Welcome – I’m glad you’re here
It’s important to distinguish coaching from other supportive roles.
Training transfers knowledge or skills from the trainer to the trainee. Coaching uncovers the client’s inner wisdom and motivation to align with goals.
Mentorship involves guidance from someone with experience in a particular field. Coaching assumes the client is the expert and fosters self-awareness and empowerment for self-guided change.
Consulting involves providing expert advice and solutions based on the consultant’s experience. Coaching, by contrast, supports the client in discovering their own solutions regardless of experience.
Counseling and Therapy address psychological healing and past traumas. Coaching focuses on where a client is now, supporting goal attainment and future progress.
Clients are typically dealing with
- Roadblocks around work or life issues, goals, or aspirations
- Challenges seeing things from a different perspective or changing habits
- Seeking inner direction or purpose stemming from where they are in life or work
As a member of the International Coaching Federation, GET abides by their code of ethics, which includes but is not limited to:
- Maintaining strict confidentiality unless otherwise required by law
- Avoiding conflicts of interest and disclosing any that arise
- Accurately representing coaching credentials and scope
- Ensuring the client’s autonomy and right to choose their goals and methods
- Coaching clients only within the coach’s level of competence and referring out when appropriate
Credentials
A Coach’s Toolbox
Every coach has a variety of tools to use. Here are a handful of the many tools I may offer:
- Assessments – There are many on the market.
- The CREATE Model – Developed by the NeuroLeadership Institute, it explores what is impacting a coachee now and focuses on alternatives for wellness that tap into their energy.
- Iceberg Model– A systematic way to help uncover subconscious beliefs that influence behavior to address the root cause and foster growth.
- SCARF Model – Developed by David Rock at the NeuroLeadership Institute, this framework explains five social domains that trigger threat or reward responses in the brain, guiding human behavior.
- The Emotional Wheel – A powerful method to identify emotions, leading to clarity and the ability to refocus for progress. Pastor Geoffrey Roberts, creator of the wheel, kindly allowed me to share it here.
