Frequently Asked Questions

Business leaders, owners, CEOs, entrepreneurs, directors, managers and emerging leaders from both for profit and not for profit corporations.. Anyone who has a business-related personal/professional objective and is looking for guidance before taking action.

What kind of benefits could I expect from working with a leadership coach?
Your coach acts as a confidential strategic partner who assists you to leverage your personal and operational success. Among the broad array of service offerings, your coach may assist you to:

Rejuvenate business growth

Build interpersonal competencies

Enhance organizational capabilities

Develop skills and knowledge base

Prioritize goals and develop strategies to achieve objectives within set timeframes

Deal with conflict

Streamline business processes and systems

Improve morale

Direct and support organizational change

Collaborate to create and execute personal/business development plans

Deliver feedback

Conduct needs analyses

Develop and interpret performance assessments

What happens in a typical session?

The business coach and coachee typically engage in a continuous progression of conversations, observations and practice:

  Conversations evolve around the business coach exploring the coachee's current issues, and challenging the coachee's entrenched thinking patterns and assumptions which serve to maintain the status quo and interrupt or block the coachee's new goals and objectives.

 Observations include noting inconsistencies between the coachee's stated goals and objectives and his or her counterproductive actions. High-performance feedback facilitates the coachee coming to greater awarenesses about his or her operational style. This feedback is also two-way; as the business coach needs to receive feedback on a regular basis so that the coaching relationship is consistently serving the coachee's objectives.

 Practice includes any variety of action-oriented business coach interventions or coachee activities or assignments designed to assist the coachee in achieving enhanced business performance. These may include coach-coachee role plays, in-between session’s assignments (reading, researching, journaling, self-care initiatives, etc.), the coachee attempting to deal with a conflicted work relationship, etc.

 A typical session may or may not include all these phases depending upon the stage in the business coaching program and current issues.

 
What are typical session lengths?

The appropriate session length is determined by the nature of the coachee's goals and objectives, time pressures on the part of the coachee, and budget considerations. Typically, sessions are 30 - 90 minutes in length. Shadow or observational coaching may last for several hours depending upon the nature of the behaviors and activities being observed.

  
How are sessions conducted?

Sessions may be conducted in person, virtually (by phone, email, etc.) or a combination of several methods. If conducted in person, approaches include:

 The coach observes coachee (Shadow or Observational Coaching)

The coach works only with coachee (One-on-One)

The coach works with coachee and his or her team (Team Coaching)

The coach works only with coachee as he or she interacts with his or her team (Leader/Manager Coaching)

The coach works only with coachee as he or she interacts with another individual (Leader/Manager in a One-on-One)

How sessions are conducted are determined by the nature of the coachee's goals and objectives, preferences on the part of the business coach and the coachee, and budget considerations.

 
Are there activities for me to perform in between sessions?

This depends upon the nature of the coachee's goals and objectives. Expect some assignments to assist you in learning and growing.

  
How many sessions are in a coaching program?

This depends upon the frequency and duration of the program, as well as the nature of the coachee's personal, professional and/or organizational goals and objectives.

  
What is the frequency of sessions?

The appropriate frequency of sessions is determined by the nature of the coachee's goals and objectives, time pressures on the part of the coachee, and budget considerations. Typically, business coaches and coachees meet weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.

What is the duration of a program?

Most business coaching programs are four to twelve months, with some programs going more than twelve months, or continuing on an ongoing basis. The duration depends upon the nature of the coachee's personal, professional and/or organizational goals and objectives.

  
How much does leadership/business coaching cost?

As a strategic business partner, a business coach charges a rate range similar to other essential business service providers (attorneys and accountants).