The Coaching Concept

The concept of "coaching" often creates confusion in many people's mind. Sometimes even

in those who practice it every day without naming it (leaders, advisers, some parents with their children ....)

We often confuse coaching with other medical or paramedical practices. Hence the frustration of some in view of late, or even no results.

We do not consult a coach as we would consult a doctor. Because before contacting a coach, the "pain" is rarely identified and if so, we tend to look for solutions outside of ourselves.

Let’s get some explanations on both the role of a coach and the person being coached in the process of coaching.

What is coaching ?

Coaching in general consists of accompanying a person to help them achieve their goals, whether personal or professional.

The coach is not supposed to explain, to give advice, or solutions. His role is to ask questions to make the coached aware of his needs, his strengths and his limits. It helps him identify what motivates him or what slows him down.

This questioning allows him to move towards his own solutions, to awaken the potential that is in him to better exploit it in his personal or professional daily life.

The coach helps the person coached to retake control of his life and to regain his autonomy.

In other words, to switch from passive state to active state.

How the coach can help ?

The coach is not intended to treat or advise. His mission is pro

viding points of reflection to make the coached able to help himself and move forward effectively.

The process of coaching is a collaboration between the coach and his client.

To make the coaching process successful, the coached must show a willingness to change and be ready to face their limited resources and draw on his innerself to find solutions and implement them.

Coaching believes that each person has within all the needed resources to move forward and succeed in life.

The coach is a kind of mirror that the person being coached finds himself obliged to face from session to session and to change its image little by little until reaching the point of satisfaction that suits him.