Most often, the foreign word “coaching” can be heard in the office of a large company, which, by the nature of its activity, is associated with foreign firms and has access to the market abroad. To an ordinary citizen, this word is unlikely to say anything. It will only raise a number of questions: what is it, “coaching”, in simple terms, why and who needs it. Is training the same or something else?
Often this relatively young phenomenon is confused with consulting in terms of business or psychology. But we dare to assure you that coaching, which helps people to formulate their goals and achieve real results in professional activity and personal life, occupies its own, and only its own, niche. Clients who have received such a service significantly improve their quality of life, increase their general level of knowledge and begin to feel more confident in terms of their creative potential. So what is coaching? What tasks does it help to solve? Let's get it right.
Coaching what this term means
The word coaching comes from English coaching, which refers to the process of preparation, tutoring, or training. You can choose any of the three translation options that you liked the most. One who helps learn is called a “coach,” that is, a coach, tutor, or mentor.
What is a coach's job? By asking a large number of questions to his client (perhaps that a person had never asked himself before or didn’t want to do this), the trainer allows you to look at the problem from a different angle. In the process of coaching in the mind of a person who has applied for help, the stereotypes that have developed over the years are destroyed and the new habits are naturally formed. Moreover, the client carries out the analysis of everything that happens, and the coach only helps him in this.
What tasks does the coach help to solve?
When you go for coaching, you should clearly be aware that no one will solve your problems for you. And only you are the "smith of your happiness." Well, then what is the function of the coach? The role of the coach is as follows:
- identify your desires;
- highlight the main idea;
- identify what exactly does not allow you to develop in the right direction, and help eliminate this problem;
- gain faith in yourself;
- find motivation to develop an effective solution to achieve your goals;
- identify the main vector of development in terms of professionalism and life;
- help see new horizons;
- build a plan to achieve your desires.
That is, the coach does nothing for his client. It simply helps a person find resources and draw up a specific action plan. The main goal of the trainer is to bring the client to the realization of what needs to be done to achieve the intended goal. But man will achieve this himself, and only himself.
Trainer personality
Who is he? This is a successful and successful person who is constantly in the process of working on himself. That is, he is constantly developing not only as a professional, but also as a person.
To become a coach, you must get an international certificate. Only in this way and nothing else. And the level of professionalism of a coach is determined solely by the number of hours worked. The coach should be:
- Pleasant to talk to. Then clients will be able to open up and tell him about the painful.
- Be trustworthy.
- To be able to listen.
- Ask questions in the right way.
- Read the client’s reaction to various stimuli.
- Be able to adapt the technique for each specific person.
- Flexible. That is, do not put pressure on the client and be able to stop in time.
What is the difference between coaching and training?
By and large, nothing. Formally, training is considered to be classes held with a group of people, and coaching is exclusively personal work with a client. But who prevents the trainer from working with a particular individual, and the coach - to advise many at once?
Who needs coaching?
He is needed by those who want to develop, fully understand themselves and their desires, unleash their full potential, improve their lives, and achieve significant business efficiency. And there are more and more such people in our country.
Who doesn’t want to succeed in love, personal life or work? To everyone. But not everyone knows how to do it. But it’s not in vain that Kozma Prutkov said: “If you want to be happy, be it.” That is, everything is in the hands of the person himself. There are simply questions that should help him answer. This is where the help of a professional coach is needed, who, using a system of special questions, will help a person decide on the blocks that prevent him from approaching his goals.
Basic Coaching Basics
The philosophy of the method is quite simple. Each individual:
- knows what he wants;
- sure that he is capable of more;
- wants to be successful and happy;
- he himself is responsible for how his life proceeds on planet Earth;
- knows that he can do anything if he wants.
Varieties
Coaching affects a variety of spheres of human life. And this is quite natural. Based on this, coaching is divided into several types:
- personal effectiveness (or life);
- in the field of education;
- career;
- in the field of business;
- sports;
- in the field of management.
By the number of participants, coaching can be:
By communication format:
- full-time (in person);
- in absentia (by phone or skype).
Life Training
What is life coaching? The client wants to get rid of the disappointments of a personal nature that plagued him in a past life, to again believe in his strength (both physical and moral). Stop thinking in a negative way, start thinking positively and act as he wants, and not everyone around him.
In this he can be helped by a coach who, observing, asking and listening, provides him with support in making independent decisions about the most effective ways to achieve what he wants. The client's self-esteem rises, he begins to value himself as a person, and also to believe in his exclusivity.
Educational coaching
How to increase the motivational component of students to self-development? Is it possible? Coaching in education is able to cope with the tasks. As a result of the work of trainers, students begin to achieve high results. And without any coercion on the part of teachers. The coach also works with teachers, changing their attitude to their professional activities and motivating them to use advanced teaching methods.
