Coaching FAQ
What are the different types of coaching?
A number of coaches have a specialty
area or concentration, although many work in several areas.
Some of the different types of coaches you may encounter
are:
Life coaches
work with various aspects of a
client’s life. Life coaches focus on assisting clients to
achieve life-improving goals, managing and making the most
of transitions, finding balance, and making progress in
other areas of personal well-being and growth. For
example, if your goal is to achieve balance between your
work, personal and family life a life coach could support
you in these goals.
Career coaches
specialize in assisting clients with
achieving their career goals. A career coach might assist
their client in discovering their ideal career or attaining
desired results within the career they have chosen. Unlike
packaged job or career training programs, career coaches
start with their client’s gifts and sources of motivation to
help them get to their goals. Career coaches often work to
uncover the client’s true avocation that will allow them to
“Go to Play” as opposed to “Going to Work” every day because
they are doing what they love and are good at.
Business coaches
primarily work with entrepreneurs,
business owners and professionals (like Medical Doctors,
Attorneys, and Consultants) to help them improve their
businesses. Business coaches work with clients in a
variety of ways. They might help them determine how to
convert passion for an idea into a business start-up, or
identify actions that would generate greater profits for an
existing business. Business coaches often function as a
vital ‘silent’ partner in supporting and enlightening
business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals to achieve
business and personal success.
Executive coaches
work with executives, upper
management, and board members in business, non-profit and
government sectors. In the ever-changing -- and sometimes
lonely -- environment of upper management, executives often
lack an objective sounding board, reliable source of
performance feedback, or safe environment to explore new
ideas about management and leadership. Executive coaches
assist their clients to overcome obstacles within and around
them to tap into their hidden strengths and talents so they
can achieve success in their role or advance to higher
levels. Executive coaching has become popular because
it is a way of accelerating growth of professionals,
improving leadership skills and enhancing managerial
performance.
Sales coaches
assist sales professionals and sales
managers to identify the steps that will contribute the most
to their sales and other goals, providing accountability to
stay on course to completion. Sales coaches might
assist clients to be able to take time away from selling and
enjoy a balanced life.
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