FAQ’s
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We all get stuck from time to time and are unclear on our next steps to move forward. A coach can help you identify what is holding you back, help you bring clarity to your goals and lead you to living your best life on purpose.
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I am committed to your personal and professional growth. As a leader of leaders and teams, I have found great joy in creating personalized road maps for people to experience personal growth. Together we will design a plan to bring clarity to your goals, identify and remove barriers that are holding you back, challenge the way you think and move you forward toward achieving your goals.
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It is important to me that you have clarity about the difference between coaching and other types of professional services such as therapy or counseling, consulting and mentoring. Coaching focuses on where you are presently and where you are headed, with a goal of helping you gain clarity about your vision, eliminate obstacles to your success, accelerate the pace of personal growth and achieve results that empower you to live your best life – professionally and personally.
We can focus on any area of your life: Relationships, Finances, Spiritual Life, Work and Business, or Physical Health and Environments. While coaching is forward-focused, counseling tends to deal more with past issues in which you may find yourself stuck and struggling. We may occasionally discuss something that has occurred in the past, for the purpose of clarifying the present, but your coaching will not focus on resolving the past. A simple rule of thumb to know whether you should be coaching or counseling: If your past is an issue, counseling is your best option. If your past is simply a fact (regardless of whether the circumstances were difficult or negative), you are probably ready for coaching. If it appears that there is an issue for which you may need counseling, I will suggest it. With the support of a counselor or therapist, some individuals choose to engage in coaching and counseling simultaneously, but with a focus on different areas of life for each service.
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A coach focuses on helping you walk your unique path to success. As the client, you are responsible for the results you receive as a result of coaching. I help you discover how to become more of who you need to be to achieve those results and identify what you may need to do differently. A consultant takes responsibility for a specific project, acting as a specialist*, providing specific deliverables and knowledge. I believe in your ability to fully experience your potential and will provide a safe, consistent space for you to develop your potential.
*If my professional experience in the areas of Ministry, Building High Capacity Servant Leaders, Hospitality, Communicate to Connect, Developing Systems that Drive Service and Excellence in Customer Service - Drawing them in again and again, is of benefit to you personally and professionally, I will use that knowledge in the context of the coaching session. Additionally, if it is a good fit, we may discuss a separate consulting engagement to serve specific needs you may have for yourself or your organization.
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As a coach, I focus on the development of people in general, and the development of your unique path in particular. A mentor guides you towards a specific path of development. I am more interested in helping you onto to the unique and divinely-ordained path that is meant for you – which may be quite different than the path I have taken, even though the purpose of our paths may be very similar. My job as your coach is not to tell you what to do, but rather to help you uncover the answers that lie within you. Consider me a catalyst for your success.
"Danger is real but fear isn't. Fears are just the way you perceive a situation. Fears tell you lies. Don't let fear hold you back from rewriting your story."
— DAMON WEST