Back in the summer of 2017, I had no idea what it was, how coaching differs from counseling or psychology. And the deeper I started diving into it, the more people started asking me these questions.
And so,
what is coaching?
For me, it is an opportunity to see something new, something hidden, invisible. It is help to a person, in the form of a question, sometimes methods, techniques that help to go beyond his usual view, his actions and his thoughts. A coach helps a person to look at his problem, his actions and thoughts more broadly and more deeply. More often than not, behind one seemingly unimportant word or action, there is a whole story and a whole path. To look at it all from the outside alone requires a lot of effort, and for some people it is not feasible at all.
Today, more and more people are turning to coaching. For many people it has become mandatory, like going for a fluorography once a year, and some people are just thinking about it and have not decided yet. I would like to say in this case – do not be afraid of new things, learn about yourself and change for the better.
What to achieve and what to come to is determined only by you. A coach helps you find your point of achievement and start moving.
Very often I hear that a coach is a psychologist, sometimes a consultant or a coach, but it is not true. I could write a lot about this, but today I decided to highlight the main differences, both for me and for you. For you, first of all, so that you can see what the main difference is.
Now, coaching:
- it is not psychotherapy, coaching does not focus on past negative experiences; it works with the present and the future;
- it is not mentoring, a coach does not impose his opinion and experience on the client, but stimulates him to find his own way;
- it is not consulting, the coach does not define the problem or offer solutions; the client does it himself;
- it is not coaching, the coach does not set tasks and does not lead you to victory, you go there yourself.
I would also like to note that coaching can be individual or group.
And according to the area of application the following are distinguished:
✅Business coaching – it is aimed at organizing the search for the most effective ways to achieve the company’s goals. The work is carried out both with individual managers of the company and with teams of employees.
✅Life coaching consists in individual work with a person. The work is focused on improving the life of the person in all its spheres (health, self-esteem, confidence, relationships, etc.).
✅Coaching for top management is individual coaching, but the peculiarity is that top managers can work in coaching sessions both on business goals and strategies for achieving super-results, and on the development of personal effectiveness and life balance.
✅Career coaching, specializes in working with those who want to find a job, change careers or return to work after an extended break.
✅Team coaching, works with a team on two fronts: both to achieve common goals within the team and to create a space where each member can be coached by the other.
✅Sports coaching.
Of course, we can go deeper and look at narrower areas of coaching, so to speak, into specialized coaching, but I think this will be enough for now.