What Is Coaching?

At its core, coaching is about helping people work through their problems.

Coaches partner with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) pedagogy is to establish an agreed-upon subject and work toward actionable goals for each session. The coach asks the client an array of searching, open-ended questions to guide the client to get to the root of their issue and find a workable way forward. This can include questions that push the client to expand their way of thinking or feeling about the issues they are dealing with and about their own role or identity.

ICF is the world-wide gold standard for professional coaching.