This document summarizes different types of coaching models. It discusses sports coaching, which focuses on developing skills and teamwork. Executive coaching addresses business and leadership needs. Life coaching emphasizes individual growth and personal development, with the client having autonomy and working coactively with the coach. Two life coach certifying bodies are described, with one requiring more extensive training than the other. Common coaching topics and benefits are listed, which can vary based on client needs and include increased self-awareness and goal achievement.

1. COMMITMENT
COACHING SOLUTIONS
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2. OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session you will be able to:
 Distinguish between the basic differences of a few coaching models
 Recognize the names of two bodies that certify life coaches
 Explain the focus of life coaching
 Recall some examples of common coaching topics
 List some of the benefits of coaching

3. SPORTS COACHING
 The word coaching is often times related to sports, with good reason
• Successful sports coaches help to develop athletes into top performing players
• Sports coaches teach and reinforce skills that endure long into the future
 Coaching techniques and approaches vary
• Mike Rice of Rutgers is well known for his use of embarrassment and humiliation as teaching tools
• Michael Phelps‘s coach leveraged Michael’s strengths, and used routine, and visioning techniques to
achieve record breaking results.*
*Summarized from The Power of Habit: Why we do what we do in Life and Business (2014), written by Charles Duhigg.
“Phelps finished a career that spanned five Olympics with 28 medals, 23 of them gold.” Source:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-oly-rio-2016-michael-phelps-ends-record-breaking-1471141061-htmlstory.html)

4. Situational Leadership® II Four Basic Leadership Styles - Source: Blanchard, K., & Zigarmi, P. (1985). Leadership and the
one minute manager: Increasing effectiveness through situational leadership. New York: Morrow.
Style 1: DIRECTING (Autocractic)
THE LEADER PROVIDES SPECIFIC DIRECTION AND CLOSELY MONITORS TASK ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Behaviors: Structure, Organize, Teach, and Supervise
Style 2: COACHING
THE LEADER CONTINUES TO DIRECT AND CLOSELY MONITOR TASK ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT
ALSO EXPLAINS DECISIONS, SOLICITS SUCCESTIONS, AND SUPPORTS PROGRESS.
Combines both direction and support
Style 3: SUPPORTING
THE LEADER FACILITATES AND SUPPORTS PEOPLE’S EFFORTS TOWARD TASK ACCOMPLISHMENT
AND SHARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECISION-MAKING WITH THEM.
Behaviors: Praise, Listen, Ask, Explain, and Facilitate
Style 4: DELEGATING
THE LEADERS TURNS OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECISION-MAKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING
TO PEOPLE.
In leadership
models, including
Ken Blanchard’s,
coaching is
considered a
leadership style
that is more
supportive than
directive.
This style can be
employed in the
workplace as a
tool for
supervisors.
COACHING AS A LEADERSHIP STYLE

5. EXECUTIVE COACHING
 An executive coach often incorporates
consulting and mentoring skills into their
sessions
 The executive may seek out one-on-one
coaching as an individual
• Motivation often includes a desire for personal
transformation, to explore challenges, and
improve performance
 The coach may be hired by their company
• Focus is defined by the company (i.e., leadership
development or deficiency)
• Status updates are provided to the company
• Beneficiaries are often senior leaders only
Consultant
• Noun
• A person who
provides
expert advise
Mentor
• Verb
• To advise or
train
Definition Source: www.google.com
“Whatever you can do or dream
you can, begin it. Boldness has
genius, power, and magic in it.”
- Goethe

6. LIFE COACHING MODEL
 The client has all of the power in the
relationship
 The coach leverages core competencies,
skills, and techniques like powerful
questions, design thinking, and affirmative
inquiry to co-actively work with the client to
achieve lasting and repeatable results
 The client is responsible to take the steps
necessary to move forward
“Coaching is partnering with clients
in a thought-provoking and creative
process that inspires them to
maximize their personal and
professional potential.”
- International Coaching Federation

7. LIFE COACH
CERTIFYING BODIES
International Coaching Federation (ICF)
• ICF offers the only globally recognized,
independent credentialing program for
coach practitioners
• ICF Credentials are awarded to
professional coaches who have met
stringent education and experience
requirements and have demonstrated a
thorough understanding of the coaching
competencies that set the standard in the
profession www.coachfederation.org
Center for Credentialing and Education
(CCE)
• CCE is an affiliate of the National Board
for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
• CCE offers a dynamic portfolio of
services including six volunteer
credentials, assessments and examination
services and customized solutions through
our business support and licensure
services
www.cce-global.org

8. LIFE COACHING EXPERTISE
 Anyone can call themselves a coach
 Similar to working with a doctor or general contractor it is wise to check credentials
before hiring a coach
 ICF coaches start as generalists (life coaches), may leverage their expertise and
continue their training into a specialty area (i.e., wellness or executive coaching),
and are life long learners in order to maintain their credential
 BCC coaches are academics at all levels that have completed additional training to
bridge a gap between the learning obtained for their degree and the criterion for
becoming certified by the board

9. EXAMPLES OF COMMON COACHING TOPICS
Time
Manage-
ment
Career
Change
Overall
Wellness
Goal-
setting
Stress
Manage-
ment

10. BENEFITS OF COACHING
Benefits of coaching include:
 Increased self-awareness
 Enduring behavioral change
 Achievement of goals

11. IN SUMMARY
 Each coaching model has a slightly different focus area
1. Sports coaching focuses on the development of team work, skills, and a winning team.
2. Executive Coaching focuses on the needs and performance of a business and/or the
performance of a leader.
3. Life coaching focuses is on an individual’s growth and personal development.
a) The client has the answers.
b) The coach co-actively works with the client to achieve the client’s desired results.
 There are two life coaching certifying bodies, one of which requires more coach
specific training and testing (ICF), but many coaches forgo certification all together
 In all models, coaching topics vary depending on the needs of the client
 Benefits are impactful and far reaching

12. CONTACT INFORMATION
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