“Find life experiences and swallow them whole. 
Travel.  Meet many people. 
Go down some dead ends and explore dark alleys. 
Try everything. 
Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life."

- Lawrence K. Fish

Welcome!  Congratulations for taking the time to explore life coaching.  The following information will define ingredients for a successful coaching relationship.  Please don't hesitate to call me for a further description of how coaching differs from Therapy and from Consulting.  I look forward to partnering with you!

Coaching is a powerful alliance designed to enhance and promote the lifelong development and full potential of the client through increased awareness, learning and focused action.

Coaching has proven to be effective when:

• The person being coached is ready, willing and able to be coached
• There is a gap between where the client is now and where he/she wants to be

As your coach you can expect me to:

• Commit to an open, honest, collaborative relationship
• Respect the confidentiality agreement we make
• Help you gain clarity about what you value and what your vision is for work and for life
• Challenge you to create and stretch yourself
• Encourage you to take action, initiate resolving problems and learn skills to accomplish your goals
• Expand your view of what is possible and promote discovery of new insights
• Give you input, straight feedback, or operate as a sounding board
• Make direct requests for you to accomplish fieldwork assignments between sessions
• Be a resource or share resources
• Celebrate your wins and successes with you

As the person being coached, I expect you to:

• Be committed to your own goals and vision
• Experiment with new approaches and practice new behaviors
• Come to the coaching session prepared with what you want to discuss
• Lead the sessions by focusing on what is important to you
• Give me truthful feedback on how the coaching is valuable and if it is staying focused on what you need
• Be open to hearing my feedback and let me know how it fits
• Accept, modify, or decline a direct request I may make of you
• Let me know what you’ve accomplished, discuss challenges, and end each session with future action plans
• Take ownership for your progress and success
• Practice “extreme self-care”

Kristen M Truman