The Coaching Process

A Journey Designed Around You

Every coaching conversation is different because every individual, situation and career goal is different. What follows is a broad framework — not a rigid formula.

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A Personalized Approach

Your Situation Is Unique. Your Coaching Journey Should Be Too.

To be fair, the phrase “Coaching Process” may be slightly inappropriate. For each coachee — the person receiving the coaching — the experience will be different. Every individual's needs are different, and so are their issues. There is no rigid formula for coaching.

Every individual's needs are different, and so are their issues.

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The Coaching Journey

From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be

Coaching helps create clarity around your current situation, your desired direction and the practical steps between the two.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Share the background and context.

  2. 02

    Define the need

    Clarify why you want coaching.

  3. 03

    Discover

    Explore routes to where you want to be.

  4. 04

    Prepare

    Identify what the journey may need.

  5. 05

    Assess readiness

    Reflect on will, desire and motivation.

  6. 06

    Take action

    Decide the next steps you will take.

  7. 07

    Follow through

    Review progress and adapt.

Step By Step

What Happens At Each Stage

Understand The Context

The first step is to understand the context for the coaching interaction. You share the background relevant to the topic being discussed. This may include:

  • Career history
  • Current situation
  • Professional challenge
  • Personal context relevant to the decision

The coach may ask questions to gain additional clarity.

Your story comes first. Questions follow to make it clearer.

Define What You Want To Change

The next step is to understand why you are seeking coaching. The need could involve:

  • A problem
  • A dilemma
  • A career decision
  • A professional goal
  • A desired future state

What would you like to be different?

Discover The Way Forward

Once the background and intent are clear, the discovery phase begins. The coach and coachee begin defining the journey from where the individual is today to where they would like to be.

There may be several possible routes. Coaching is a collaborative exploration of those routes and how each might work for you.

CURRENT STATE OPTIONS MILESTONES DESIRED STATE

Prepare For The Journey

Before the journey begins, the coachee needs to understand what preparation may be required.

Knowledge
Skills
Techniques
Mindset

Assess Your Readiness

Achieving a goal also requires the willingness, motivation and commitment to take action.

Simple questions or relevant checklists may be used to help you reflect on where you stand.

Will
Desire
Motivation

Take The Next Step

The coaching interaction concludes, for now, with the next steps that the coachee will take based on the discussion.

Clarity becomes useful when it leads to action.

Review, Adapt & Keep Moving

Subsequent interactions may help ensure that things are progressing as planned.

If new roadblocks appear, the coach can help the coachee explore possible solutions and move forward.

In The Room

What Does A Coaching Conversation Feel Like?

It is a collaboration. The coach does not make decisions for you — you work out your own way forward, together.

Listen

The coach listens carefully to understand your situation without bias.

Question

Thoughtful questions bring clarity and uncover new possibilities.

Explore

Different career angles, approaches, and scenarios are considered.

Decide

You define and commit to your own practical, actionable way forward.

The Path

Every Journey Needs A Direction

  1. 1Where you are
  2. 2What you want
  3. 3What may be in the way
  4. 4What you need
  5. 5What you will do
  6. 6Where you want to go
Principles

The Principles Behind The Process

Personalized

Your coaching experience is tailored completely around your situation.

Collaborative

The coach and coachee work together as equal thought partners.

Practical

Every dialogue is anchored in useful, real-world execution.

Adaptable

The roadmap evolves as real feedback and challenges emerge.

Coaching Scenarios

What Do People Come To GetCoached.in For?

Each case is unique, yet there are commonalities across them. Here are some typical scenarios we handle. This is by no means an exhaustive list — your situation may be totally different.

  • Roadmap To Get Rich

    I want to earn a lot of money and become wealthy in the next 6 years. Guide me to develop a roadmap (what I need to do) to achieve my goal.

  • Retirement

    I have crossed the typical retirement age, but I wish to extend my career and do something more. What do you suggest I should do?

  • Powerful Resume

    Despite all my efforts, I am not getting shortlisted for interviews. Someone told me that my resume is not strong enough. This being my first job change after so many years, I am not sure how to portray myself in order to get selected. Can you help me develop a powerful resume?

  • Housewife – Back To Work

    I was working till I had to take care of the family. My children have now grown up and I wish to return to corporate life. How do I go about doing this?

  • Getting Promoted

    I feel that my performance is not getting rewarded in terms of growth. For my experience, I should be at the next level. What do I need to do to get that promotion?

  • Change Of Career Track

    My present job requires me to travel a lot and be away from my home town. My family now wants me to be with them and this means that I need to do something locally. Considering my educational qualifications and experience, what is it that I need to do to make this happen?

