Coaching - What is it, how I coach

What is coaching?

Coaching supports you to live for today and plan for tomorrow. This is done through a dialogue between you and the coach

Coaching is often compared with friendship, training, mentoring, parenting and therapy. In fact, it takes elements from all of these. Or putting it differently, all good friendships, training, mentoring, parenting and therapy will contain some coaching. Here are the key aspects of coaching:

• Coaching starts with the client and the coach exploring together. This could be an exploration of the client's dreams, goals and aspirations, or of blocks and obstacles
• The client has the answers. It is the coach's job to support the client in finding the answers
• And sometimes the coach may offer some suggestions. However, only after having a thorough understanding of the client's situation, and leaving the client to decide which, if any, suggestion to take up
• The client may change as a result of a coaching conversation. Or the client may commit herself to doing something which will take her significantly forward or which will change her

And typically coaching will also have the following aspects:

• Regular sessions, giving some degree of continuity and accountability
• Time to look at your life (job, business) instead of being in your life. This gives you a chance to see the bigger picture and maybe change direction

How do I coach?

• I coach by telephone or face to face (in Montpelier, Bristol, UK)
• And we can do some of the coaching by email, although I strongly suggest that we do include some telephone or face to face coaching as well
• I work Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9 - 5 UK time (GMT in winter, British Summer Time in summer)
• You call me

And does it cost anything?

My rates are

• £200 for 4 half hour telephone coaching sessions. It is up to you how often to have your coaching sessions
• £175 for 4 weeks' email coaching

How to start

To get started, give me a call (+44 (0)117 955 0062) or email me (coen@coachcoen.com). We can either start straight away or you can have a complimentary half hour trial session

Next I will send you (by post or email) a couple of things to get us started, including a questionnaire. I suggest that you treat the questionnaire as another coaching session. It contains various questions to make you think about where you are and where you want to go

And we will agree what day and time you will be calling me. At the appointed time I will be sitting by the phone with my headset on, ready for your call