WHAT IS COACHING?
I like to use an oversimplified comparison of the questions that get asked in therapy and coaching to help illustrate what I believe coaching is, when you boil it all down.
Therapy asks: What happened to me? How is it holding me back? How do I work through it?
Coaching asks: Where am I? Where do I think I want to go? Where to i actually want to go? And how do I get there?
What do you notice in the difference?
I get asked this question a lot – are you a Career Coach? A Life Coach? An Executive Coach? A Business Coach? A Leadership Coach? The potential flavors go on and on, but after 7+ years of coaching with all varieties of clients, it has become clear that I'm a human coach.
I promise that’s not just a catchall cop out. My clients span industries and age-groups, from folks in tech to opera directors to veterinarians to Olympic skateboarders. And what I’ve learned is that regardless of why a client comes to me, we are working with the whole person in all aspects. If we only look at certain areas it’s too easy to miss what’s important or really going on.
I don’t coach “leaders,” “execs,” “founders,” etc. I coach humans.
We focus on the most important leadership role a person can play: the leader in their own lives. Everywhere else – at work, in relationships, and beyond — follows and benefits from it.
WHAT KIND OF COACH ARE YOU?
DIFFERENT OFFERINGS
FOR DIFFERENT NEEDS.
WHAT DOES WORKING TOGETHER LOOK LIKE?
You will get a promise to slow down (like truly slow down) so that you can start to hear yourself, what you really crave, and how to go about making it real. (sidenote, if reading about the idea of slowing down made you sweat a little, that’s a really important clue).
YOU WILL
You will get a one-of-a-kind, custom program based specifically on you, your needs, values, watchouts, dreams, and goals – that we’ll create together.
You will get my help identifying and closing up anything that’s leaky, pulling back your energy, and helping you figure out where it wants and needs to be directed.
You will first figure out how you lead and show up in your own life. Then we can consider how you show up and lead at work/for others. In my experience, it’s impossible to do them in any other order.
You will get clear on where you are now, what you think you want, and if I’m doing my job right, what you actually want. We’ll work in the present with eyes on the future, and keep you moving through real action and experimentation.
You won’t get promises of me helping you “scale” or “accelerate” or triple your income.
YOU WON’T
You won’t get a one-size-fits all, step-by-step model for getting the life you want.
You won’t experience me solving problems for you or telling you what to do (as tempting as that may sound).
You won’t see me solely focus on making you the best leader you can be and deliver results for the company you work for.
You won’t be in an endless loop of questions about why you feel a certain way or are stuck.