-- choosing a coach
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Since coaching is a very personal relationship, it's important that you feel comfortable with your coach and that your coach feels comfortable with you.
Questions to ask a Potential Coach
Use this list of questions as a guide when you interview coaches.
- What training have you had to be a coach? And, specifically, to be
an ADD coach?
- How long have you been a coach?
- What did you do before becoming a coach?
- How do you decide what to work on with your clients?
- What do you expect from your clients?
- What kinds of clients do you work really well with?
- What type of client situations do you NOT like to work with?
- What would you do if I had a situation you didn't know how to handle?
- How would you approach coaching a client in my situation?
Is Dana the right coach for you?
Dana's answers to the questions to ask a potential coach…
- What training have you had to be a coach? And, specifically, to be
an ADD coach? I'm a graduate of Coach U. My ADD Coach training was
from the Optimal Functioning Institute.
- How long have you been a coach? Though I used coaching techniques
as a professional organizer, I officially started coaching in 1998.
- What did you do before becoming a coach? I was self-employed as
a professional organizer and a consultant for eight years. Before that
I worked in the corporate world as a strategic planner, a systems analyst
and a labor relations representative.
- How do you decide what to work on with your clients? We clarify
and work on the client's goals for coaching. I also like to weave in
some personal awareness work that I find important to living a fulfilling
life.
- What do you expect from your clients? I expect them to do the
absolute best they can, and to be honest with themselves and me. I expect
them to be responsible for their actions and open to new ways of doing
things.
- What kinds of clients do you work really well with? I really click
with people who are straightforward and excited about life's possibilities.
Who, despite their AD/HD, are able to get things done. People who are
in tune with themselves and ready to change.
- What type of client's do you NOT like to work with? I'm not the
best coach for people who are really struggling to function with their
AD/HD. I won't work with people who complain a lot and blame others
for their situation. Who won't do any work yet expect the coaching to
work wonders. Also people who are resentful of my fees.
- What would you do if I had a situation you didn't know how to handle?
I have a wide network of coaches and ADD professionals with whom
I can talk things through or to refer the client if necessary.
- Does the coaching ever NOT work? What happens? Sometimes coaching doesn't work. Usually because I've taken on a client that I think is a good match but who isn't. Or there's a client who I just can't find a way to help. As soon as I realize coaching isn't working, talk it over with the client. I'm happy to refer them to another coach or professional.
If you're interested in having a coach and like Dana's answers to these questions, take the next step and arrange for her free, 20-minute get-acquainted interview. No sales pitch; just a chance for both of you to get to know each other and clarify what you want from coaching. Send Dana an e-mail at dana@danarayburn.com.
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