WHAT IS COACHING? 

The aim of a coaching is to focus on the development of individual solution competencies of people who are in a phase of vocational or personal change. Coaching is a structured, solution-oriented and person-centered process for a specific period of time. From one session to the next it is tailored to the needs of the client. In coaching, the coach designs the process, while the client always remains the expert for her / his own topic.

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The goal of a coaching is determined by the client. The coaching session then enables the client to gain new insights and to develop individually suitable action alternatives. Using selected methods, techniques and questions, a coach supports clients in seeing their situation in a different way, sorting their thoughts, gaining clarity on their needs and aims, and developing new perspectives. In addition, the client becomes aware of the interaction of her / his own actions in and with the (professional and / or private) environment.

 

The concerns and (often perceived as problematic) situations that lead people into coaching can be quite diverse. Below are the most common topics for

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professional based coaching:

• Professional development, reorientation & career planning

• Clarification and strengthening of your own (leadership) role

• Personal and potential development

• Work-life balance / stress management

• Changes within the company

• Preparing for the next career step or a new task

• Dealing with excessive demands or mental underload (of yourself or employees)

• Specific professional problem situations

• Self management & -style optimization

• Outplacement (for departing employees)

• Team development & team questions

• Self-reflection (self- vs. external image)

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coaching with personal reference:

• Goal-setting (personal & professional)

• Work-life balance / stress management

• Decision making

• Relationships & Family

• Specific personal problem situation

• Health

• Crises

• Self-confidence

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Coaching varies from client to client and from one session to another. The end of a coaching process not always opens up completely new ways - it can also be a confirmation of the path chosen so far being the right one and that existing uncertainties or doubts are eliminated (for example through the work on limiting beliefs).

 

 

Distinctions - or - what coaching is not

 

Psychotherapy is a psychological procedure that treats mental disorders or other impairments of self-control ability.

 

Consulting is an analysis based on technical and expert knowledge of an initial situation, which leads to improvement of processes and result through knowledge transfer and specific recommendations. Consulting is not a process support.

 

Training is a targeted and methodically guided procedure, which serves the targeted development of certain behaviors through professional guidance. This means a training it is usually about learning an ideal process pattern, in which the previously defined training content is the focus.

 

Mentoring is comparable to a "sponsorship" between a younger or newly employed person and an experienced manager within one company.