Coaching:

  • Is a collaborative partnership between the coach and person being coached.

  • Involves dialogue rather than advice giving, discipline, or therapy.

  • Is built on trust, integrity, self-discipline, and accountability.

  • Is results-oriented, focused on reaching goals.

  • Discusses weakness and obstacles but emphasizes strengths and positive changes.

  • Assumes that people are resourceful and able to set goals and reach them.

  • Lets person being coached define and move toward their goals with God’s help and the coach’s guidance.

  • Helps people reach their peek performance.

  • Assumes that life is integrated: We can’t assume that someone’s work, family, life, personal history, spirituality, or lifestyle can be put into neat but separate compartments.

  • Embraces change as something that is always occurring, sometimes confusing, often positive, and usually growth producing.

Assumptions about Coaching
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