Here is some guidance on what coaching might look like. Every person, however, is different, and their coaching will be a personalised experience, so treat this page as guidance.
What is coaching for?
In my experience, people tend to come to coaching:
with a thing to explore - doing something differently, or being different
when they are stuck
as they are transitioning into a new job or project
to think about endings or beginnings
because they need a place outside their context - family or organisation - where over time, they would like an external thinking partner or critical friend
for a reason they can’t articulate.
What outcomes can you expect?
Change in how you feel about something or someone, e.g. increased life satisfaction.
Change in thinking about a topic or problem, finding a potential solution.
Develop new skills or competencies, e.g. having courageous conversations, leadership skills.
Change in how well you perform in an area or holistically.
[Coaching is] simply a future-focused conversation between two people working in partnership in service of the thinking of one of them.
The thinker does some work that enables them to gain new insights that moves them forward - coaching is keeping them company while they think.
Claire Pedrick “Simplifying Coaching”
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Coaching is a human development process that involves structured, focused interaction and the use of appropriate strategies, tools and techniques to promote desirable and sustainable change for the benefit of the client and potentially for other stakeholders.
Tatiana Bachkirova, Elaine Cox and David Clutterbuck