• What is coaching?
  
  
• How is coaching different from counseling?
  
  
• What is the basic philosophy of coaching?
  
  
• Who hires a coach and why?
  
  
• Do you have your own coach?
  
  
• What happens when you hire a coach?
  
  
• Does the coach work on personal goals or business/professional goals?
  
  
• Where does the coach focus with an average client?
  
  
• Why does coaching work?
  
  
• Why is coaching becoming so popular?
  
  
• What about people who are already doing really well in their lives. Why would they need a coach?
  
  
• Can I hire a coach just for a short-term, special project?

• Help people set better goals and then reach those goals.
• Ask their clients to do more than they would have done on their own.
• Help their clients to focus better so as to produce results more quickly.
• Provide clients with the tools, support and structure to accomplish more.

• They want more.
• They want to grow.
• They want to do things more easily.

• You take yourself more seriously.
• You take more effective and focused actions immediately.
• You stop putting up with what is dragging you down.
• You create momentum so that it's easier to get results.
• You set better goals that are more exactly what YOU want.

• Getting the client's Personal Foundation strengthened.
• Helping the client beef up their Reserve of time, money, energy, etc.
• Helping the client set goals based on individual Personal Values.

By including these with what each client wants, coaches help their clients have fewer problems and focus on what will make them the most successful. Clients really enjoy this approach.

Synergy between the coach and client creates momentum.
Better goals are set - ones that naturally pull the client toward the goal rather than goals that require the client to push themselves to the goal.
The client develops new skills, and these skills translate into more success.

1. Many people are tired of doing what they think they "should" do and are ready to do something special and meaningful for the rest of their lives. One problem is that many can't see what this is or, if they can, they can't find a way to reorient their life around it. A coach can help them do both.
2. People are realizing how simple it can be to accomplish something that several years ago might have felt out of reach or like a pipedream. A coach is not a miracle worker (well, sometimes they are), but a coach does have a large tool kit to help the Big Idea become a Reality. Fortunately, people now have time and
3. Spirituality. If you tracked the phenomenal success of James Redfield's Celestine Prophecy on the NY Times bestseller list back in 1994, you got a sense of just how many people are willing to look at, and consider, the notion of spirituality. Wow. Many coaches are spiritually based - even the ones who coach IBM and AT&T. America is growing more spiritual very quickly. (Our working definition of spirituality? "How connected you are with yourself and others.") The coach helps the clients to tune in better to themselves and to others.

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What about people who are already doing really well in their lives. Why would they need a coach?
They might not need a coach. But it is helpful to find out: Are they doing what they most enjoy? Are they tolerating anything? Is life easy? Are they going to be financially independent within the next 15 years? Do they have what they most want? We've discovered that, often, people need to expect more out of their lives. A coach can help in this process.

Can I hire a coach just for a short-term, special project?
Yes. Some clients hire a coach to help them accomplish specific goals or projects. Usually, however, the client keeps working with the coach after that because there are even more interesting things to accomplish.