“The course gave me a great insight into the true value of the coaching process to easily achieve results in a business environment. To add formal qualifications to my existing talents developed over twenty years gave me a new pallet of options to utilise. Thanks for a fantastically empowering couple of days”.
Janet Kelly – Business Owner and Coach
About Coaching
Coaching is fast becoming the favoured choice for personnel and leadership development within organisations.
It is also becoming hugely effective as a way of working to improve all aspects of life outside of work.
You will almost certainly have heard terms such as life coach, business coach, executive coach, team coach – maybe even coaches for specific issues such as weight loss, finance or retirement.
So what is this thing called coaching and why has it become so popular?
In this section of the site, you can gain a better idea of coaching including:
- What coaching is actually is
- What’s the difference between qualification and accreditation in coaching?
- What is the regulatory framework?
- What makes a really great coach?
- What market for coaching currently exists
- What different kinds of coaching there are?
This section is a short introduction to coaching. There is a growing literature around coaching with different approaches, models and theories growing from different pcyhology or bsuiness backgrounds. All have their uses and their place, but the most effective coaches can blend skills and models to generate the best result for their client. Before you invest in a library of coaching books, why not dip your toe in by reading our free book: “The Smart Guide to the What, Who, How and Why of Coaching”.
