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Jane Moyer answers frequently asked questions
about Coaching
Who do you coach?
I coach leaders and aspiring leaders of all kinds:
- Corporate executives and managers
- Small business owners and professional practitioners
- Entrepreneurs
- Leaders and managers in non-profit and government arenas
- Creative professionals
- Individuals in transition
Typical characteristics they have in common:
- They are, or aspire to be, leaders in their field or organization
at some level, whether formally or informally recognized.
- They want to stay “ahead of the curve”.
- They take responsibility for their own learning and progress.
How are you unique
as a coach?
- Real Life Business Experience:
With 25 years business experience in sales, marketing, operations
and management, I know what it’s like to be on the line
for results. I understand the challenge of juggling the needs
of customers, bosses and employees, of building an effective team,
of responding to changing circumstances that demand that you produce
more with fewer resources.
- Innovation: My background includes
significant work with development of new products and processes.
I also conduct Innovation and Creativity Skills workshops.
- Leadership Assessments: I am
qualified to administer and interpret several assessments used
in leadership development, including the Myers Briggs Type Indicator®,
FIRO-B®, Strong Interest Indicator®, Change Style Indicator®,
KEYS® to Creativity and 360º assessments.
- Women’s Leadership: As
one who came up through the ranks in a corporate organization
to reach the level of Senior Vice President, I’ve seen both
the pressure to “fit in” and the need to develop an
effective individual style that capitalizes on strengths, uniqueness
and values.
- Creative Experience: In addition
to my substantive business experience, my training and experience
as a musician provides much insight into creativity, “on
your feet” performance, connecting with an audience, improvisation,
and how to achieve both individual and collective excellence.
- Working Parent: I’ve been
there and love to help working parents develop powerful skills
and strategies that will enable them to both be more effective
professionally and go home to their families earlier!
- Perspective: I have traveled
to and explored 6 continents and all 50 US states. I’ve
lived in the big city, the country, smaller cities and suburbs.
As a committed lifelong learner, I continue to expand my awareness,
knowledge, skills, library and resources.
What training do
you have to be a coach?
I am a graduate of Coach U, a training program accredited by the International
Coaching Federation. In addition, I have received extensive coaching
and leadership training from The Center for Creative Leadership and
Opportunities Management, Inc.
What situations call
for a coach?
Common scenarios for
coaching include:
- New challenges, such as:
o New responsibilities
o New products or markets
o Major changes
o Major projects
- Need to increase sales, revenue and profit
- Need to improve organizational performance, teamwork, productivity
and processes
- Need to overcome inertia
- Desire to upgrade leadership capacities
- Desire to accelerate development of skills areas such as problem-solving,
decision-making, management, and creativity
- Desire for more personal/professional balance
- Desire for career progress or change
- Desire to clarify goals, priorities, needs, values, or purpose
What are the benefits
of having a coach?
A coach can facilitate fuller and faster authentic progress than you
are likely to achieve alone and has no agenda other than your progress.
A coach provides:
- A fresh, but experienced, set of eyes and ears
- The perspective of an independent sounding board
- Proven tools and experience
- A safe place to try new ideas
- Regular focus and reinforcement
- Customized and flexible learning
No one can guarantee specific results,
but my experience has been that a coach can help you:
- Uncover and reach your fuller potential
- Achieve breakthrough results
- Generate new ideas and alternatives
- Make better decisions
- Navigate successfully through change
- Achieve better balance in your business and personal life
- Overcome inertia and move forward
- Clarify your thinking, goals, values, and priorities
- Increase capacities
- Put the pieces together
- Increase effectiveness with staff, bosses, colleagues and clients
- Improve self-awareness, focus, productivity, balance, energy
and confidence
How does coaching
work?
Coaching is an effective tool used either by itself or in conjunction
with training to individualize, reinforce and actualize learning.
While the focus of a coaching relationship may center primarily
around business or other specific goals, the coach considers the
client as a whole person.
The coaching process begins with a planning session to determine
client needs and goals, along with leadership or personal development
assessments if desired. We work together to design a coaching plan
with your specific needs in mind. Typical plans involve regularly
scheduled coaching sessions by phone, such as two 60-minute or three
40-minute sessions per month, along with access to the coach between
sessions via email. Ongoing evaluation of needs and progress is
built into each coaching plan. New goals and issues that emerge
can naturally be accommodated.
An important feature of coaching is that it provides a consistent
focus and process needed for most types of significant growth. At
times, huge strides can be made in a single session. As with most
learning, though, progress is generally best made through regular
focused attention, practice and movement forward in steps over time.
Most clients find that the evolutionary process itself is as important
as the results that follow.
Will coaching be
effective for me?
Working with a coach who is dedicated to your progress can be a very
effective means of reaching goals, developing your capacities, and
opening up new possibilities. The effectiveness of coaching can be
a product of several factors, including:
- Readiness for coaching
- “Fit” with coach
- Dedication to the process: Coaching is usually not a “quick
fix”. It is a process that requires focus from both the
coach and client. For that reason, an initial commitment of at
least 90 days is recommended.
- Self-motivation and willingness to try new things
- Objective assessment of the gap between the current and desired
state
What should I consider
when selecting a coach?
Each coach brings his or her own unique experience, thinking and approach
to their work. It’s important to choose one with whom you feel
you can work effectively. Some considerations
might include:
- Coaching skills: What specific coaching training and experience
has the coach had?
- Background: Very often, a skilled coach can be very effective
without having a lot of background in your content area or business.
Sometimes, in fact, it’s useful to work with someone who’s
unencumbered by history and assumptions that may be limiting your
thinking. In other cases, it may be preferable to have a coach
who has had practical experience with issues you are facing or
can add value through specific experience, skills or tools.
- Connection: It is important to feel that you can be yourself
with and trust your coach.
How is a coach different
from a consultant or therapist?
While consultants solve problems for a client, a coach helps increase
the client’s capacity to solve problems for him or herself.
Coaching differs from therapy in that it is intended for healthy people
and its focus is on the present and building a future, instead of
on the past.
What’s important
in a coaching relationship?
Effective coaching requires the commitment of both parties to the
process – to engage, to focus, to listen and to expect progress.
I’ve found that trust and honesty are key factors in successful
coaching relationships. To make significant progress, there must be
a willingness to engage in honest conversations. There must also be
a trust that the coach has the client’s best interests at heart,
as well as recognition that ultimately the client knows what’s
best for him or herself.
How can I get started
with a coaching plan?
Click here to schedule
a complimentary coaching consultation.
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