7 very common Coaching-Errors

7 very common Coaching- Errors

” Coaching is a kind of therapy”
It is true that many business-coaches are trained as therapists. Yet coaching and therapy are two completely different processes. A metaphor makes this clearer: In a coaching you will find out how to design and create your garden. For me, therapy deals with “the soil”. It helps to detoxicate the soil and to cultivate it again. Counseling supports people to become healthy again. It enables them to get back their self-monitoring. Coaching requires the coachee’s ability to act and decide in a self-controlled way.

” The Coach directs”
On the contrary, a coach supports you to find out
yourself what you need and what you want.
He or she is a partner at the same eyelevel. What
exactly does this mean? You are always and
anytime equal. A professional coach does
without any advice. Advice would mean that he or
she knows what is best for you. You know best
what is best for you.

” Coaching is obscure”
Anything but obscure: respectable and
professional coaches are always conscious
and transparent. They know why they propose
a certain tool or intervention. And they will surely
tell you. That is what makes the processes so
precious: You want what is happening and you
can say ”Stop” at any time.

” Coaching lasts eternally” A coach that takes month after month to work with a client will literally spoil his or her reputation in the long run. The signature feature of successful coaches is a solution orientated and reasonable process.

” Coaching unmasks weak points & flaws”
Professional coaching is
always constructive and
respectful. Feedback invites you
to think about your coach‘s
perceptions. Everybody has
weak points. Your coach is a human
being like you. At the same eyelevel
coaching is a precious chance, even
if issues are painful.

” Coaching is blah”
The supreme discipline of coaching is to ask
questions. There is far more in professional
coaching than the dialogue between coach and
client. This constitutes an excellent coach, too:
He or she knows exactly which interventions and
tools are adequate for your issue. And sometimes
even a mousy question activates astonishing
processes.

” Coaching is expensive”
Unprofessional coaching can be expensive, yes. It takes very long and/or does without clearly defined and checked goals. Caution with so called special offers like ”10 sessions à...”. Such an offer binds you. It defines
a fixed duration. A professional coach lets you go
anytime you want to stop. There is no such
duration. Coaching normally is tax-deductible.

Sandra Heinzelmann Business-Coach, Trainer & Author http://www.sandra-heinzelmann.de

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7 very common Coaching-Errors

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