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| Shelley Hayes, CPC, MBA |
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Here are some of the most common questions people ask...
What is a coach?
The best coaches are professionally trained through accredited coaching
schools. I have completed the Certified Professional Coach training through
the International Coach Academy. Professional coaching is a relationship that
enhances your ability to focus on your goals and achieve your own authentic
success.
Colleague and veteran coach Mary Allen, MCC, helps by describing coaching
this way, and I agree:
As your coach, I will...
Imagine this support every week, regularly and consistently - to consolidate, to
integrate and to push on to your own authentic success!
What is Coaching?
Coaching uses top concepts from business, sports, education, psychology,
philosophy, and spirituality to help enhance your life and/or meet goals you set
for yourself. It is the process of conception and creation of changes within
yourself.
Coaching is one of the leading tools successful people use to live extraordinary
lives. During weekly sessions, coaches facilitate exploration and alignment of
motivations, desires, skills, needs, and thought processing to make genuine,
lasting and empowering transformations. I will help you identify what you want
in terms of personal and professional growth, and then guide you in meeting
your objectives. Together, we’ll also put into place techniques to assess your
steps forward in creating the life you envision. Living an extraordinary life
begins when you gain clarity on your values, which in turn enables you to make
meaningful choices that lead to consistent forward motion. Coaching offers a
means for more balance, joy, intimacy, energy, financial abundance, focus and
action in every area of life.
The presence offered by a professional coach can be a powerful way to break
through old patterns and limiting beliefs that hold you back from your dreams. I
adhere to and embrace the Standards of Presence.
Why does coaching work?
Most people hire a coach because they want to take charge of their lives. They
are looking for a partner who will hold them accountable as they take steps to
achieve their goals. Coaching works because it allows you to create a safe,
open space to consciously create the experiences you want for yourself.
Coaching saves you time because I have valuable tools and resources to share
with you that help you to create lasting changes in your life. You will leave
coaching with a toolkit that will support you long term.
Coaching uses powerful questioning techniques and attentive listening to help
you find solutions and resources you hold within. And finally, coaching uses the
present to create your future.
How does coaching work?
Coaching starts with you telling me what you want to create or change. We
review your values and ideals and then craft an action plan that aligns with
those values and ideals. Each time we connect, we review your progress,
discuss the next steps, identify and work with obstacles, distractions or
setbacks, and move on to the next phase of your plan until together, we
accomplished what YOU set out to do. I am also available to you between
sessions, via email, text and brief calls, to help you deal with any pressing need.
Who works with a coach?
Success and growth minded people like you work with coaches! Some of the
most successful people in the world value the support of a coach.
Entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals and people in transition are
some of the people who typically work with a coach. Regardless of their
professional endeavors or place in life, clients have one thing in common: they
are all successful, resourceful, and intelligent individuals who seek to be the
best they can be and live full lives of their own design and creation.
How is coaching different than counseling, consulting or therapy?
Unlike therapy, a form of treatment that generally deals in depth with past
issues; or consulting, which is informational and results in providing the client
with answers; coaching is heavily inspirational, skill forming and focused on the
present and the future.
A consultant is an expert in a given field who can provide you with specific
solutions to some well-defined problems. In contrast, a coach believes you are
the expert of your life. Thus, the coach helps you use the resources within you to
create the experiences you want for yourself. I have programs and exercises to
guide in you in the process of creating the life you desire and support you in
reaching your goals. This guidance is always in support of reaching the goals
you determine and the focus is always on getting you there.
A counselor or therapist can help you overcome a past hurt or problem that
prevents you from functioning and is often less action oriented. On the other
hand, a coach can help you tap into your personal power to break through your
present limits and manifest your ideal future. Working with a coach can be an
excellent way to move through a transition or transformation in your life.
What can I get from coaching that I cannot get with a friend or family
member?
Just like you wouldn't’t hire an untrained friend or family member to be your
legal counsel, therapist or personal trainer, you hire a professional coach to
support you in the same way. You may have a friend or a family member who
you trust to tell you the truth and support you. If this is the case, that’s terrific.
