What is coaching?
What is the difference between: business coaching, corporate
coaching, executive coaching, personal coaching, career coaching?
How is coaching different from consulting or counseling?
What kind of professionals do you typically work with?
Why
do individuals and companies work with coaches?
How is coaching done?
How long do
you usually work with people?
Does coaching REALLY work?
What do you do in our first complimentary coaching session?
Are there
any guarantees for your coaching?
How
can I contact DreamQuest Coaching &
Training?
What is coaching?
According to the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches, coaching
is a relationship between a Coach and a willing individual inside or
outside of an organization that is built on respect, safety,
challenge and accountability. The purpose of the relationship is to
motivate the Coachee to be "their absolute best and to achieve
extraordinary results in performance and in living."
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What is the difference between: business coaching, corporate
coaching, executive coaching, personal coaching, and career
coaching?
As the field of coaching grows, some specialties are emerging:
Small Business Coaches generally work with entrepreneurs,
small business owners and their management teams on developing their
vision and building a more profitable and efficient business.
Midsize Business Coaches work with executives, managers, and
owners of companies who have grown to the place where a stronger
leadership focus is needed and the company is struggling with
overcoming normal growth challenges.
Corporate Coaches often work within larger
organizations to help managers and executives increase their
productivity, strengthen their leadership abilities and achieve peak
performance.
Executive Coaches usually specialize in working with
mid to upper-level executives and owners of companies who want to
accomplish either corporate or personal goals more effectively and
efficiently.
Personal Coaches work with individuals on making their
personal life more successful and satisfying.
Career Coaches generally focuses exclusively on
helping individuals make career decisions and transitions more
effectively and strategically.
At DreamQuest Coaching & Training
we are equiped in every specialty. We would be glad to talk
with you to help you discover what kind of coaching would best meet
your needs.
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How is coaching different from consulting or
counseling?
Coaching has become a very hot topic in the last 3 to 5 years.
Now it seems like everyone is calling themselves a "coach". At
DreamQuest Coaching & Training
we take coaching very seriously and we do not lightly apply the term
"coaching" to everything we do. Good coaches understand the
difference between coaching, consulting and counseling.
Most counseling is centered around healing mental and psychological
concerns. Generally the patient comes into the counseling center or
hospital to be treated for their "problem." The psychologist or
therapist generally applies a diagnosis that identifies what the
patient is struggling with and prescribes a treatment plan.
In coaching there is no diagnosis. There is no "doctor-patient"
relationship. The coaching relationship is founded upon the belief
that each person is equal-coaching is a partnership of equals. A
coach does not prescribe a treatment plan, instead you and your
coach develop a plan together. The solution to your "problem," as
defined in coaching, is not found in delving into your past, but
focusing on your future. Great coaching helps you maximize your
strengths while developing your growth areas.
Most consulting relationships are also based on the "expert-student"
model. The consultant is the expert. The client is the student.
Consulting is generally all about having the right answers.
Coaching is all about asking the right questions. In coaching, the
coach is not seen as the expert, but as a partner. You are the
expert on your life and business. The coach will focus on learning
about you and will help you solve problems more effectively and
efficiently by asking the right questions.
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What kind of professionals do you typically work with?
All kinds--from front line managers to the highest levels of a
company, from home business owners to doctors and lawyers and in all
the major industries including: financial services, technology,
manufacturing, publishing, airlines, consulting, hospitality,
professional services, hospitals, oil, and many more.
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Why do individuals and companies work with coaches?
There are a wide variety of reasons why individuals and companies
work with coaches. One of our professional coaches can help you:
- Learn to be true to yourself, your vision and mission
- Eliminate the blocks that keep your from demonstrating your
best performance
- Clearly define your vision and develop a strategy to
effectively achieve your goals
- Improve your leadership skills
- Live life with purpose, passion and integrity
- Maximize your strengths and abilities
- Learn to make more money with less effort
- Cope with conflict in a healthy and beneficial way
- Create a business that complements and enhances your quality
of life
- Rapidly accelerate your career growth
- Achieve a dynamic balance between your personal and
professional life
- Focus your energy in the right direction
- Feel confident of making the right decisions for themselves,
their business and their family
- Create sustainable change in your life and work
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How is coaching done?
Coaching is generally held either in person or over the phone,
but some coaches use fax, email, and even chat rooms. We prefer to
hold our coaching in person, but this is difficult for some of our
busy executives and many of our out-of-state clients. We have found
no decrease in effectiveness in coaching using the telephone versus
in person.
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How long
do you usually work with people?
At the beginning of the coaching relationship we strongly
encourage you to consider working with us for at least 3 months to
experience the full benefits of coaching. However, the overwhelming
majority of our clients find coaching so beneficial they work with
us for an average of 6-8 months. We have some clients who have been
working with us for more than two years.
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Does coaching REALLY
work?
Absolutely! Our current and former clients have accomplished some
amazing things through coaching. While we cannot guarantee similar
things will happen with you or your company, more and more research
is coming out demonstrating the effectiveness of coaching.
A recent survey measured the Return on Investment (ROI) of 100
managers and executives of Fortune 1000 companies who received
customized Executive Coaching. The survey found customized corporate
coaching to return an average of six times the cost of the coaching
program.
Among the specific benefits to companies that provide coaching to
their managers and executives are improvements in:
- Leadership effectiveness
- Bottom-line profitability
- Organizational strength
- Top-line sales
- Retaining executives who receive coaching
- Cost reductions
- Quality of products and service
- Overall Productivity
Among the benefits to managers and executives who receive
coaching are improved:
- Leadership skills
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Working relationships with employees
- Job satisfaction
- Work and life balance
- Working relationships with peers
- Time management
- Organizational commitment
- Relationships with clients
A recent study cited in the prestigious Public Personnel
Management Journal found a typical management training program
increase the manager's productivity by a respectable 22%, but when
combined with 8-weeks of intensive Executive Coaching, the manager's
productivity exploded to more than 85%!
Coaching works, but it does take time, energy and a personal
investment by the coachee.
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Why do you give a FREE COACHING SESSION and what do we do during
that time?
Talking about coaching is one thing, but it doesn't become real
until you personally experience the power of coaching.
What we discuss during our first free session varies from client to
client. Usually we like to hear a little about your personal or
professional background and what brings you to coaching at this
time. Next we like to hear about some of the goals you would like to
accomplish in coaching.
We try to spend most of the time actually letting you experience
coaching firsthand by choosing a topic and coaching you around it.
Near the end of the session we try to answer any other questions you
may have about coaching.
We do not "hard sell" you on coaching or try to convince you that
you need coaching.
We do not pressure you for a commitment--other than being committed
to achieving your maximum success.
We trust your judgment enough to know whether or not coaching is
right for you.
Are you ready to experience the power of coaching firsthand?
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Are
there any guarantees for your coaching?
If you do not feel like the coaching is benefiting you in the
first month, we will gladly refund all of your money. Our integrity
and business philosophy stipulates that we only work with people who
benefit from our services.
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How can I contact DreamQuest
Coaching & Training?
You can contact us through:
Email: info@dreamquestct.com
Phone: (216) 577-7890
Mail:
DreamQuest Coaching & Training
24451 Lakeshore Blvd
Suite 310
Euclid, OH 44123
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