{"id":8427,"date":"2019-08-15T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T11:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=8427"},"modified":"2019-07-24T22:44:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T22:44:33","slug":"understanding-to-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/understanding-to-move-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding to Move Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A primary focus of a professional coach is to understand the client as a person by understanding their preferences, interests, wants, and goal prioritization.\u00a0 Professional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/en\/training.html\">coach training<\/a> provides tools for recognizing client style, communication style, and focus.<\/p>\n<p>The International Coach Federation published a study that states a top indicator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/en\/coaching.html\">coaching<\/a> effectiveness is the rapport between coach and client; rapport begins with understanding. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8428 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Understanding-to-Move-Forward-.jpg\" alt=\"Understanding to Move Forward \" width=\"189\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Understanding-to-Move-Forward-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Understanding-to-Move-Forward--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Understanding-to-Move-Forward--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Understanding-to-Move-Forward--90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Understanding-to-Move-Forward--595x400.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Understanding-to-Move-Forward--480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Understanding-to-Move-Forward--420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Understanding-to-Move-Forward--520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When a coach understands their client, the coach recognizes how their client thinks, processes, and prioritizes.\u00a0 This serves the coach to communicate effectively and to formulate effective questions.\u00a0 Understanding serves the client because the client is aware that the coach understands, so their comfort level is increased.\u00a0 Effective training develops the skill of understanding for coaches by<br \/>\nteaching:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to identify the client\u2019s personal style in the moment, based on the current interaction (without testing), because people are a combination of styles and circumstances that influence how they are functioning in the moment.<\/li>\n<li>How to identify whether a client is visual, auditory, or kinesthetic because then the coach adjusts language and questions to the client\u2019s preferences for enhanced understanding.<\/li>\n<li>How to recognize the clients focus for processing and making decisions so that the coach asks appropriate questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An effective coach understands the client\u2019s personal style and then adjusts accordingly.\u00a0 This means that professional coaches treat their clients the way each client prefers to be treated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A primary focus of a professional coach is to understand the client as a person by understanding their preferences, interests, wants, and goal prioritization.\u00a0 Professional &hellip; 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