How is personal coaching and executive coaching different from consulting, therapy, mentoring, sports coaching, or a best friend? How does coaching work?
How does coaching work compared to Consulting? Personal coaching or executive coaching works much like consulting. However, the coach stays with the client beyond the consultation phase, to help implement the new skills, changes and goals, to make sure that they really happen. How does coaching work compared to Therapy? Therapy works on the “what,” analyzing the situation and working through it. Therapy seeks to advise and counsel and looks at past issues. Executive coaching or personal coaching focuses on the “who” and the “how”. Who do I want to become, and how will I achieve my goals. How does coaching work compared to Sports Coaching? Executive coaching includes several principles from sports coaching, like teamwork, going for the goal, providing useful tools, and being your best. Unlike sports coaching, most executive, professional, or personal coaching is not competition or win/lose based. A personal coach focuses on strengthening their clients’ skills, versus helping them beat t
