Coaching is a process, not an event;
coaching by nature is multi-phasic:
Understanding
Situation / Problems
Specific Goals
For Coaching
Period
What are the Challenges
How To Reach the Goals
What is Environment
Plan of Action
Doing the work
over time
Assessing the
work
We
have reached the goal.
The issue or concern that brought the client to coaching has been
resolved or improved.
The
key learnings are reviewed with the client,
and the working contract formally ends. Or,
it ends and a new piece of coaching work
begins...
Dana is a wonderful coach! I don’t think
that I could’ve made this transition [to
executive leadership] as smoothly or as quickly
as I have if I were not coaching with her. I
have recommended Dana many times and will continue
to recommend her to anyone I know that needs
to gain clarity and/or confidence to achieve
their professional goals. I couldn’t imagine
ever recommending anyone more highly!
John Proctor, Kaiser Permanente
A typical coaching cycle
lasts three months to one year, dependent on the complexity
of the issues and the investment of the client. Although
coaching frequently focuses on issues of great personal
importance to the client, coaching is not therapy.
“Coaching is not
telling people what to do—
it’s giving them a chance to examine what they ARE doing,
in light of their intentions.”
