{"id":7144,"date":"2017-01-02T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7144"},"modified":"2022-09-08T20:14:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:14:15","slug":"what-can-a-client-expect-from-a-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/what-can-a-client-expect-from-a-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"What can a client expect from a coach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/what-can-a-client-expect-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/what-can-a-client-expect-blog-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"what can a client expect from a coach blog\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/what-can-a-client-expect-blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/what-can-a-client-expect-blog-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Coaching is all about benefitting the client.\u00a0 In coach training each coach learns to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/client-focused-coaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">focus<\/a> completely on the client and to continue the relationship only if it benefits the client.<\/p>\n<p>From the perspective of a client: what does the client want from the coaching?\u00a0 Clients want a coach that supports and empowers them to think, strategize, create meaningful change, and achieve.\u00a0 What does that mean a client can expect of a coach?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sounding Board &#8211; a coach listens and asks questions<\/li>\n<li>Expand thinking &#8211; the follow-up questions that a coach asks are designed to expand the thinking of the client<\/li>\n<li>Challenge &#8211; a coach challenges client assumptions or limited thinking<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-notes-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notes<\/a> &#8211; some coaches provide notes and this serves to provide the client with a summary that further advances thinking and supports clarity plus ensures ideas and action plans are captured<\/li>\n<li>Support &#8211; a coach is a partner and supports the client in their exploration and strategizing plus through the challenges of creating change<\/li>\n<li>Follow through &#8211; a coach is an accountability partner to ensure the client is motivated, completes actions they choose and committed to, plus acknowledges their progress and success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just as a client expects certain things from a coach, coaches also expect things from their client:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full engagement in the process<\/li>\n<li>The desire to create change<\/li>\n<li>An open willingness to talk and take risks<\/li>\n<li>A desire to learn, improve, and move forward<\/li>\n<li>Ownership of chosen strategies and actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ultimately the success that results from coaching is the client&#8217;s which means that the coach is there as a support partner trained in a process that works and the client is the one doing the work to achieve the results they choose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coaching is all about benefitting the client.\u00a0 In coach training each coach learns to focus completely on the client and to continue the relationship only &hellip; 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