However, most friends and family members do not have the training to help
move you to the fulfillment of your dreams. Also, because they are related to you
or are invested in a friendship with you, it is difficult, if not impossible, for them
to be impartial. I am impartial. I am being paid to be 100% supportive and non-
judgmental while remaining focused on helping you discover your own
authentic success.
How long do people need to work with a coach?
It depends on you and your commitment to change; coaching is not a quick fix. It
takes time to accomplish something worthwhile. Do not expect to fulfill a
significant dream or life change in less than 4-6 months. Some people work
with their coach for one year or more if they desire continuous support through a
major life transition. As a coach, I want you to succeed as quickly and as
powerfully as possible. Always keep in mind that when you enter the coaching
process, you are in charge.
What type of commitment do I need to make to work with a coach?
Clients must be 100% committed to the process for it to be successful. A
coach is a professional relationship designed to enhance your ability to focus
on your goals and achieve your own authentic success. We will determine the
initial length of the coaching agreement in the first session and I will design the
contract to meet that agreement. The length of the agreement will depend on
your goals. Typically lasting changes require at least 4-6 months. We will be
realistic in setting the length of the initial agreement and often people continue
to work with me for ongoing support.
I ask my clients to be willing and ready for each coaching session. This means
paying in advance and on time, keeping appointments, being punctual and
prepared for our calls, being present during our session, being truthful with
themselves and me, and following through on tasks and exercises.
Why do people pay in advance?
Coaching is a professional relationship, similar to hiring an attorney. We will
schedule our appointments in advance and the fee in advance guarantees your
time slot is held for the duration of our agreement. Coaching clients also pay in
advance to demonstrate their commitment to the process of coaching and their
willingness to succeed. From a practical point of view, this ensures that we
dedicate our sessions to coaching and not to payment arrangements.
Why offer coaching over the telephone?
Telephone coaching is more convenient. You can call you from where you are,
taking less time from a busy day. And if either of us is traveling, we can keep our
appointments.
Telephone coaching provides me with an opportunity for deeper listening.
Masterful coaching requires listening on the deepest levels. These deeper
listening levels are accomplished when other distractions are eliminated from
the surroundings.
That said, I offer in-person coaching as an option on a case-by-case basis for
local clients.
What credentials do I have?
I am a Certified Professional Coach and achieved this certification through a
two year program with the International Coach Academy. I also hold a Masters
degree in Business Administration and Management with a Bachelors degree
in Sociology, and a minor in Psychology. Often the term “coaching” is used in
more informal settings and it can be important for you to evaluate the expertise
and training of the coach you hire. If you'd like to know more about my strengths
and areas of consultation you can view that information here.
Is coaching tax deductible?
Yes! Coaching is tax deductible (In the U.S., all expenses of continuing
education undertaken to maintain and improve business and professional
skills are tax deductible - Treas. Reg.1-162-5, Coughlin vs. Commissioner,
203F 2d 307).
How do I know that coaching is right for me?
Coaching is right for you if you are committed to creating the life you truly
desire. Just like a successful company creates their business plan to ensure
continued success, we will create a plan for your life. If you don’t have a plan,
how will you know when you have reached your goals? Often we have invested
in our education, invested in our children, and invested in our careers, what
about investing in YOU as a whole person? Do you want to move through the
world operating from your highest whole self, rather from your separate roles?
Coaching helps you to integrate your strengths, values and full self to truly
follow your own path to authentic success.
Scheduling a session to get acquainted is a great place to ask additional
questions and see how coaching can support you in moving forward. Give me
a call at 406-534-3509 or email me at shelley@diamondprinciple.com to take
the first step!
What is a coach?
The best coaches are professionally trained through accredited coaching
schools. I have completed the Certified Professional Coach training through
the International Coach Academy. Professional coaching is a relationship that
enhances your ability to focus on your goals and achieve your own authentic
success.
Colleague and veteran coach Mary Allen, MCC, helps by describing coaching
this way, and I agree:
As your coach, I will...
