Comments on: Discussions and Polls

By: yvette.elcock@srs-associates.co.uk

yvette.elcock@srs-associates.co.uk — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:12:13 +0000

I believe that my role as a coach encompasses that of challenging a client on ethicial issues and that my membership of the the ICF demands this:

Part Two: The ICF Standards of Ethical Conduct

‘ICF Professional Coaches aspire to conduct themselves in a manner that reflects positively upon the coaching profession; are respectful of different approaches to coaching; and recognize that they are also bound by applicable laws and regulations.’

I think the answer is Yes for two key reasons:
1) If I am thinking or feeing, and judging something to be unethical and withold that reaction from my client then I am not fully present in the coaching work
2) Depending upon the topic for the session, there may well be a contact in place to enable a valid challenge.

By: liz

liz — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:54:45 +0000

Should coaches challenge clients on ethical issues?

By: jk1@janekeep.co.uk

jk1@janekeep.co.uk — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:16:22 +0000

that is the underlying point for me of coaching so that they can for themselves ’self-coach’. To encourage it I set homework each time, which is self observation to bring in a conscious choice of self awareness, so as to spot patterns and habits and start to get to know themselves more deeply. THis sets a foundation – the more self observing, the more self aware we can become, the more self aware, then the more self understanding, self trust and self confidence we can build, from here we can then take ‘pause’ moments in our day when things dont feel right/arent going well to observe what has been going on, understand, and then make the next choice…

By: Liz Hall

Liz Hall — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:10:47 +0000

Question of the month – September

What are you doing to encourage your clients to self–coach?

By: Hilary Oliver

Hilary Oliver — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:06:47 +0000

I like the fact that most clients really get focused when coaching occurs over the phone. Its often more productive.

By: rjfox@tlc.eu.com

rjfox@tlc.eu.com — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:34:50 +0000

The things I like:
1. It gives me an opportunity this month to coach executives in China, Chile, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and in western Europe which otherwise I would not be able to do.
2. No travel time or expense for either party
3. Focus – there’s little distraction
4. With Skype we can see each other – OK only head and shoulders but that’s alright.
Things I dislike:
1. It’s more difficult to create a diagram together
2. Cannot get the coachee up on their feet in a guided exercise.
3. I miss out on a lot of non verbal communication (body language) so I tune in more carefully to the use of voice and silence.
Richard Fox http://www.tlc.eu.com

By: Liz Hall

Liz Hall — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:08:52 +0000

You tell us – July

If you coach over the phone, what do you like and dislike about it?

By: SUZI POMERANTZ

SUZI POMERANTZ — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:50:59 +0000

I’m so glad you asked this question, Liz. I strongly believe that there needs to be a distinction between life coaching and business coaching.

Here are some of the factors:

1. Business coaching incorporates executive coaching, leadership coaching, team coaching, and focuses on the results of the person being coached in alignment with the organization or department objectives.
2. Business coaching has a unique playing field: the context is complex organizational systems with layers of clients (the individual, the boss or sponsor (Key Relationships) and the organization as a whole)
3. Business coaches generally sell B2B while life coaches are selling to individual consumers (B2C)
4. Life coaches speak of having a “practice”, similar to therapists, social workers, and a traditional medical model, whereas Business coaches think of it as a coaching business and utilize similar structures to their business clients: strategic plans, marketing plans, P&L, balance sheets, sales strategy, etc.

By: Adrian Goodall

Adrian Goodall — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:45:55 +0000

When I’m coaching, I’m a coach, that’s what I contract for and what I’m trained and accredited for. However, the client/coachee may experience some ‘therapy’ – most of the fundamental qualities of coaching do, after all, overlap significantly with therapy (listening, presence, relationship, confidentiality etc) – but only the client/coachee can know what their experience is. So maybe I do practice therapy sometimes, but my intention is to coach.

By: Liz Hall

Liz Hall — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:49:06 +0000

Question of the month – June

What, if any, are the differences between life and business coaching?