The International Coach Federation defines coaching as:
…partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential…Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual client needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client; they believe the client is naturally creative and resourceful. The coach’s job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that the client already has.
[For more information on the distinctions between coaching and other often services, click here.]
At My Life’s Work, we believe personal and professional achievement and well-being is driven by an individual’s motivation and ability to:
- define for him/herself purposeful work, and
- perform optimally in that work.
To that end, we offer both career transition coaching and leadership coaching.
Regardless of the emphasis of the coaching engagement, its success depends on:
- client goal-setting and accountability,
- feedback from others to inform the coaching process and outcomes,
- “whole person” understanding to create deeper opportunities for self-awareness and sustained change, and
- completion and discussion of between-session work to facilitate client learning and achievement of his/her specific objectives.
If you are interested in learning more about our coaching services, we offer all potential clients an initial, no-charge phone consultation in recognition that coach-client chemistry as well as alignment of client goals and coach expertise is essential. Depending on a client’s specific needs, different options exist for the length, meeting frequency, format, and pricing of each engagement.
You can also check out an August 8, 2011 article (A New Game Plan) in the Washington Post Express about Mimi’s career coaching work.
Please contact us to learn more or consult the career transition or leadership coaching pages for more specific information.