Question:  What is a coach?

A coach is a highly trained partner who helps clients grow personally and professionally. A coach listens, provides observations, guidance, makes requests and helps the client focus and achieve bigger and more fulfilling goals.

Mostly, a coaching relationship allows you to have someone who really cares, who really listens, and who can ask you for more than you can usually ask of yourself.   Your coach will also hold you accountable!

Question: What does the coaching process achieve?

It improves performance.  By working within an organization and one on one with individuals (or teams), executive coaching creates the synergy required for improving performance; through leveraging strengths and strengthening weaknesses.

Question: Why would my organization hire a coach?
Some ideas:

Team Building	Sensitivities	Communication Skills
Sounding Board	Catalyst for Change	Specific Skills Training
Leadership Skills Training	Deliver Assessments	Accountability Culture
Cultivate a Coaching Culture	Daily Effectiveness	Improve Leader Impact
Mission Integration

Question:  How long is a coaching contract?

Most business coaching programs are four to twelve months, with some programs going more than twelve months, or continuing on an ongoing basis. The duration depends upon the nature of the client’s personal, professional and/or organizational goals and objectives.

Question:  How much does coaching cost?

As a strategic business partner, a business coach charges a rate range similar to other essential business service providers (attorneys and accountants).

 
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