Benefits of People Helping People

Working with a qualified coach on any aspect of development will provide the clarity and positive achievement you are looking to aspire to. A qualified coach will support you in reaching the goal you are striving for in the most professional manner.

A personal life coach can support people looking for self-improvement and personal development enhancement leading to a more satisfying life-style.

A corporate, executive, career or business coach can work with teams or individuals to improve leadership and management skills, to enhance working relationships, which will ultimately increase productivity and profitability.

Coaching is Flexible

• Coaching can enhance many areas of our lives: personal, professional, career and much more.
• Coaching can be conducted by face-to-face sessions and by telephone coaching.
• All coaching is confidential.
• Coaching may also be conducted in group coaching, at coaching workshops and coaching seminars.
• All coaching is confidential.

ABOUT COACHING

Having a coach can change your life to allow you to be the person want to be, to achieve the things in life you aspire to and to reach those goals that you may have thought were unachievable.

Life coaching is a practice of assisting clients to determine and achieve personal goals. A coach will use a variety of methods, tailored to the client, to move through the process of setting and reaching goals. Coaching is not targeted at psychological illness, and coaches are not therapists (although therapists may be coaches).

Most life coaching helps people reach individual goals. Coaching can support people to enjoy better relationships with parents, partners and children, or with team members and managers.

Coaches in life should be selected for their proven skill in a given area which would match the area in which a person would like to improve. This will maximize the effectiveness of coaching. Just as a successful sports team would hire a professional coach to improve team performance, an individual or company would seek a coach who has demonstrated leadership in the specific coaching niche you are looking for improvement in. It is important for an individual seeking a coach to research the coach's experience in a given niche: business, family, personal, relationship, etc.

Coaches tend to specialize in one or more of niches or specialties: career coaching, transition coaching, life or personal coaching, health and wellness coaching, parenting coaching, executive coaching, small business coaching, systemic coaching and organizational or corporate coaching.

The user-friendly People Coaching People search option allows you to find the coach in any particular niche.

A second approach to coaching involves finding a coach with whom you personally connect. A coach should be able to give clear, concise directives which stimulate creative ideas by which you can move forward to achieve your goals. If this occurs, then the specific background of the coach may not be as important or relevant as their ability to facilitate focus, maintain hope, and build motivation.

The most important thing is to find a coach who will “connect with you” and the People Coaching People Forum gives you just the opportunity to be able to ask questions directly to a registered coach before you decide that this is the right coach for you.

What is a coach?

A coach is someone who is focused on supporting other people and who is professionally trained in language, practices, competencies and distinctions. Just as a successful sports team will have a coach, people can achieve great success in having a coach.

How would a business benefit from hiring a coach?

If there were two business owners with the same education, the same resources and the same experience, who would have more fun, play, ease and profit – the one with a coach or the one winging it on his/her own?

What do business coaches do?

Business coaches partner with business owners to achieve results worthy of the lives and for people working with and for the business. Business coaches work with other business owners and entrepreneurs, so they know more about what it means to be a business owner than most business owners.

What is the difference between a corporate coach and a business coach?

Corporate coaches typically work with employees of larger companies around retention, employee development, reinforcement of training and related issues. Corporate coaches typically work with large entities and often the company will hire the coach to work internally as an employee of the company. The majority of larger global companies have internal coaches on payroll.

Business coaches typically work with small businesses rather than middle market or larger global companies. A business coach might work with a small business owner or team committed to growth.

What is the difference between a coach and a consultant?

• Consultants are paid to provide answers and solutions to specific problems.
• Coaches are trained to ask questions to enable the Coachee to find the answers for themselves.

What is the difference between a coach and a counsellor/therapist?

• Counsellors are trained to work with people to achieve change by revisiting the past and re-patterning thinking.
• Counsellors are in the business of recovery.
• Coaches do not utilise therapy, they encourage. Coaches work with people to realise their full potential. When a coach uncovers issues best handled by a counsellor, psychologist or other therapist, the coach recommends the Coachee seek therapy.
• Coaches are in the business of development.

However, it is important to note that there are similarities between coaching and counselling. Both work one-to-one over a period of time. The skills are similar in that both require advanced questioning, listening and other communications skills.

What is coaching?

• Coaching is based on developing in the Coachee fundamental human principles of integrity, accountability, respect, and a belief in human potential.
• Coaching is goal-oriented. Coaches are trained to support and encourage the Coachee, to bridge the gap between where they are now and where they want to be.

How does a coach work?

• A coach will assist people to discover their goals and then to achieve them
• A coach will stretch a coachee to do more by him or herself
• A coach will focus on the actions and behaviour of the coachee which will produce fast and positive results
• A coach will provide the tools and necessary resources to support the coachee to produce positive results faster

What else does coaching do?

• Motivates the coachee to stretch themselves
• Encourages the coachee to be the best they can be
• Challenges the coachee to think bigger and realise their full potential
• Dares the coachee to take more risks
• Provides support for the coachee to achieve results quickly and easily
• Alters how the coachee thinks, feels and behaves, so they can appreciate their own greatness

How does a coach get a coachee to achieve results?

• By setting powerful, compelling goals so the coachee is clear about the direction they are heading
• By providing the support to help a coachee persevere, even when the going gets tough
• By focusing the coachee on where they are now, where they want to be, the best way to get there, and the action plan they are going to take
• By enabling a coachee to think laterally to create options, and for the coachee to think deeply about the choices they wish to make
• By providing a coachee with a step-by-step process that avoids the overwhelming feeling of not knowing where to start
• By providing deadlines to give the whole process more urgency and importance
• By working within a time frame; enough time to complete the project, but short enough to stay focused and motivated
• By encouraging a coachee to identify negative habits, eliminate them, and then develop new positive habits
• By using power questioning and holding the coachee accountable to what they say they want, and what they say they will do
• By supporting a coachee to maintain commitment to their goals

What tools do coaches use when coaching?

Typically coaches draw on experience and coaching skills and create their own resources to use when coaching. The most common resources that coaches use are assessment programs and checklists, language distinctions and coaching models many of which are provided and taught through coach-specific training institutions.
Coaching is more than just motivation and support. The use of resources can help a coachee to understand themselves better and as a result make more effective choices.

What is the cost of being coached?

The cost of being coached varies. You can search hourly rates of coaches in our People Coaching People Coach Directory.

What is typically a coach’s background?

Coaches come from a variety of backgrounds. Many coaches emerge from professions such as consulting, training, teaching or counselling. Coaching is for people who want to see positive changes in another person’s life.

What does a coachee normally want to be coached on?

People hire coaches for many reasons. The most common things a coachee will seek out a coach for is for improvement in relationships, personal development, finances, career performance, career change and transition, communication skills.

Where will I be coached?

Where ever you feel comfortable, safe and secure. Coaching is conducted in a mutually agreeable neutral place, or by telephone.

To Find A Coach

If you would like more information on individual professionally trained quality coaches, then visit www.peoplecoachingpeople.co.nz to search for the coach that best suits your needs. Our coaches are here to support you in whatever area you desire whether it’s personal development, life-style changes, motivation, or encouragement, and you can be sure that they will believe in YOU.

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