HOW DOES COACHING WORK?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER?

Unlike seminars with a structured agenda for all participants, private coaching is completely personalized for each client. Individual learning styles differ. By drawing on years of experience in observing those differences, I work to create an environment that best suits your particular manner of learning.

One of the values of coaching is that it heightens your self-awareness. In our sessions, you look at how you use yourself to convey ideas. What choices do you make with your voice, body, listening patterns, or particular words and phrases? These choices, whether conscious or unconscious, come together to frame people’s theories about who you are and what you can accomplish.

In our sessions, you and I identify the choices that are working well for you already. These strengths, we leave alone. For behaviors that aren’t effective, you explore other ways of using yourself that will create a more positive impact.

Your coaching sessions may incorporate some or all of the following methods for learning:

• Videotaping
• Exploring new tools for conveying your ideas effectively
• Role-playing real situations you encounter at work
• Strategizing for important upcoming situations you may be facing
• Rehearsing for a specific presentation
• Coaching by telephone
• Observing you on-site in a real-life presentation or meeting
  

HOW IS COACHING SCHEDULED?

The first session is three hours; subsequent sessions are two hours, and you are asked to commit to a minimum of four sessions over a period of four to six weeks. Coaching over a period of time reinforces the new tools being learned, making them more likely to become habits. My experience shows you can absorb only so much information before overload sets in.

WHAT LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY CAN I EXPECT?

You are assured that the specifics of our work together are totally confidential. No matter who’s paying the bill, it’s important to the success of the work that you feel comfortable knowing what is said or explored during our sessions stays between the two of us.

Your progress, however, may need to be discussed with others in the organization, if appropriate.  One of the ways progress can be measured is through feedback from those with a vested interest in your success.

WHERE ARE COACHING SESSIONS HELD?

In Atlanta:		Out of Atlanta:
The Candler Building in downtown Atlanta 127 Peachtree Street, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30303		At the client’s offices