{"id":4053,"date":"2013-06-17T06:03:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T06:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2022-09-17T17:08:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:08:51","slug":"about-coaching-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/about-coaching-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Coaching continues to grow as a profession and is gaining ever more popularity because it works.\u00a0 This series is a broad overview of coaching, how it works, different types and approaches, and coaching relationships.\u00a0 The examples are to provide awareness and insight based on <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/credentials-and-standards\/core-competencies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching competencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>What is coaching?\u00a0 <\/b>The definition from the International Coach Federation is: \u201cpartnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>What isn\u2019t coaching? <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coaching is not mentoring.\u00a0 A mentor is a voice of wisdom and experience passing on what they know and giving advice.\u00a0 In comparison, a coach provides a process expertise and thereby elicits the answer from the client.<\/li>\n<li>Coaching is not consulting.\u00a0 A consultant is an expert that is brought in to analyze, develop a plan, and advise.\u00a0 In comparison, a coach serves as a sounding board and strategy partner so the client explores possibilities and creates their plan of action.<\/li>\n<li>Coaching is not a mental health service.\u00a0 A mental health professional works to restore an individual to wellness.\u00a0 In comparison, a coach works with an individual that is well and whole to consider what they want and move forward toward their goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coaching continues to grow as a profession and is gaining ever more popularity because it works.\u00a0 This series is a broad overview of coaching, how &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[70,77,48,85,45,50,115,87,76],"class_list":["post-4053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-professional-coach","tag-understand","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4053"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10744,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053\/revisions\/10744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}