What is Coaching?

Coaching is a profession that helps you produce extraordinary results in others life, career, business, or organization.  Coaching drives the coachee (client) to:

• identify and clarify the agenda (goals / challenges  / roadblocks / etc) of coaching
• identify the skills and capabilities that are within the coachee, and
• enables him to use them (for the agenda) to the best of his ability.

Basically, in the coaching process, coach leads the coachee to draw solutions “to their own self-identified goals / challenges / etc” from their own highest knowledge and wisdom. 

The key thing is that coach does not have the answers but has the questions that allow the client to find their own answers.  

How is coaching different from therapy / mentoring / consulting / training?

Therapy is meant to correct aberration brought on by emotional and behavioural problems. It is aimed at restoring the normal functioning.

Mentoring is a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person to advance their careers, enhance their education, etc. 

Consulting is providing advice in a particular area of expertise. 

Training is aimed at transferring specific know-how, information and skills to the trainee. 

Coaching is not similar to consulting/mentoring as the coach is not an expert in the clients life/skills and hence does not give any recommendations  to the client. But the coach leads the client to draw solutions (Please refer to the above “What is Coaching” section for more details).

Who works with a coach?

People from all walks of life and all ages can benefit from coaching to produce extraordinary results.

Organizations, managers, executives, entrepreneurs, business owners, individuals, spouses, parents, children, sportspersons and people who desire change are some of the people who work with a coach.

If you are ready to discover,  re-invent,  grow,  expand,  sublimate,  innovate, you're probably ready to work with a coach.

What’s in it for me – Benefits of Coaching?

Anything is possible. Some of the important ones are:

• Identify with clarity the real Roadblocks and hence the desired Direction
• Set Better Goals (Eg:  S.M.A.R.T. goals) that you might not have without the coach
• Access More of your own potential for Extraordinary Solutions/Results
• Focused and Effective Actions immediately
• Better Time Management and Productivity
• Create a Lasting Change

Coaching - For Businesses and Corporates

Coaching is very useful for business as it is the most cost effective ways of developing people. Instead of putting people thru all kind of courses, coaching can be tailored to meet individual needs. This is very valuable especially for more experienced people who have already attended every course going.  Businesses can embrace coaching

• By expecting managers to coach their teams as part of their standard skill set
• By bringing in external coaches to work with people at senior level

Overall advantages to businesses are many and wide-ranging, including

• Increased business performance
• Rapid Employee/Skill Development
• Improved retention
• Superior productivity and customer service
• Better motivation  and deeper commitment to the company
• Enhanced leadership capabilities

How is coaching delivered?

The job of a coach is to ask powerful/precise questions, listen and observe to enable the coachee to enter into a naturally resourceful and  creative state. This, in turn, makes the coachee capable of finding his own answers to the issues and challenges he is facing.

This coaching process can be delivered face to face, via internet (Skype) or by phone.

How can I undergo coaching?

You can experience the power of coaching by hiring an expert coach. We also offer coaching services. For more details please click here.

Is it actually possible to build a career and make a good living from coaching?

There are thousands of coaches worldwide (thousands budding ones also) having coaching as a full fledged flourishing career.

How do I become a coach?

You are welcomed to join our extraordinary ICF/IIC accredited Associative Power Coaching program (from the CLI coaching school) to become a coach. For more details, please click here.

Can I coach part time?

Yes, for sure!  That is how many people enter into the coaching business... (and then eventually get stuck with it for full time ). 

Can you give me some Example Success Stories?

• Manager desiring more enthusiasm, harmony & team-spirit in his Team.  Done!
• Company Executive trying hard to find his work-life balance.   Done!  
• Leadership Team targeting to achieve their Vision.   Done!
• HR Team intending to align people aspirations with Company Vision.   Done!
• Entrepreneur requiring to start a new business.   Done!
• Unemployed person looking for a career aligned with what he enjoys.   Done!
• Cricket batsman trying to better his skills.    Done!
• Overweight person aiming for weight loss & overall fitness.   Done!
• Many more..