What is Coaching?
Posted on January 18, 2013 by Carlyne Kohner, One of Thousands of Family Coaches on Noomii.
Distinction of Coaching from other Professions
What is Coaching?
Coaching comes from the word coach. A coach is a large horse drawn carriage used for transportation. That means that coaching is a tool that gets clients from where they are at the moment to where they want to go next.
What is Life Coaching?
Life Coaching is a personal and powerful relationship focused on having, doing, and being what and who the client wants to be in life. A coach provides a simple, yet effective structure of support to assist the client in moving forward in significant areas of her/his life: Business/Career, Health, Romance, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Fun and Recreation, Physical Environment, and Friends and Family.
How is Co-active Coaching different from other Professions?
Consultants come in and assess the situation then they tell you what to do. They focus on solving and fixing the problem. Coaches believe that clients are ‘naturally creative resourceful and whole.’ This means that Coaches’ job is to ask questions that will help clients access their own unique answers to the questions that they currently have.
Mentors have a lot of experience in their field. Their Mentee seeks advice and guidance from them. A Coach does not need to know everything about the client’s life or work. The Coach believes that the client will have a magnificent way of designing her own life. The Coach and the Coachee are in the same level.
Therapists or Psychoanalysts deal with the issues from a person’s childhood so that they can move on to the present. They diagnose, treat patients, and they practice therapeutic techniques. Coaches are not therapists and they do not diagnose or treat people for mental illness. Both coach and client are peers and are responsible for the success of the relationship.
Counselors counsel students, identify and address what affect students’ learning, and assist them in choosing their careers. Coaches never counsel. Coaches don’t concentrate on their disabilities rather they work together on things that they do better in life.
Teachers tell students what to do and teach them the subject that they are knowledgeable based from the books and their experience. Coaches see the potential of the Coachee. Both are partners in designing what he/she wants to work on. Coaches follow their agenda.
