coaching principles

Coaching can sometimes be a challenging experience, where deep seated views, attitudes and beliefs are brought to light and examined for their ongoing contribution in your life.

I promise to:

• respect and work with your perspectives, learning styles and life experiences

• have ongoing faith in your innate wisdom and ability to succeed at what you set out to achieve

• be honest, sincere and courageous in my communication and be accountable for what I say I will do

• be attuned to your feelings when sensitive issues arise

• hold the trust you put in me in the deepest regard by keeping our conversations confidential

Our coaching sessions will be dedicated time and space for us to explore your goals and desires.

I will:

• ask you lots of questions to fully understand your key challenges

• use my intuition to know when something deeper is going on

• be humble in knowing what I don’t know

• be courageous to challenge you on hard issues

• adjust my approach as the situation demands

• be comfortable working with strong emotions that may arise

• take as much time as you need

For real learning and growth to happen, coaching depends on mutual trust and accountability.

We agree to:

• engage as equal partners in the coaching process, with integrity and in good faith

• be fully present in all our coaching sessions, not distracted by other engagements or under the influence of any substances

• follow through on commitments we make to each other and ourselves

• acknowledge the limitations of coaching and that if other professionals are more suitable for the issues raised, it may be appropriate to refer you on

• be open and up front about any concerns we have with the coaching process

• communicate, communicate, communicate!