What is coaching?
The purpose of coaching is to move you from where you are to where you really want to be. A coach will listen to you and partner with you to design feasible solutions to take you to the next level in achieving your goals. Working with a coach involves an aspect of expectancy and transformation that classroom learning cannot touch. Much like having a personal trainer in every area of your life, a coach challenges you to stretch yourself.
Ultimately, the coaching process is about you as a whole: your values, your desires, your goals, your work, your relationships, your balance, your fulfillment and your life trajectory.
Sessions are phone-based and the client calls the coach based on a mutually agreed upon time.
Does Godgrown coach organizations?
Godgrown holds workshops and think tanks with organizations; however, Godgrown coaches specialize in the coaching of individuals. If your organization would like Godgrown to facilitate a customized workshop or think tank, please email hello (at) godgrown [dot] net. Also, see our resources page for regular Workshops.
How is coaching different from counseling, consulting or mentoring?
In counseling:
- the counselor is the expert in the relationship
- the counselor’s work tends to focus on the client’s past or present
- the client is typically viewed as broken or wounded and in need of being “fixed”
In consulting:
- the consultant is the expert in the relationship
- the consultant is typically hired to “fix” something in the client’s life or business by applying his or her specific expertise
In mentoring:
- the mentor is the expert in the relationship
- the mentor typically shares wisdom from his or her life experience as a primary way of teaching the mentee
In coaching:
- the client is the expert, the coach is an informed peer
- the coach does not give answers; rather, he or she draws out the client’s own expertise, wisdom and insight to point the way forward
- the coach’s work typically focuses on the client’s present and future
- the coach does not view the client as broken or in need of fixing; rather, the coaching is about taking the client’s life to the next level
Is coaching for me?
Good question. Contact us to set up a free, 30-minute sample session to see if coaching is for you.