- Focus 100% on you
- Be totally curious about your dreams and aspirations.
- Listen to you without judgment and accept you without analyzing
you. - Help you clarify your goals, values and purpose - providing the programs
and tools to get you into action and focused on the results you
desire. - Provide a place where you are inspired to go beyond the ordinary, raise
your standards and live the life you know you're truly capable of
living. - Be the person who is sometimes more committed to what you want in
your life than you are. - Be the person who knows your values, passions and life purpose and
holds you true to them. - Celebrate your victories and help you learn from your setbacks.
- Listen, not only to your words, but also to what's behind the words, the
nuances of your voice, your emotion, your energy - everything you
communicate - Unequivocally tell you the truth - the about where you are strong, about
how you show up, and where you are selling yourself short.
Imagine this support every week, regularly and consistently - to consolidate, to
integrate and to push on to your own authentic success!
What is Coaching?
Coaching uses top concepts from business, sports, education, psychology,
philosophy, and spirituality to help enhance your life and/or meet goals you set
for yourself. It is the process of conception and creation of changes within
yourself.
Coaching is one of the leading tools successful people use to live extraordinary
lives. During weekly sessions, coaches facilitate exploration and alignment of
motivations, desires, skills, needs, and thought processing to make genuine,
lasting and empowering transformations. I will help you identify what you want
in terms of personal and professional growth, and then guide you in meeting
your objectives. Together, we’ll also put into place techniques to assess your
steps forward in creating the life you envision. Living an extraordinary life
begins when you gain clarity on your values, which in turn enables you to make
meaningful choices that lead to consistent forward motion. Coaching offers a
means for more balance, joy, intimacy, energy, financial abundance, focus and
action in every area of life.
The presence offered by a professional coach can be a powerful way to break
through old patterns and limiting beliefs that hold you back from your dreams. I
adhere to and embrace the Standards of Presence.
Why does coaching work?
Most people hire a coach because they want to take charge of their lives. They
are looking for a partner who will hold them accountable as they take steps to
achieve their goals. Coaching works because it allows you to create a safe,
open space to consciously create the experiences you want for yourself.
Coaching saves you time because I have valuable tools and resources to share
with you that help you to create lasting changes in your life. You will leave
coaching with a toolkit that will support you long term.
Coaching uses powerful questioning techniques and attentive listening to help
you find solutions and resources you hold within. And finally, coaching uses the
present to create your future.
How does coaching work?
Coaching starts with you telling me what you want to create or change. We
review your values and ideals and then craft an action plan that aligns with
those values and ideals. Each time we connect, we review your progress,
discuss the next steps, identify and work with obstacles, distractions or
setbacks, and move on to the next phase of your plan until together, we
accomplished what YOU set out to do. I am also available to you between
sessions, via email, text and brief calls, to help you deal with any pressing need.
Who works with a coach?
Success and growth minded people like you work with coaches! Some of the
most successful people in the world value the support of a coach.
Entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals and people in transition are
some of the people who typically work with a coach. Regardless of their
professional endeavors or place in life, clients have one thing in common: they
are all successful, resourceful, and intelligent individuals who seek to be the
best they can be and live full lives of their own design and creation.
How is coaching different than counseling, consulting or therapy?
Unlike therapy, a form of treatment that generally deals in depth with past
issues; or consulting, which is informational and results in providing the client
with answers; coaching is heavily inspirational, skill forming and focused on the
present and the future.
A consultant is an expert in a given field who can provide you with specific
solutions to some well-defined problems. In contrast, a coach believes you are
the expert of your life. Thus, the coach helps you use the resources within you to
create the experiences you want for yourself. I have programs and exercises to
guide in you in the process of creating the life you desire and support you in
reaching your goals. This guidance is always in support of reaching the goals
you determine and the focus is always on getting you there.
A counselor or therapist can help you overcome a past hurt or problem that
prevents you from functioning and is often less action oriented. On the other
hand, a coach can help you tap into your personal power to break through your
present limits and manifest your ideal future. Working with a coach can be an
excellent way to move through a transition or transformation in your life.
