What is Coaching?
The ICF(International Coaching Federation) is the leading global organization for coaches and coaching.ICF is dedicated to advancing the coaching profession by setting high standards, providing independent certification, and building a worldwide network of trained coaching professionals. coaching usually targets an individual looking to become a better version of themselves.
Some aspects of Coaching
1. Coaching helps a client to come out with their own solution. It’s a self-introspection process where Coach only facilitates the session by asking powerful questions so the client can tap into their resources.
2. Coaching is building capacity. A good coach will help you tap into your resources and unleash the best within you.
3. Coaching, helps clients find their own clarity and answers and assists them in understanding how to move forward in achieving their goals and growing personally.
4. A Coach is a person who will not hold your hand instead he is a person who will be standing along with you in your decision and help you declutter your thought process.
5. Coaching’s ultimate agenda is to make the client switch his mental state so that the client can work at his optimal strength.
6. The role of a coach is to work as your equal. The coach is there to help you find the answers for yourself.
7. Coaches do not diagnose problems; rather, they partner with clients to determine the biggest questions they want to explore and create an experience for the client to arrive at their own answers, based on what the client believes will work best.
8. In coaching, the focus is on the client, and on helping them tap into their own ability to solve the problems and challenges that emerge in work and life.