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Leadership Coaching to Consulting
And why it is vital that you understand the differences
Are you confused about how leadership
coaching relates to consulting?
Many people mistakenly assume that the leadership coaching process
and the consulting process are, at least similar, if not the same.
Yet, the two processes are so VERY DIFFERENT.
It is vital that you understand the differences so that you will be able
to maximize the results you attain from either process. The processes
are so different, that a person will get poor results, if any, from either
process, if mistakenly treated as the other.
Unfortunately, too many people treat leadership coaching like consulting
(and visa versa). Trying to get consulting results from the coaching process
or visa versa, will undoubtedly produce very dissatisfying outcomes. Both
the consulting and leadership coaching process offer exceptional results
and rewards, when used under the right conditions for the right
purpose.
The key is to understand which process is best suited for which purpose
and what the right conditions are to achieve the best results.
How Different are the Leadership Coaching
and Consulting Processes?
Leadership Coaching
and Consulting are as different as (American) Football and Golf. In fact,
the two processes are entirely the opposite!
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A well known example of a consultant is an attorney.
Consultants work on problems for their clients.
Attorneys work on legal problems for their clients.
Clients have little, if any, control over the consulting
process.
Clients are limited in what they can and want to to tell their attorneys.
Clients can exercise some control over the legal consulting process, but
not much. Clients can have some say so over whether to file and/or withdraw
a lawsuit, give settlement conditions, direct attorneys to send intimidating
letters, or direct attorneys to file for custody.
Clients have virtually NO control over the RESULTS
of consulting.
Clients must accept the results or outcome they get from legal actions.
Consultants are recognized experts in their chosen
field.
Attorneys are recognized as experts in the field of law.
Consultants are expected to provide credentials to prove their ability
to act as an expert.
Attorneys are expected to show they graduated from law school and have
passed the Bar Exam for the States in which they are licensed to practice.
Consultants have a superior position to the client, at least in their
area of expertise.
Attorneys take the power and superior position with their clients, at
least, in the area of law.
Consultants sell their expert advice.
Attorneys will sell their legal advice. Attorneys advise clients.
Consultants also perform tasks on behalf of their clients.
Attorneys perform most, if not all legal tasks for their clients. They
file lawsuits, create and file legal briefs, represent their clients to
their opponents and the court, and the list goes on.
Consultants work on problems or tasks that do not involve the personal
growth of their clients.
Legal problems rarely involve the personal growth or improvement of clients,
and if they do, most attorneys only focus on the legal aspects.
Clients have little, if any, control over the consulting process.
Clients are limited in what they can and want to to tell their attorneys.
Clients can exercise some control over the legal consulting process, but
not much. Clients can have some say so over whether to file and/or withdraw
a lawsuit, give settlement conditions, direct attorneys to send intimidating
letters, or direct attorneys to file for custody..
Consultants share the limelight and credit (and frequently
control both) when successful outcomes occur (and even when unsuccessful
ones happen).
Attorneys almost always take the limelight and credit during and after
the legal process. They like being the star. Does Johnny Cochran come
to mind?
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The Leadership Coaching Process is
Exactly the Opposite of the Consulting Process for Every Criteria
Coaches assist their clients to achieve their coachable
goals.
Clients set their goals and the reason they hire a coach is to accomplish
their goals.
Clients have virtually TOTAL control over the coaching
process.
Both the clients and their coaches must discover the path to success together.
Clients will control and follow the path of discovery that reveals their
inner passions, desires, values and priorities. The coaching process will
not be constrained by a written agenda or organized steps. Instead, the
coaching process provides a free forum to discover where the client is
and then develop the best path for individual clients to achieve their
specific goals.
Clients have almost TOTAL control over the RESULTS
they reap from coaching.
Coaching clients set the goals they want to achieve through coaching.
The purpose of hiring a coach is to achieve their goals. Their coaches
concentrate on the goals being achieved. The achievement of the predetermined
goals produces the RESULTS desired, and much more.
Coaches are not experts nor do they profess to be.
Coaches assist their clients to become the worlds leading experts on themselves.
Coaches have few, if any, credentials to prove that they are experts.
Instead, coaches can provide experience and the successes of former clients.
Actually experiencing personal coaching with a coach offers the best evaluation
method for a client.
Coaches are Equal Partners with their clients.
Coaches are like a copilot sitting in the passenger seat of an automobile
traveling to the same destination (the accomplishment of their clients
goals). Coaches do not exhibit a superior position.
Coaches do NOT provide expert advice.
Coaches encourage their clients to find the answers that have virtually
been there all along.
Coaches perform NO tasks on behalf of their clients.
Coaching clients perform all of the action steps to achieve their goals.
(Coaching clients always drive the car)
Clients will improve and grow as a person as they achieve their coaching
goals .
Goals that are best suited for the coaching process require clients to
grow and improve as a person to accomplish them. Coaching clients reduce
their stress, increase their energy, make better decisions, increase their
life balance, increase their peace of mind, and focus more on what is
really important to them, BECAUSE of participating in the coaching process.
Clients develop a strong personal bond and trusting
relationship with their coach.
The very personal nature of the coaching
process requires clients and their coaches to develop a very strong mutually
trusting, mutually respectful and mutually focused partnership.
Coaches avoid the limelight and credit.
Coaching clients receive all of the fame and adulation that goes with
participating in the coaching process. Coaches avoid the limelight or
taking any credit. Plus, the coaching process is very confidential and
private, and unless the client says something, no one will even know a
person has a leadership coach.
Conclusion!
The more you understand how both processes work, the
more you will be able to select the process that best suits your objectives.
The more you allow each process to operate as it was designed, the greater
the rewards you will receive from using the process. The more you interfere
with each process, the more you will reduce the benefits you receive.
How Does The Coach Connection (TCC) Fit into the Picture?
The Coach Connection (TCC) provides quality leadership
coaches to assist you to achieve your coaching goals. In fact,
TCC will assist you to determine whether the coaching process is best
for you. If the coaching process is best for you, TCC will assure you
that all four
of the key conditions to successful leadership coaching are met for
you to receive the maximum rewards from the coaching process.
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Coaches. TCC has 138 Active Member Coaches located in 41 States, Canada,
and the United Kingdom. The Member Coaches were thoroughly
interviewed and rigorously screened from over 1,200 applying coaches.
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(can be more than
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