Career
What is career coaching? Recently, this is what consultations have been called for assessing their professional capabilities, career planning, choosing a specific development path, as well as all issues related to job search.
A career coach works with people who themselves want to create their future, increase their income and enjoy all the positive that is happening.
Naturally, the coach does not offer ready-made recipes, but tries to inspire a person to search for independent decisions and motivations for certain steps.
Business coaching
What does this mean in terms of business? Everything is very simple. The main objective of this type of coaching is to help a person who has his own business (no matter small or medium) develop it properly. The coach should focus on a thorough analysis of the decisions made by the leader, as well as determine how his personal life and friends affect the course of the business as a whole.
A coach helps a client and his company reach a radically new level of development. Moreover, work is carried out not only with each leader and manager individually, but also with groups of employees. That is, individual progress is assumed, which implies the development of a more effective leadership style, as well as the development of motivational and emotional competence. Team work is also foreseen, involving its cohesion to solve common problems, the formation of a specific strategy and analysis of the interaction of employees with each other.
Business coaching helps the client to learn how to give the right and quick response to situations that may arise during the course of work, resolve conflicts that arise and build working relationships with employees.
Sports
This type also exists. What did you think? And who will rid the athletes of all the fears to which they are subject? Who will help to cope with emotions and inspire future champions with self-confidence? Of course, these are coaches.
Management Coaching
Coaching in this area is:
- Motivation and planning.
- Analysis of relationships (professional and personal) between employees in a team.
What is management coaching? It helps employees to reach their full potential, learn how to work in a team, become more proactive and more conscientious in their duties.
Corporate
A similar type of coaching is carried out with a small group of people (for example, employees of one department) who are united by a specific goal (work on a project) and for whom teamwork is very important.
In addition, members of one large family or sports team may resort to corporate coaching.
Personal
Individual coaching helps a person to discover a potential that has not been previously identified, increase self-esteem, and concentrate on real tasks and how to achieve them. Sometimes a person is not entirely sure of their capabilities. The coach helps to move to a new round in development, achieve tangible personal changes, get rid of bad habits, implement not only current, but also new projects, and balance your personal life with professional activities.
Coaching methods
There are several formats for coaching:
- A specially organized conversation of the trainer with the client. It is called a session.
- A method involving the use of a specially prepared questionnaire. Technology helps to better understand reality, based on the analysis of tasks. Moreover, the collection of information that is necessary to achieve a specific goal, and the analysis itself, the client produces independently, but under the strict guidance of a mentor.
- Interaction of the coach with the person who asked for help, involving elements of yoga. The method contributes to a better understanding of the task and the choice of measures to achieve it.
- To ensure better cooperation with the client, the conversation can be built using breathing exercises.
How to become a coach
How can I become a coach? To do this, it is not at all necessary to graduate from a higher educational institution and receive a diploma from a psychotherapist or psychologist. There is no need for this. It is enough to just be an educated person, improving both in personal and professional terms. And also have basic knowledge in psychology, or more precisely, in the psychology of communication.
Previously (about 10 years ago) coaching training could be carried out exclusively abroad. Today, a great many such schools have opened in Russia. For example, you can contact the International Academy of Coaching on this subject and receive online training. Upon graduation, graduates receive international certificates. The Academy accepts both beginners and professionals who have a desire to improve their skills. Why not!
Another option for coaching can be courses. They are organized either as master classes (with personal participation), or as online classes. Coaching can be useful not only to the leaders of large companies and their employees, but also to ordinary people who are not afraid of change and who want to live in harmony with themselves.
Erickson and his principles
The method is named after the American psychotherapist Erickson, who in 1923 developed the technology of hypnotherapy, based on the features of the functioning of the human brain and psyche. The scientist's principles regarding how to take control of your life and move forward towards your goals, shocked the enlightened audience. But life in practice confirmed the correctness of Erickson's ideas.
The method is based on three basic principles:
- It is within the power of any individual to make himself different, and also to change his attitude towards people around him, the business he is engaged in, and strategies. Moreover, the results do not have to wait long.
- Each person who seeks help has all the resources (sometimes hidden) to solve their problems on their own. A coach only helps to find the best way out of this situation by asking questions on a specific algorithm.
- A change of personality is possible.
The core of Erickson coaching is the four-square model. It confirms the idea of a balance of spiritual and material: business plans and personal relationships, innovation and strategies, art and science.
Finally
Now you know what it is - coaching - in simple words, and also what tasks it helps to solve. Yes, this phenomenon in our country is only gaining momentum, but it can be confidently stated that coaching is not a useless event at all, but a very necessary one. By the way, coaching and “zhospary” are one and the same thing, which was described above only for residents of Kazakhstan and in their native language.