The goal of coaching is to make you a more balanced and fulfilled person as you also experience success.
A coach helps you remove those obstacles, beliefs that are impeding you to be successful. Just like a sports coach, the coach will uncover the hidden potential within, those great capabilities you already have but that you have not fully developed.
| What is Coaching? | What is not Coaching? |
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- A means for learning and development.
- Guiding someone toward her or his goals.
- The mutual sharing of experiences and opinions to create agreed-upon outcomes.
- About inspiring and supporting another person
| - An opportunity to correct someone's behaviors or actions.
- Directing someone to do something to meet goals.
- Being the expert or supervisor with all the answers.
- About trying to address personal issues.
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Coaching vs. Managing
| Coaching | Managing |
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Focus On: - Exploring
- Facilitating
- Partnership
- Long-term development
- Open to many possible outcomes.
| Focus On: - Directing
- Telling
- Hierarchy
- Immediate results
- Focused on specific outcomes.
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