What is Coaching?
The principal of coaching is to form an understanding as to where you are at both personally and professionally today, create what is possible for you in the future and then bridge the gap that exists between the two. It is an experience rich in rewards like no other program. Beyond phenomenal personal growth, you will gain powerful insights into yourself and your life, the whole time being encouraged and supported by a coach committed to positive outcomes. Coaching is a journey you embark upon, ultimately creating you an empowered life.
Mentoring
A mentor is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “a wise and trusted counsellor or teacher”. Particularly in the early stages of coaching where we look at all areas of your life, effective mentoring from an impartial advisor is an essential ingredient of successful coaching. At the inception of your coaching program, you will go through a powerful goal setting exercise which allows a consistent focus to be created for the duration of the coaching experience (see How It Works ). Creativity forms an integral part of what we do at The Foundation, and a real consulting flavour enhances this rewarding and occasionally challenging goal setting exercise.
Management
An essential ingredient of an effective manager is the ability to set strategies, or take the big picture and break it down into feasible pieces. Transferring those strategies into day-to-day tactics is how amazing feats are accomplished. (Would the Egyptians have even begun work on the pyramids had a project manager not broken it down into an exercise of moving stone?) Additionally, a manager will take a monitoring viewpoint and ensure that regular progress is made towards the goals.
Sports Psychology
Any world-class sports coach takes people who are already the best at what they do and encourages them to achieve even more. Utilising the benefits realisable from an effective sports coach allows you to:
- Experience the stretch factor in having someone encourage you beyond the point where you may normally stop.
- Have an external viewpoint and feedback mechanism, allowing you to raise your game beyond what only you can see.
- Have someone 100% committed to your success and acting constantly as your personal cheerleader.
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What Coaching is Not
- Coaching is not counselling or therapy. We are not in the business of digging into your past and discovering how you became who you are today, we believe more power is available in creating your future and becoming the type of person who attains that future.
- Coaching is not consulting. Consultants tell you what the solution actually is. Coaches work with you to find the path and then ensure you follow through!
- Coaching is not training. Trainers tell you how to do it, coaches work with you to discover what is missing and then help you with the acquisition of those skills.
Coaching is not about generating a win at all costs mentality. It's about achieving a win/win state of mind.
How Coaching Works
How it Works
The first meeting focuses on what is possible for you, attaching powerful reasons to these desired outcomes ensuring ongoing focus through the series. Session two breaks the goals into manageable parts, being strategies. This provides a map of how you will achieve the goal. Subsequent sessions are where the fun really begins, as you start to live into the life you are creating, getting into action and growing exponentially along the way.
What You Can Count On
Throughout the coaching experience, you are ensured of the following things:
- The whole series is based around what you believe is possible for your life, not what we think is best, there will of course be some stretching!
- The comfort of a confidential process is paramount to the client/coach relationship.
- Potentia coaching is permission based, meaning if you don’t want to explore an area then we respect your wishes absolutely.
Staying Focused
We hold the foremost belief that life is more about the journey than the outcome. As humans we become very single minded. For example, when thinking about success, our drive and commitment can prevent us from actually enjoying the hard work we put in to achieve something. For this reason we encourage clients to develop a reward system and keep firmly grounded in what their life will be like with attainment of their goals.
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