What can I get from coaching that I cannot get with a friend or family
member?
Just like you wouldn't’t hire an untrained friend or family member to be your
legal counsel, therapist or personal trainer, you hire a professional coach to
support you in the same way. You may have a friend or a family member who
you trust to tell you the truth and support you. If this is the case, that’s terrific.
However, most friends and family members do not have the training to help
move you to the fulfillment of your dreams. Also, because they are related to you
or are invested in a friendship with you, it is difficult, if not impossible, for them
to be impartial. I am impartial. I am being paid to be 100% supportive and non-
judgmental while remaining focused on helping you discover your own
authentic success.
How long do people need to work with a coach?
It depends on you and your commitment to change; coaching is not a quick fix. It
takes time to accomplish something worthwhile. Do not expect to fulfill a
significant dream or life change in less than 4-6 months. Some people work
with their coach for one year or more if they desire continuous support through a
major life transition. As a coach, I want you to succeed as quickly and as
powerfully as possible. Always keep in mind that when you enter the coaching
process, you are in charge.
What type of commitment do I need to make to work with a coach?
Clients must be 100% committed to the process for it to be successful. A
coach is a professional relationship designed to enhance your ability to focus
on your goals and achieve your own authentic success. We will determine the
initial length of the coaching agreement in the first session and I will design the
contract to meet that agreement. The length of the agreement will depend on
your goals. Typically lasting changes require at least 4-6 months. We will be
realistic in setting the length of the initial agreement and often people continue
to work with me for ongoing support.
I ask my clients to be willing and ready for each coaching session. This means
paying in advance and on time, keeping appointments, being punctual and
prepared for our calls, being present during our session, being truthful with
themselves and me, and following through on tasks and exercises.
Why do people pay in advance?
Coaching is a professional relationship, similar to hiring an attorney. We will
schedule our appointments in advance and the fee in advance guarantees your
time slot is held for the duration of our agreement. Coaching clients also pay in
advance to demonstrate their commitment to the process of coaching and their
willingness to succeed. From a practical point of view, this ensures that we
dedicate our sessions to coaching and not to payment arrangements.
Why offer coaching over the telephone?
Telephone coaching is more convenient. You can call you from where you are,
taking less time from a busy day. And if either of us is traveling, we can keep our
appointments.
Telephone coaching provides me with an opportunity for deeper listening.
Masterful coaching requires listening on the deepest levels. These deeper
listening levels are accomplished when other distractions are eliminated from
the surroundings.
That said, I offer in-person coaching as an option on a case-by-case basis for
local clients.
What credentials do I have?
I am a Certified Professional Coach and achieved this certification through a
two year program with the International Coach Academy. I also hold a Masters
degree in Business Administration and Management with a Bachelors degree
in Sociology, and a minor in Psychology. Often the term “coaching” is used in
more informal settings and it can be important for you to evaluate the expertise
and training of the coach you hire. If you'd like to know more about my strengths
and areas of consultation you can view that information here.
Is coaching tax deductible?
Yes! Coaching is tax deductible (In the U.S., all expenses of continuing
education undertaken to maintain and improve business and professional
skills are tax deductible - Treas. Reg.1-162-5, Coughlin vs. Commissioner,
203F 2d 307).
How do I know that coaching is right for me?
Coaching is right for you if you are committed to creating the life you truly
desire. Just like a successful company creates their business plan to ensure
continued success, we will create a plan for your life. If you don’t have a plan,
how will you know when you have reached your goals? Often we have invested
in our education, invested in our children, and invested in our careers, what
about investing in YOU as a whole person? Do you want to move through the
world operating from your highest whole self, rather from your separate roles?
Coaching helps you to integrate your strengths, values and full self to truly
follow your own path to authentic success.
Scheduling a session to get acquainted is a great place to ask additional
questions and see how coaching can support you in moving forward. Give me
a call at 406-534-3509 or email me at shelley@diamondprinciple.com to take
the first step!