Monday
Jan032011

What is Leadership Coaching?

Coaching, as defined by the International Coach Federation (ICF), is a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires individuals to maximize their personal and professional potential.

It stems from the philosophy that you, the client, are naturally creative, resourceful and whole. That with the right support and structures, you already, inherently, possess everything you need to:

  • achieve your most aspirational goals, 
  • find balance in your life,
  • take agency over the choices you are making,
  • be with the things that are most joyous and most difficult in your life,
  • become the person you most want to be.

Leadership Coaching is about seeing the connections in your whole life; recognizing that everything is inter-related and balance is only possible when you take as your starting point the complete person.

As such, coaching is always about you. You bring the topic or the agenda to the table at each coaching session. And while coaching revolves around the topics you bring, the agenda of the coaching relationship is always you as a whole person.