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What can coaching do for me?

What can coaching do for me?

(OnTarget. Vol 4, issue 9 2005)

It’s a question that’s often asked. What exactly can coaching do for me?

In the true tradition of coaching the answer can only arise from the question – What exactly do you want coaching to do for you? Having said that I think it’s useful to look at the benefits of coaching and to consider what we can expect to achieve.

During the 90s the word coaching became the favourite business buzzword. Unfortunately it also became a cover all term that seemed to encompass anything from counselling, therapy, and training, mentoring and even performance management. I worked with a client recently where the reaction to the use of external coaches was that of fear and suspicion - which is unusual – with some gentle questioning it was discovered that the management had been using the word coaching as a term to describe disciplinary procedures!

So what is it then?

¦ Tailored to the person – one of the best ways to get fantastic results as a coach is to have the person tell you exactly how they like to be coached

¦ Target Driven – Coaching without an end in sight is meaningless. If we don’t know where we are going how will know whether we get there or not!

¦ Partnership – A coach is there to support you in achieving your targets, the responsibility for success remains with you.

And what is it not?

¦ Teaching

¦ Therapy

COACHING IN THE WORKPLACE

Generally the reasons for seeking out a coach are linked to the desire for some change. The decision to utilise coaches is often made by the management and this in itself is a challenge because the decision to change is being made by someone other than the person to be coached.

True coaching can only be successful if the person themselves has a desire to change. Once the desire to change is there what should you be looking for in a coach?

¦ Rapport – This does not mean that your coach becomes your friend, far from it, what it means is that you are able to 100% trust that your coach is working for you and your goals.

¦ Questions not Answers – A great coach rarely provides answers instead they are skilled at asking the type of questions so that the person can discover their own solutions. When I was a child I would often ask my dad how to spell a word – to my total frustration as a ten year old he would always say “Look it up in the dictionary”. As an adult I now know my dad was not just saying that to annoy me but instead was coaching me to find the right answers

¦ Listening not Talking – Of course there are times when a coach may need to be become a teacher for example to share a technique or a tip however a great coach listens considerably more than talks.

¦ Has your goal in mind at all times – your coach must be your advocate.

¦ Tells the truth – A coach does not fear the truth even if the truth is difficult to take.

¦ Challenges you – I read recently a lovely term to describe this type of coaching “structured nudging”!

¦ Objective

¦ Brings fresh perspectives

¦ Helps you to create new possibilities

SO WHAT CAN COACHING DO FOR ME?

Here are my top 3 benefits:

A Great Coach Has you think differently

Over the years we have all collected a series of assumptions, beliefs, expectations, judgements and opinions about how life works, what should and shouldn’t happen, who we are/should be, how to choose/make decisions etc. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) we’ve outgrown many of these truths and formulas but don’t know we have, or haven’t realised that there are better routes. A coach can offer fresh suggestions and challenge those useless beliefs to enable you to shift, change or alter current paradigms

A Great Coach Challenges you to Achieve More than you think you can

This is crucial, because humans are animals and subject to the same instinctual reactions and fears. In my experience it is much more common for a client to set a goal which is too small than one which is too big. A great coach will help you realise your potential.

A Great Coach Helps You to Become Self-Sufficient.

As mentioned coaching must have an end point, the process of coaching is to help the person along the journey to that end point and along the way have them learn some new ways of thinking. In the future when you are working towards a different goal a great coach will have equipped you to deal with this without them.

Why not do something amazing for yourself today – find yourself a Great Coach.

Until next time

Every Success Helen Stockill T: 01925 712100 info@resolutionsunlimited.co.uk

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