Coaching relationships & commitment 

External and professionally trained coaches will often be the most impactful solution for coachees. These coaches create a safe, yet challenging environment within which coachees can work to understand their own motivation and behaviours, and identify strengths and opportunities for growth alongside their coach. Finding the right coach is critical to the success of the coaching program.

The Coaching Place ensures this by beginning each coaching program with a chemistry check - a meeting between coachee and potential coach that ensures that they are a good match and have the potential to develop a strong relationship.

A good coach will build a robust relationship with their coachee, and will take several measures to ensure the continued success of the relationship.

A coach’s commitment to the coaching relationship is paramount to the success of the program. Coaches will establish a regular schedule of meetings, either face to face or phone, and will hold their coachee accountable to the schedule. A successful coach will make explicit to their coachee the extent of their personal commitment to the coaching program, and the success of the coachee in reaching their goals.

Confidentiality is a big part of a successful and impactful coaching relationship. A coachee must feel as though they can be open and honest with their coach, and that any information shared within the coaching relationship will not be shared outside of it. Trusting that their coach is not providing any sensitive information back to their organisation when reporting allows a coachee to talk openly and honestly with their coach. A good coach will be upfront about discussing and agreeing on program confidentiality with their coachee, as well as disclosing their reporting obligations to the sponsoring organisation.

A coach ensures the success of the coaching relationship by providing honest and constructive feedback. The integrity of the coaching relationship is dependent upon the coachee trusting that the feedback and advice they receive from their coach comes from an authentic, truthful place. A good coach will carefully consider the feedback they give their coachee, ensuring that it is contextually relevant, and will help their coachee to enact changes based on the feedback.