Coaching Workshops

Why Choose a Coaching Workshop?

Because it’s a long-term commitment to developing yourself and your business.  Most training and coaching programs last a day to a few weeks.  My coaching are designed to last from a few weeks to two years.

Coach or Consultant?

Where consultants can help provide answers, a business coach provides solutions.  While answers are critical, they’re really just a point to jump off; essentially the tip of the iceberg, with the true substance of progress lying just beneath the surface.  If you’re interested in significantly improved business output or taking that quantum leap to completely reshape your business, you must start by identifying key changes that if properly executed will affect the desired change.  But the real gains begin with implementation and progress with sustained effort.

Malcolm Forbes once said,
“One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.”

Good business coaches are impartial and know how to develop invaluable partnerships that help you in the following areas:

  • Goal Setting
  • Clarity
  • Business Planning
  • Accountability
  • Critical Thinking
  • Motivation/Confidence

How do we get results?

There are many methods and styles of business and executive coaching. Experienced coaches incorporate a variety of approaches to every session to best fit the client’s needs.

Below are the 3 methods of coaching that I use:

In addition to working with various methods, a good coach will balance the Directive and the non-directive styles of coaching to best fit the client’s needs. Some believe that a coach will fix their situation by giving them all the answers. The truth is, directive coaching (fixing the problem) is a temporary band aid. If a coach solves your problem he’s acting more like a consultant and not helping you develop critical business and life skills.

Here’s a frequent problem that many of my clients have:

My clients are often unable to hold themselves accountable to do the things necessary to reach their goals.  They have a strong desire to take their business to a certain level, but despite their best intentions, continue to remain stuck.  Eric Hoffer once said, “we lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.”  Simply put, doing the hard work necessary to make progress is something we will tell ourselves we will do, but rarely get around to doing.  In the case of my clients, lack of personal accountability and feeling alone in the process most often keeps them from making progress.

Below are examples of the two styles of coaching used to solve a problem:

Directive coaching is defined as “A coach gives you advice, direction or directly tells you what and how to do tackle/fix a problem or reach a goal.”  A good example is a client struggling with motivating employees to show up on time to work.  Instead of asking questions to formulate a shared solution, the coach provides the best approach to take with specific next steps.  The opportunity lost is that the client doesn’t come up with the solution him/herself and loses the opportunity to think through this type of problem effectively.

Non-Directive Coaching is defined as “A coach asks the right questions that help the client discover the right next steps or action(s).”  From the previous example, a client complains about ongoing employee tardiness.  The coach asks enough questions to uncover whether the client is setting proper expectations, is managing effectively, and clarifies what needs to happen next. During this process, the client sees their role in the process including  limiting beliefs and behaviors that once overcome can lead to greater growth, satisfaction and business growth.

Most coaches use a combination of directive and non-directive techniques.  The best scenario is 100% non-directive, but that rarely happens.  Even the best coaches must use directive coaching to help clients overcome key obstacles.