get out of working with a coach?
A: Coaching clients experience a sense of partnership and support in achieving their personal goals that is often not available elsewhere in their lives. Regular coaching sessions provide clients with dedicated time to focus on what they truly want and what must happen to create [...]

Q: How is coaching different from consulting, teaching, or therapy?
A: Coaching differs from consulting because the coach’s primary role is not to give advice or design solutions. Coaches ask questions and suggest alternatives that guide clients to discover their own unique answers and choose their own path. A coach may provide ideas, expertise, and skill-building [...]

Q: What is coaching?
A: Coaching is a supportive relationship with a trained professional that enhances their clients’ ability to learn, make desired changes, solve problems, and achieve goals. It’s a way to help people make the best use of their own resources, bringing out the best of people’s capabilities.
Because coaching is goal- and results-oriented and [...]

Today marks day one of the 10th annual International Coaching Week.
I wanted to do a super-duper special week-long event to celebrate ICW, but didn’t get around to actually putting a plan together. (Next year, I’ll have to do my planning well before the holidays.)
I didn’t want to drop out of the celebration completely, so I’ll [...]

Today is the last day of Coaching Week. I hope you’ve enjoyed the interviews and I hope you are more clear on what coaching is an dhow it can help you.
For this last day of Coaching Week, I’m highlighting Executive Coaching. Monikah J. Ogando is an Executive Coach from South Florida. She has been coaching [...]

Well, Coaching Week is almost over. I hope you’ve enjoyed the interviews so far. Today, the accent is on Career Coaching. And helping me do so is Tammy Landau, Chief Action Officer of Summit Professional Coaching.
Tammy, let’s start with an introduction.
My name is Tammy Landau and I am a “not so typical” Career Coach. I [...]

Today, I’m thrilled to introduce you to one of my cross marketing partners, Gillian Hood-Gabrielson, Intuitive Eating and Fitness Coach. She’s been coaching for 9 years. Gillian and her husband moved up to Paradise, CA (Northern CA) from the Bay Area 4 years ago and have a dog, 2 cats and three birds. (She’s an [...]

We are half-way through Coaching Week, and continuing with my daily blog-interviews, today I spoke with Teri-Lynn Anderson, executive leadership coach from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has been coaching for over 3 years now and one of her biggest passions is providing a loving, safe environment [...]