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We
Match You Up With the Right Coach!
Why
matching you with the right coach is important
All coaching is about bringing out your best self so that
your life is both successful and rewarding, both personally and professionally.
Coaching facilitates clarity, goal-setting, prioritization, planning,
and action in a holistic way. While certain coaching skills could be considered
somewhat standard or uniform, many coaches today choose to specialize
in a particular coaching "niche" that embraces their own personal
interest and experience as well. Our practice here at Center for Coaching
is to match up client and coach based upon the client’s goals
and objectives. For example, a coach with professional expertise in the
area of career management or transition is of particular value to a client
whose objectives are career related. Or, an executive seeking coaching
would likely be served best by a coach who intimately understands the
corporate environment with its practices and politics.
We have four (4)
broad categories within which to match up a client with a coach. Click
on the category to go directly to description:
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Business
Coaching
The focus of Business Coaching is often the development
of a business or professional service. As with all coaching, the
Business Coach works with a client in a holistic way, focusing on
both personal and professional issues. Generally, clients who come
to coaching for business reasons choose to focus more attention
upon business development or improvement. Developing or running
a business has its own set of unique responsibilities, such as managing
multiple tasks, setting up business systems and procedures, managing
employees, generating new business, customer service, accounting
practices and more. The Business Coach is an individual who has
experience and knowledge in business or professional development.
Additional
Sub-Specialites:
Presentation
Skills Coaching: Coaching that focuses specifically
on improving presentation or public speaking skills. Based upon
a client’s level of experience and goals, the Presentation
Skills Coach works with the client to develop a custom-tailored
program to meet the client’s objectives.
Productivity
Coaching: Coaching that addresses personal organization
and work-flow productivity objectives. This type of coaching is
generally short term to achieve specified goals. Areas such as:
organization of work environment, coordination of information
flow, filing systems and time management are reviewed and evaluated.
Based upon the client’s objectives, a plan of action is developed
and carried out.
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Personal/Life
Coaching
Personal or Life Coaching focuses on strengthening the
client as a person so that the client is able to operate at his
or her best, personally and professionally. While professional objectives
and goals are certainly addressed, there is strong emphasis on developing
the client as a whole person. It is not unusual for the coach to
work with a client to gain insight into the client’s life purpose,
or to strengthen the client’s personal foundation and development.
As with all coaching, it is the client’s goals and objectives
that direct and guide the coaching. A Personal or Life Coach is
a good choice when personal development/improvement goals are a
motivation for the coaching. Personal/Life Coaches are particularly
skilled and interested in the personal dimension for the coaching.
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Career
Coaching
A Career Coach works with a client to explore career
possibilities, identify specific goals, and create a plan that the
client will carry out that is in tune with client’s values
to create a career and life that is passionate and motivating. This
type of coaching is appropriate for individuals who are undergoing
or plan to undergo transitions in their professional life, want
to explore alternative career paths and new ways of working, or
want to grow and develop professionally in the career they already
have. Career Coaches are skilled in: identifying career options,
utilizing professional assessment instruments, resume development,
job search planning, informational network meetings, interviewing
and negotiating. Whether a client is a professional, parent, scientist,
small business owner, teacher, government employee, or other, Career
Coaches are a great choice for career related matters.
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Executive
Coaching
Individuals who are executives in organizations represent
specialized coaching requirements. Executives operate in a structure
that has written and unwritten rules for professional success. Organizational
life as an executive involves leadership, office politics, performance
reviews, communication skills, and bottom-line results, to name
a few. An executive coach is an individual who has had personal
experience in the organizational structure and intimately understands
the reality and nuances of executive life in an organization. The
following are areas commonly addressed in Executive Coaching: aligning
vision and values, performance improvement for business results,
career advancement and succession, interpersonal communication skills,
managing staff, team coaching skills, as well as others depending
upon the client’s particular situation and objectives. An Executive
Coach understands the world in which an executive operates and is
well suited to support the executive in achieving professional and
personal goals.
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