{"id":166,"date":"2010-06-17T07:49:36","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T11:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topnotchcoachingllc.com\/site\/?p=166"},"modified":"2010-06-17T16:10:44","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T20:10:44","slug":"frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topnotchcoachingllc.com\/site\/frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is coaching?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to\u00a0 maximize their personal and professional potential.\u00a0 A coaching partnership supports the achievement of\u00a0\u00a0extraordinary results, based on goals set by the individual or team.\u00a0 Through the process of coaching, individuals\u00a0 focus on the skills and actions needed to successfully produce their personally relevant results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How long does a coach work with an individual or team?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The length of a coaching partnership varies depending on the individual\u2019s or team\u2019s needs and preferences.\u00a0 For\u00a0certain types of coaching, 3 to 6 months of working with a coach may work.\u00a0 For other types of coaching, people\u00a0may find it beneficial to work with a coach for a longer period.\u00a0 Factors that may impact the length of time include:\u00a0\u00a0 the types of goals, the ways individuals or teams like to work, the frequency of coaching sessions and financial resources available to support coaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How is coaching distinct from other service professions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professional coaching is a distinct service which focuses on an individual\u2019s life as it relates to goal setting, outcome creation and personal change management.\u00a0 In an effort to understand what a coach is, it can be\u00a0 helpful to distinguish coaching from other professionals that provide personal or organizational support.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Therapy\u2014Coaching can be distinguished from therapy in a number of ways.\u00a0 First, coaching is a profession that supports personal and professional growth and development based on individual-initiated change in\u00a0pursuit of specific actionable outcomes.\u00a0 These outcomes are linked to personal or professional success.\u00a0\u00a0 Coaching is forward moving and future focused.\u00a0 Therapy, on the other hand, deals with healing pain, dysfunction and conflict within an individual or a relationship between two or more individuals.\u00a0 The\u00a0focus is often on resolving difficulties arising from the past which hamper an individual\u2019s emotional\u00a0 functioning, and dealing with present life and work circumstances in more emotionally healthy ways.\u00a0\u00a0 Therapy outcomes often include improved emotional\/feeling states.\u00a0 While positive feelings\/emotions\u00a0 may be a natural outcome of coaching, the primary focus is on creating actionable strategies for achieving\u00a0specific goals in one\u2019s work or personal life.\u00a0 The emphasis in a coaching relationship is on action,\u00a0accountability and follow through.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Consulting\u2014Consultants may be retained by individuals or organizations for the purpose of accessing\u00a0\u00a0 specialized expertise.\u00a0 While consulting approaches vary widely, there is often an assumption that the\u00a0\u00a0consultant diagnoses problems, prescribes and sometime implements solutions.\u00a0 In general,\u00a0 the assumption\u00a0with coaching is that individuals or teams are capable of generating their own solutions, with the coach\u00a0supplying supportive, discovery-based approaches and frameworks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is 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