About Business Coaching

Coaching is a conversation that takes place over time between a coach and a coachee. The purpose of this respectful, inquiring form of dialogue is to assist the coachee in becoming a more effective and self-realized professional person. Specifically, the coachee learns to better understand how he or she operates in the business world and, through self-reflection and the guidance of the coach, alter thinking, feeling and behaviour patterns to create more satisfying results in his or her work life.

The coach’s role is to:

• Listen for how to assist the coachee in realizing professional and personal growth
• Ask questions that expand and deepen the coachee’s awareness of how his or her business world works
• Inspire the coachee to create extraordinary results for the company’s future and for him or herself
• Be a resource for the coachee’s accomplishment of his or her goals
• Introduce and teach tools for developing leadership, self-awareness and relationship skills

The coachee’s role is to:

• Commit to goals that are truly meaningful and significant
• Actively experiment with new approaches and behaviors
• Regularly share his or her experiences with the coach
• Be open to receiving feedback from the coach
• Take ownership of progress and accomplishments

The relationship of trust built between coach and coachee models what is possible to achieve as a self-aware leader working with others in the business world.