Life Coach FAQ's

Q: WILL A COACH GIVE ADVICE?

A: Advice, opinions, or suggestions are occasionally offered in coaching. Both
parties understand that the client is free to accept or decline what is offered and
takes the ultimate responsibility for action. The coach is not discouraged from
offering advice, opinions or suggestions on occasion.

Q: HOW IS SERVICE DELIVERED?

A: Coaches and clients arrange the schedule and means of contact (e.g., in person,
by phone, or via e-mail) that serve them both. They are not constrained to follow a
standardized schedule or means of contact. At first it is an emotional education.
Joe V. believes that the emotional part of the brain resonates in the conscious;
thereby affecting important decision making activity.
Q: WHATS THE RELATIONSHIP LIKE IN COACHING?

A: A coach relates to the client as a partner. A coach does not relate to the client
from a position of an expert, authority, or healer.
Coach and client together choose the focus, format, and desired outcomes for their
work. The client does not relinquish the responsibility for creating and maintaining
these nor does the coach take full responsibility for them. It is a reciprocal event.
Relationship is the foundation of coaching. The coach and client intentionally
develop a relationship which is characterized by a growing and mutual appreciation
and respect for each other as individuals. This relationship is not an adjunct to or
byproduct of the coaching. Nor is it based on the client's position or performance.
It is the basis for future ongoing development.

Q: WHAT TYPE OF EXPERTISE DO COACHES HAVE?

A: Coaches are experts in the coaching process and may not have specific
knowledge of a given subject area or industry. Where coaches have expertise in
other areas, they may use it to facilitate the coaching process. Coaches do not use
this particular expertise to diagnose, direct, or design solutions for the client.

Q: WHAT ABOUT THE USE OF INFORMATION?

A: In coaching, information drawn from the client is used by the coach to promote
the client's awareness and choice of action. This information is not used to
evaluate performance or produce reports for anyone but the person being coached.

Q: WILL COACHING BE ONGOING?

A: Coaching is designed to provide clients with a greater capacity to produce
results and a greater confidence in their ability to do so. It is intended that clients
do not leave coaching with a perception that they need to rely on a coach in order
to produce similar results in the future.
Professional coaches provide an ongoing partnership designed to help clients
produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Coach’s help
people improve their performances and enhance the quality of their lives.
Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to
individual client needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client;
they believe the client is naturally creative and resourceful. The coach's job is to
provide support to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that the client
already has.

Q: WHAT WILL BE THE SCOPE OF THE PLAN?

A: Coaching has the freedom and flexibility to address a wide variety of personal
and professional topics. In any given coaching relationship, coach and client alone
determine the scope of their work. Coaching is not necessarily restricted to a
narrowly defined issue nor is its scope determined in any other way.

Q: WHAT IS THE COMBINED CONTRIBUTION TO RESULTS?

A: In coaching, any contribution the coach makes to produce the client's desired
outcome is through on-going interaction with the client. The coach's role does not
include producing a contracted product or result outside of the coaching sessions.