
What is coaching?
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a partnership
Coaching is a partnership between the Coach and the Client
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thought-provoking and creative
Coaching is a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires people to envision and become their best selves
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asks for integrity, transparency, and openness
Coaching is relationship that requires Coach and Client to operate from a place of personal integrity, transparency, and openness
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support, plan, achieve
Coaching is a service that facilitates the identification and development of goals (personal, professional, or life) and supports the client to develop and carry out a strategy/plan for achieving those goals
What coaching is not.
The liability bit. But seriously, it matters.
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Coaching is not therapy, counselling or advice giving.
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Coaching is not a substitute for psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, legal, medical or other professional services.
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Coaching does not prevent, cure, or treat any mental disorder or medical disease and it is the Client’s responsibility to seek such independent professional guidance as needed.
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Coaching does not represent guarantees or warranties, expressed or implied, about any results to be achieved.
