& FAQ The Coaching Procedure The Coaching Sessions FAQ What happens during a coaching session? What happens between coaching sessions? What is the cost? How many sessions should I allow for? When, and how, do I pay? Why should I choose to be coached by you? What should I look for in a Coach? What are your Coaching qualifications? Where do I start? · What is Life Coaching? Can a Coach help me? The Coaching Procedure The coaching procedure begins with your phone call or email where we 'touch base' and answer any questions you may have. It also gives you the opportunity to state what your expectations are and to outline what you would like to achieve from coaching. If, following your initial contact, you feel you would like to know more, the next step is to run through a needs assessment. Needs Assessment This is an informal chat on the phone or in person, where you tell your Coach what it is you would like to achieve, we discuss what has brought you to coaching and gather some background information, such as your age, career, relationship history, etc. This takes approximately 40 minutes and can be held wherever suits you - a local café, your place of work or home. Following the Needs Assessment you will have more of an idea of what coaching is and how coaching works. It also gives you the opportunity to meet us and see if you feel comfortable working with us. If you feel you would like to proceed with coaching the first session is booked a week or two in advance. This gives you time to reconsider if you feel that coaching is not the right option for you. The Coaching Sessions The coaching sessions last between half an hour to an hour. They can be held wherever is most convenient for you. This may be at your place of work during lunch-hour, at your home, at a local café or our offices in Ponsonby or Auckland City. FAQ - Frequently asked questions What happens during a coaching session? You will have come to coaching because there is a change you want to make - this forms the coaching agenda. Your Coach is uniquely qualified to help you move forward from where you are now to where you would like to be, quickly, easily with lots of laughs, and, at your pace. What happens between coaching sessions? At the end of each session we agree on a 'designed task,' similar to homework but fun. This task is suggested by your Coach from their extensive toolkit because they feel it will help you achieve a greater level of awareness and enable you to quickly reach your goals. The designed tasks are great fun as new windows are opened and new options discovered. These tools and 'designed tasks' are an integral part of the coaching experience, and the tools are often first thing discussed at the following session. Examples of 'designed tasks' can be found in our Free Tools section. This is also an important difference from therapy where 'designed tasks' are not usually agreed on at the end of every therapy session. They are also why coaching has the potential to move you forward in your life so quickly. This is because you learn by doing and applying the knowledge and you also have someone to unconditionally support and encourage you as you move forward in life. What is the cost? The cost of coaching is tailored to each client. It depends on any travel required by the Coach, the length of each session and the type of coaching requested, for example, tele-coaching - coaching by phone - is considerably cheaper and just as effective. In the USA and the EU where transport and distance is more of an issue, e-Coaching -coaching by email, or instant message service - is very common. However, clients in NZ usually opt for face-to-face coaching, tele-coaching or often a combination of the two. Coaching: a life investment Your Coach is an experienced and qualified professional who can help you create and live the life you have always dreamt of living. As such the cost of coaching is an investment in the rest of your life. Clients have commented, "What's happiness worth? If coaching makes me happy, isn't that priceless?" The other factor to consider is that having completed your coaching, you have a qualification and an asset that will be useful for the rest of your life. You will have acquired;
The number of coaching sessions depends on each client and where they would like to go. Unlike therapy, which can continue for some years, the end goal of coaching is for you to acquire the skills to coach yourself - then your coach is no longer required. The best Coaches, like the best teachers, do themselves out of a job. However, a good rule of thumb is to allow for 12 sessions. This usually consists of one weekly session for 12 weeks. When, and how, do I pay? Do you offer a performance guarantee? Payment occurs after each session, if you do not feel that the session was worthwhile you do not have to pay. No ethical Coach would ask you to pay for a coaching session that you did not feel was useful to you. This is better than a 'money-back guarantee' because you have already received the service before anything is paid. However, although this option is open, it is extremely rare for a client to state that they did not feel that the coaching session was worthwhile, and this would only occur where there has been a breakdown in communication between coach and client. There is no risk to you because you can terminate the coaching relationship at any time. Like any professional, if you have booked a session and are not available, the courtesy of notice of cancellation is expected and no change will apply if 24 hours notice is given. Why should I choose to be coached by you? The reason you should choose to be coached by Paradigms Limited® is because we believe we are the best at what we do. We are totally committed to your satisfaction and in seeing you move forward in your life to wherever you want to be. Because coaching in NZ is at presently unregulated, anyone can call themselves a Coach. Many 'coaches' have a background in counselling or therapy and although still using these approaches call themselves Coaches, however, coaching is a very different model from therapeutic type approaches. Coaching is not counselling, therapy, motivation, training or giving advice. There are many Coaches who are qualified in a recognised coaching model, however, there are also some "Coaches" who have had no specific coaching training and who hold no coaching qualifications whatsoever. Skilled application of a recognised Coaching model has an unparalleled ability to move clients forward quickly and easily in their lives and have fun doing it. For more information on Coaching including information on "What Coaching is and Is Not", please visit our "What is Coaching?" page, or click here. What should I look for in a Coach? The criteria we would use to select a coach would consist of the following:
What are your Coaching qualifications? As Principal Coach at Paradigms Limited®, Harley M Storey brings to coaching a lifetime of interest in the personal development movement having studied the works of Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, M Scott Peck, Deepak Chopra M.D, John Kehoe, Stephen Covey, Sharon Salzberg, Gary Zukav and Louise Hay amongst others. He has also attended many motivational and personal development seminars including those by Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. John Grey and The Dalai Lama. Following a lifetime of interest in developing human potential, Mr. Storey chose to pursue a coaching qualification graduating A.C.E (NZSC). This qualification is based on the Strategic Coaching Model®. This training also covers the Co-Active Coaching Model®, the GROW Model®, NLP®, cognitive behavioural theory and Rogerian therapy amongst others. He is the Managing Director and Principal Coach of Paradigms (1999) Limited® and his company has membership of ICF® - the International Coaching Federation. If you would like further information and a biography of Harley M Storey, please visit our "About Us" page, or click here. What professional organisations does Paradigms Limited® belong to? Paradigms Limited® belongs to and abides by the ethics of the only international coaching organisation - the International Coaching Federation or ICF®. The code of ethics and confidentiality agreement required of ICF® members is outlined on the ICF page, or click here. Where do I start? Would you like to discover how we at Paradigms Limited® can help you create the life you have always dreamt of living? Please call us on 09-377 7732 to explore the possibilities that coaching can offer you … or, email us with any questions or comments info@paradigms.co.nz … or write to us at Paradigms Ltd, P O Box 78-393, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1002. · Free eZine Would you like to receive our free eZine - our newsletter by email - which is free and full of coaching tips and special offers? Just click here. · Free tools Our Free Tools page is packed with free coaching tools that show you how coaching can reveal new possibilities for living. To visit our Free Tools page click here. · Related topics Would you like to know more about the Coaching procedure and what happens next? Please visit the Being Coached page, or click here. Would you like more time? Who is your most important relationship with? What Self-esteem is Creating Wonderful Relationships What is "success"? Would you like to find a way Through the obstacles? Do you feel like you just can't be bothered?   |
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