Coach session. Stages / periodicity and duration of coaching project.

Coach session.

A meeting and conversation with coach is called coach session. Sessions are conducted in the form of dialogue, questions and answers, joint analysis and discussion of situation and possible decisions, hindrances, plans et cetera.

Communication is held in tete-a-tete format. Confidentiality is guaranteed.

Coach session stages.

Initially, you define the topic of the session and the result you would like to get eventually. Next, depending on the situation, comes analysys where your values are defined. Based on the values, you the coach works with your goals, needs and wishes.  After the goals, wishes and needs are defined, the ways of solution, strategies and approaches are developed – namely those best working for you in this situation. Then, the action plan is developed, with the necessary particularity.

Forms of coach sessions

Sessions are only held live, by personal attendance.

Where and how coach session are conducted

Places of live sessions are defined and approved by the coach and the client during the preliminary conversation, assuming the comfort, time of day, urgency and confidentiality. This could be an office of the coach, an office of the client, an office on the neutral territory, a club, a restaurant or a café.

Duration of the session

The duration of a coach session makes 60-90 minutes.

How many sessions does it take

The number of sessions varies from one to a reasonable and agreed number.

How often do you meet with the coach

Periodicity can make once a week, once per two weeks, once a month, once per two months, et cetera.

Duration of a coaching project

The overall duration of solution of the situation with the assistance of the coach (coaching project) may vary from one meeting (session) to several moths, depending on the difficulty. Usually, it takes 2-5 sessions. 

When you turn to the coach, you have a FREE preliminary conversation, which lasts for 15-20 minutes, during which you get acquainted with the coach – in person (via telephone/Skype).

During the preliminary conversation, you specify the topic of your request (the nature of situation), desired results, expedience and opportunity of joint work, complexity, the number of meetings (sessions) and reasonable duration of the project, the form of sessions, time and place of meetings, price and form of payment, et cetera.

If the sides agree on everything, the payment is taking place, and the session or sessions follow.

If a long-lasting or corporative project is necessary, an agreement is made, in which the sides discuss all the necessary parameters (subject of contract, desired results, duration of the work, number and form of sessions, form of payment, ways of communication and other issues).