  • Behavior Change

    My manager has given feedback that I need to improve my leadership skills. I realize that my team does not respect me, and my techniques of man management are not well accepted. For me to grow in the organization, I need to win the confidence of my manager and subordinates. What do I need to do to achieve this transformation in my behavior?

  • Interview Fears

    I have been doing fairly well in my organization and have several accomplishments too. I am looking for a change to be a part of a larger organization. However, I have not been successful in getting past the interview stage in the organizations I approached. I guess I am not coming across as very confident in front of the interviewers and this affects their perception about my abilities. Can you help me improve the way I present myself and enhance my chances of getting selected?

  • Career Gap

    I have not been working anywhere for the past 2 years. I am having difficulty in getting a job as employers are not comfortable about the gap in my career. Can you assist me to come out of this problem? Also, till I get the right job, what do you suggest for me to do?

  • Move From Business To Job

    My business is not doing well, and I need to earn a steady income by way of doing a job. However, I realized that I don't have any relevant job-related skills that people will hire me for – that is because my business did not require me to have any special skills other than what I need to know about my business. What should I do?

Have a situation that is not listed here? Start with a conversation and explain what you are working through.

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Coaching Myths

The Top 7 Coaching Myths

Career coaching is a relatively new area for most people, and this can lead to misconceptions. These myths may give you a better perspective on what coaching is — and what it is not.

1MythCoaching is the same as training or teaching, just another name!

While many people use the term coaching and teaching/training interchangeably, they are not one and the same. Coaching is about facilitation, where the coach helps individuals to learn or perform by themselves. Coaching is more like a sounding board, providing feedback when required. Coaches help individuals explore possibilities.

Teachers focus on passing knowledge to students and making them understand the subject. Trainers enable individuals with certain skills, using their expertise – typically through hands-on and classroom sessions.

2MythCoaching is a time-consuming activity!

This is not necessarily true. The duration of coaching depends on the need of the individual. Coaching sessions can be as short as 30 minutes, where a specific problem is discussed and the coach helps the individual arrive at a suitable solution. However, it can be quite longer if it has to do with a behavioral transformation. Sportspersons can engage coaches throughout their career to help them perform better.

At GetCoached.in we have had coaching sessions from 45 minutes to 2 hours. In a few cases (especially for mock interviews), individuals needed a second session to develop that extra confidence in themselves.

3MythCoaching is expensive!

It is possible that some coaches may charge you Rs. 2000/- or more for a single session. Some coaching service providers require you to take a coaching “package” which is upwards of Rs. 5000/-. However, you don't have to worry about that at GetCoached.in. Our fees are very reasonable, considering the target audience and the fact that such a service is a relatively new concept for most people.

As you would realize, a family visit to the cinema or an hour spent consulting a doctor is likely to cost you more than a 1 hour session through GetCoached.in! This is besides the fact that the guidance from the coach is going to directly help you in your job and overall career progression! See the Fees page for details.

4MythThe coach needs to have industry-specific and technical expertise in my area to guide me

This statement would be true if you are thinking about a specialist trainer or technical consultant for your technical area or domain. However, a coach does not need to be from your field. He/she needs to understand you as a person, provide you with possibilities or options, and help you take your decisions and plan for the future.

Consider this: if you are having a particular issue for which you need help from a coach, it is very likely that the same issue would be faced by others from different domain and technical backgrounds. In such cases, the focus is the ability to address the issues, and not the technical or industry background.

5MythIf I discuss my issues with the coach, it will be known to others!

If you trust a doctor for your health issues, a lawyer for your legal issues and a CA for your tax matters, you can also trust a coach with your work-related issues. A primary principle in coaching is confidentiality. Without this, it is difficult for any coach to win the trust of clients.

At GetCoached.in, your name and your specific issues will not be shared or discussed with anyone else. Believe it, coaches have nothing to gain, and only stand to lose, if they were to disclose confidential information.

6MythCoaching is only meant for people with problems / issues!

While many individuals approach coaches with their problems, there are many others who seek the help of coaches to create new possibilities, alternatives and options. Coaching is about making your life better and making you more successful. While it does help to have a goal to chase, coaching can also help you identify your goals and work with you to plan your progress.

7MythIf I am meeting a coach, it may seem that there is something wrong with me!

A lot of individuals get this as their first feeling when they are offered coaching – Am I a poor performer? Am I not capable of finding my own way? Rest assured, coaching is not meant for poor performers only. Coaching provides you a mirror, a different perspective to understand yourself better. Coaches help people to perform better, irrespective of their current performance levels.

While you may be capable of finding your own way forward, there are chances that you may take more effort to do so, or take a longer route. That is where the coach can help. Many organizations hire external coaches for their top performers, as a form of reward. At the same time, a tremendous improvement is seen when coaching is provided for underperformers.

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