What is Coaching?
"Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential." International Coach Federation
To read further on the topic of Coaching, please see Leadership Toolbox.
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What are professional, certified coaches trained to do?
"Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual client needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client; they believe the client is naturally creative and resourceful. The coach's job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that the client already has." International Coach Federation (ICF).
It
is important to ensure you are working with a certified, professional coach.
This means the coach has invested significant effort to obtain
coach-specific training, has completed a rigorous
credentialing process, such as the training and certification programs
governed by the ICF, and continues their own professional development through related continuing education unit requirements to maintain their credentials.
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Is
coaching right for you?
To be
effective, professional coaching can require a significant investment of
your time and energy. It also requires courage, resilience and
dedication to the process. Before you invest, be sure you are ready to
make the most of it by taking this complementary Coachability Quiz!
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What are the benefits of coaching?
"Professional coaches provide an ongoing partnership designed to help clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Coaches help people improve their performance and enhance the quality of their lives." International Coach Federation.
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What is Executive Coaching?Although we approach coaching with a holistic, 'whole person' perspective, Executive
Coaching is a one-on-one, collaborative relationship between a coach and a client in a leadership role who is
primarily focused on increasing their effectiveness in a business setting. Coach
Kelly employs the 'lead from behind' methodology developed by The
Hudson Institute, wherein the relationship is a partnership, with the
coach facilitating an environment conducive to the client clarifying,
aligning and accomplishing personal and professional goals, subsequently adding a greater sense of joy to their lives. We can work with you in a number of ways, including:
- Independently
- Through a coaching program sponsored by your company (a popular new benefit program)
- With your leaders and the teams they lead
- With your senior executive leadership team
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How is Coaching Different from Consulting, Therapy and Mentoring?
It
is not uncommon for a client to employ both a Coach and a Therapist
or a Coach and a Consultant, while also facilitating an in-house
Mentoring
program. In fact, some Coaches, including Coach Kelly, provide both
Coaching and Consulting services to their clients. The reason is that
each specialty provides
value geared toward a specific need. Sample differentiators include:
- Consulting -- focuses on 'telling' the client (e.g. providing the solution)
- Therapy/Counseling -- explores long-term, historic patterns (e.g. overcoming the past)
- Mentoring -- imparts knowledge in a particular area of expertise (e.g. learning the ropes in accounting)
- Coaching -- focuses on the client's present realities and vision for the future, assumes the client
is
'whole' and capable of developing and implementing solutions, and works
'through' the client to simultaneously develop the solutions and the client
To determine if Coaching is right for you, take our complementary Coachability Quiz.
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What is Organization Development?A focused OD effort is often the glue for both realizing and
sustaining positive change. The
value of OD became widely recognized in the 1950's and has since
matured into a set of methodologies designed to improve organizations
on multiple levels, including structural, operational, cultural and
technological, to effectively navigate and make the most of change. "Organization Development is a body of knowledge and practice that enhances organizational performance and individual development, viewing the organization as a complex system of systems that exist within a larger system, each of which has its own attributes and degrees of alignment. OD interventions in these systems are inclusive methodologies and approaches to strategic planning, organization design, leadership development, change management, performance management, coaching, diversity, and work/life balance."
Organization Development NetworkEngaging both
the hearts and minds of team members is key to bringing about
unprecedented results. Coach Kelly will guide you and your team to develop
the environment to make this possible, and be there to coach your team to sustain it for the long term.
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