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What is Professional Empowerment
coaching? Empowerment coaching is a process by
which a professional coach helps bring out the absolute
best in a client, be it a person, couple, family, or
corporation. This is done by connecting one's inner
purpose and passion to outer goals and tasks to bring
about extraordinary results.
What makes the coaching process so powerful and successful?
If change were easy, we would always handle it well
and have whatever we desire. One unique aspect of coaching
is that because clients invest time and money into the
process and agree to be accountable for taking action,
he or she immediately demonstrates a commitment to change.
With the help of a results-oriented professional, people
do make powerful, measurable, and sometimes miraculous
changes that last.
How is coaching different from
psychotherapy? Psychotherapy typically focuses
on how past events in a client's life may have created
or impacted their current challenges. Coaching on the
other hand, focuses on the present situation, finding
solutions and actions the client can use to create powerful
and lasting changes. This is done by utilizing each
client's unique strengths and gifts to help them deal
effectively with change and to create and attain reachable
goals.
What can coaching do for me?
Coaching can help you bring about balance, harmony,
and fulfillment in all aspects of your life. Areas of
primary focus are usually personal development, career
choices and decisions, health and aging, spiritual awareness,
romance and intimacy, family, finance, and social/community
involvement and relationships. What is important to
know is that each coaching relationship is personal.
The coach's job is to treat each client as an individual
and to meet his or her needs, not to fit the client
into the coach's agenda.
Why are so many people now looking
for life coaches? There are two main reasons
so many people are looking for life coaches. First,
because coaching is a growing field, the existence of
more professionals is creating an awareness of their
availability. More and more people are realizing that
it just makes good sense to have the assistance of someone
who is non-judgmental, a good listener, and capable
of thinking "outside the box," to help make
their lives more manageable and enjoyable. The second
and most important reason is that coaching works!
Can coaches work with anyone?
It takes two people to make the process work. If the
coach is good, and the match is workable, then the rest
is up to the client. Coaching is a helping profession,
and for that the client not only needs to want to change,
but also follow through with what was agreed upon in
the sessions. And while professional coaches are highly
trained in helping others break through what may hold
them back, the real work is done between sessions in
real-life situations.
What about confidentiality?
Confidentiality is a central part of the coaching process
and mirrors the standards established in other helping
professions such as psychotherapy. In essence, the client
is protected from any and all disclosure of personal
information to the extent the law provides. This includes
information provided by a client whose company hires
the coach to improve his or her performance.
How long does the coaching process
usually take? The coaching relationship more
closely resembles a partnership than counseling. The
coach and client work together on main issues, and sometimes
move to other issues if the client desires. Typically,
the relationship is a minimum of three months, but could
be shorter or longer as desired by the client.
How are sessions conducted?
Sessions can be done exclusively through, or in any
combination of, face-to-face contact, phone, or email.
"Live" work typically encompasses between
a half an hour and two hours per week.
What do coaches charge?
As is the case with other professionals such as doctors,
lawyers, and psychotherapists, coaches charge their
own fees. Fees vary based on the coach's training, expertise,
experience, the duration and frequency of the sessions,
and sometimes due to the nature of the client's issue,
which may require the coach to spend additional time
researching for the client's benefit.
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