{"id":5163,"date":"2014-08-06T06:03:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T06:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=5163"},"modified":"2022-09-18T17:34:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T17:34:34","slug":"effort-in-as-a-coaching-client-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/effort-in-as-a-coaching-client-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Effort in as a Coaching Client = Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_2117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_2117.jpg\" alt=\"Effort in as a Coaching Client = Results\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_2117.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_2117-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_2117-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>Coaching is a powerful tool for creating meaningful change.\u00a0 Of course as a client, this means <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/lifestyle\/3-valuable-ways-to-invest-in-yourself.html\">investing in yourself<\/a> in terms of time, money, and effort.\u00a0 <em>(If a sponsor is paying for the coaching, then the investment is your time and effort.)<\/em>\u00a0 Given the investment, it makes sense to maximize your opportunities for results.\u00a0 Start with defining goals, consider the obstacles, and then plan how to move past the obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>Goals: What do you want from the coaching relationship and the process?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An opportunity to think out loud and consider different possibilities<\/li>\n<li>Being challenged to expand thinking<\/li>\n<li>New perspective through exploration, reflection, and brainstorming<\/li>\n<li>Support for creating a plan<\/li>\n<li>Accountability for designing actions and following through<\/li>\n<li>Encouragement for progress and success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Obstacles: What could hold you back from maximizing a coaching relationship?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comfort Level with coaching \u2013 unsure if this relationship is really confidential and uncomfortable with sharing openly<\/li>\n<li>Buy-in to Process \u2013 unsure how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coaching.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching<\/a> is going to be different then other tools<\/li>\n<li>Openness to Change \u2013 unsure of willingness to change and of the reasons to change<\/li>\n<li>Commitment \u2013 change takes work and doing the work takes time<\/li>\n<li>Fear \u2013 afraid of failure or afraid of success<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing Motivation \u2013 sometimes competing priorities, lack of confidence, or simply being too tired means making excuses and justifying a lack of progress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Continue the reflection with these questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What else do you want from coaching?<\/li>\n<li>How will you measure the success of the coaching relationship?<\/li>\n<li>What could prevent you from fully engaging in the coaching relationship?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the next blog post are ideas for moving forward past the obstacles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coaching is a powerful tool for creating meaningful change.\u00a0 Of course as a client, this means investing in yourself in terms of time, money, and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[70,77,48,45,50,75,54,55,81,49,80,88,102,115],"class_list":["post-5163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-agreement","tag-coaching-business","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-code-of-ethics","tag-core-competency","tag-effective-coaching","tag-goal-setting","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5163","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=5163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10924,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5163\/revisions\/10924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}