Reflect on your coaching goal and ask yourself the following questions:
Finally, in order for the effort you put to change makes sense, the end resulting Benefits you will get from the change need be GREATER than the Cost.
It is called Formula because it works like one. If one of the multipliers is 0, then chances of change through coaching are 0 and thus coaching is not the right approach.
I worked with Atom Wave during my transition from a Finance to Commercial role and I have to say that it was an excellent experience that helped me to address the challenges of the time and definitely gave me a wider perspective towards business and most importantly people interactions. It has been the combination of tools that my coach Olympia uses and forward thinking discussions that helped me understand how to become a better professional and people manager. The impact of my coaching experience with Olympia, has been so evident in the people around me that whenever I face a challenge, they would look back to the days with Olympia...
Nikos Tzinieris, Vice President Sales Russia PO1, PepsiCo
Olympia has been my coach in two period of times in my career. Both periods were at a turning point. She is very intelligent, very egalitarian, with vast experience in diverse companies and sharp business acumen. Her exceptional ability to combine excellent coaching skills with deep knowledge of business organizations makes her a unique coach. Her approach, passion for people and high impact change-including program has awaken the dormant potential of myself. She can guide you, ask the super right questions and drive you to the correct paths of finding answers. She knows when to get out of the way and let you experience and solve things at your own pace.
Lina Hatzinikoletou, Quality and Customer Satisfaction V.P. for Central Easter Europe, Schneider Electric
I had the opportunity to work with Olympia for a significant number of coaching sessions during a challenging period of my career. Olympia possesses a unique style, a balanced blend of professional and friendly approach which enabled me to extract several useful conclusions about my leadership strengths and how these could be used for stepping forward my personal development and thus achieving my personal targets.
Her methodology helped me significantly in focusing on the solutions and not the problem itself, identifying the alternatives and selecting the ones that fit best my personal style and behavioural characteristics. But more importantly, Olympia is a person to whom I have trusted several thoughts and considerations - life and business related - and feel that she is always there to listen.
Nikos Vasilikiotis, Partner, Stanton Chase Athens - Global Maritime Sector Leader, Stanton Chase International
Following Sir John Whitmore who is considered as one of the grandfathers of corporate coaching, coaching is a process of "Unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping coachees learn rather than teaching them."
According to the International Coach Federation (ICF), the oldest and largest international association of professional Coaches, coaching is defined as:"Partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential."
A mentor is an expert who provides wisdom, advice and guidance based on his or her own experience.
The coaching relationship is a relationship of partnering and equality independent of hierarchical or professional differences. It does not include any advising or guidance from the coach.
It is not! Training is based on a set of instructions and methodologies that are provided by the instructor and they are the right ones.
In coaching, it is you, the client who generates the strategies and methodologies to reach your goal.
Counseling, or therapy, often looks to the past in order to discover, heal and understand. Coaching, on the other hand, looks to the future in order to make a good life even better. Coaching is not about how you came to be who you are; it's about getting you from where you are now to a future that you want.
Coaching is solution focused with the primary focus on creating awareness that will lead to actionable strategies for achieving specific goals in one's work or personal life.
A consultant is an expert who dispenses advice and has answers. The consultant diagnoses the situation, imparts knowledge and offers suggestions to improve effectiveness and increase success. Coaching sees the client as creative, capable, intelligent, and having answers within themselves or the resources to find them. Coaches act on the premise that the definitive expert regarding your life and work is you.
