Question 1

How does coaching work?

Accepted Answer

In the first session the coach and client will collaboratively set goals that are appropriate for the coaching process, then the coach will ask a series of empowering questions to help explore blocks and opportunities, and the session will close by highlighting new awareness and designing actions and experiments to move forward with the work outside of the session.

The coach and client partner to work through overcoming obstacles and achieving goals. The client is the expert in their life experience and who they are. The coach is an expert in a creative, thought-provoking process that inspires clients to expand their personal and professional potential. The coach believes the client has the most powerful answers already within and the client trusts the coach to facilitate and create the space to learn and move forward.

Question 2

What is the difference between coaching and therapy?

Accepted Answer

Therapy is the better form of support when clients are looking for diagnosis or treatment of mental health issues such as moderate to severe anxiety or depression, recent trauma, addiction, and more. If you are unsure about whether therapy would be a better fit, please discuss your thoughts with your coach.

Coaching is goal driven and focused on the present, creating change, and moving forward and not focused on processing or understanding the past.

In my coaching style, many of the research based practices, principles, and tactics I employ allow us to explore thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and impulses which can seem like deeper work.

Question 3

What are appropriate goals for coaching?

Accepted Answer

The client and coach work collaboratively to come up with goals that are appropriate for the coaching process. It is a important that goals are specific, personally meaningful, and actionable for the client.

These are some general themes that show up in goal setting.

Themes for Individuals
Developing and practicing new communication patterns to build better relationships
Overcoming avoidance and procrastination so you can take meaningful action
Building awareness of self so you are not allowing the opinions and feelings of others to drive your decisions or behavior
Letting go of trying to change things you cannot control and refocusing your efforts to make meaningful progress
Making purposeful and values driven decisions
Identifying blocks, creating plans, and designing strategic actions
Gain awareness or clarity about yourself or a situation
Shift your perspective to change your experience of stressors
Understanding and communicating your boundaries to protect your energy and time

Themes for Organizations and Teams
Cultivating and protecting trust so you can build partnerships
Learning how to be in conflict in order to innovate and avoid missing opportunities
Understand and practice emotional intelligence and communication skills to support strong and respectful working relationships
Understand current culture and make meaningful changes to patterns in communication, rewards, and messaging to support an intentional culture
Develop clarity and buy-in so that everyone is commited to the same vision and decisions
Build accountability practices that protect trust and support progress
Measure progress and adapt to the results

Question 4

What happens in a coaching session?

Accepted Answer

In the first session, we set and clarify goals for our coaching engagement and hopefully we will determine a strategic next action or starting point.

Subsequent sessions have an opening, a beginning, middle, and an end. We start by checking in on committed action from between sessions to see what we can learn. Then we set a target for what we will accomplish in the current session and measures for success, we explore the bariers and look for clarity, highlight new insights, and design action for between sessions. There are four types of actions that we could co-design: an experiment to try something new, reviewing resources, a to-do task, or a planned reflection of the awareness and new insights that we develop in session.

Question 5

Will you offer advice?

Accepted Answer

A trained coach who abides by the standards of the ICF will not offer direct advice or tell you what to do. ICF certified coaches believe that the strongest and most powerful answers come from within. While I do not offer advice, I have many rabbits in the hat for times when a client feels stuck including brainstorming, offering stories of what other clients have found helpful, offering resources, and other exercises to continue moving forward. The client always has a choice about how they want to proceed or what they want to try.

Actually, it's not uncommon for clients to come to their own solutions and believe the coach gave them advice. That's the power of a good thought provoking question.

Question 6

How long are sessions?

Accepted Answer

Session for individual coaching are 45 minutes. Group coaching or business services may vary by engagement.

Question 7

Where are sessions held

Accepted Answer

Video conference so you can be calling in from anywhere. Of course, please be safe and never call while driving.

Question 8

Can I email you?

Accepted Answer

Yes, of course.
 
Julia@teamsengineering.com

Question 9

What is the cancellation policy for coaching sessions at Teams Engineering?

Accepted Answer

It's understandabe that schedules can change, and we strive to be as accommodating as possible. To manage our time effectively and ensure availability for all our clients, we have implemented a cancellation policy.

Clients must provide at least 24 hours' notice if they need to cancel a session. If a session is canceled with less than 24 hours' notice, the card on file will automatically be charged a $50 late cancellation fee. Additionally, if a client does not attend a scheduled session without prior notice, they will be charged a $50 no-show fee.

If a client is more than 15 minutes late to a session AND have not communicated with the coach, this will be considered a no-show and the card on file will be charged a $50 no-show fee.

Question 10

What is the no-show policy for missed coaching sessions at Teams Engineering?

Accepted Answer