Extraordinary results happen when the client is matched with the right coach
Individuals come to coaching to achieve results. They have goals and dreams that they want to actualize in their lives. Many coaches will take on clients with a range of objectives to be achieved believing that coaching practices and principles will suffice to achieve the client's goals. While it is true that standard coaching principles are powerful and often effective in a range of client objectives, the potential of extraordinary coaching results are magnified when a client's objective is matched up with a coach whose strength lies in that area.

The Center for Coaching matching process
When a client approaches Center for Coaching, there is a complimentary consultation with a placement specialist to discuss the goals and objectives that the client desires to achieve. From this consultation, recommendations of particular coaches are made for the client to speak with by phone and discuss how the coaching would work. The placement specialist will be in close contact with the client during this exploratory phase to facilitate the client's selection of a coach. Center for Coaching has a substantial selection of experienced coaches for the client to interview. We have coaches that specialize in Business, Personal/Life, Career, Executive, Productivity and Presentation Skills coaching.

Customer service is job one for us
At Center for Coaching, customer satisfaction is a priority. Our philosophy of matching up client and coach for extraordinary results follows our orientation to customer service. After a client has been matched up with a coach, we continue to be there to serve our clients with regard to any questions or coaching matters they may be concerned with. If a particular coaching match is not working for the client, we are there to work with the client to find a solution.

-Henry Barbey, Director

The Center for Coaching Story
Center for Coaching evolved to fill a real need: to match a client with a coach who could best serve his or her goals and objectives. When I began my coaching practice years ago, I called myself a business and personal coach. As my coaching practice grew, I received a wide range of requests for coaching assignments, from business coaching to career coaching to personal development coaching. Soon I began to realize that I was most effective and also most personally fulfilled in my work when I stayed within my area of specialty, which was business coaching. I became convinced that all coaches had their specialty areas in which they consistently produced extraordinary results with their clients.

As I continued to receive a wide range of coaching assignment requests, I saw the need to develop a team of coaches. I joined with coaches with a range of areas of specialty and preference to best meet clients needs and objectives. I met with and invited some of the best coaches I knew to be part of the Center for Coaching. I formalized the process of matching coach with client and the Center for Coaching was born. Since our formation in 2001, the company's philosophy of matching clients witht the "right" coach has proven successful. Clients are receiving the results they desire (and remaining with us) and the coaches are personally fulfilled doing the specialty work they love.

It was also my vision to have a center where a client could have a coaching company that he or she could grow with. As a client's goals are accomplished or met, new areas for personal/professional development emerge. A client who came to Center for Coaching for career clarity and direction could, after the initial goal was reached, have other coaches (business or executive, for example) to work with for the next desired phase of development. Our clients receive a range of coaching services under "one roof," where their personal preferences and personal styles are both known and taken into consideration. We seek to ensure that our clients have the best and most effective experience with coaching.

-Henry Barbey, Director

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