How to define expectations with a coach?

As the profession of coach focuses on deploying all possible methods to help the client achieve well-being in their work or fulfill professional goals, the client will have very high expectations. It does not matter if you have coaching in a company, in a specific team or on an individual level, what is clear is that, as a client, you will hope to be able to achieve visible results.

With regard to the clientele of this profession, it can be identified that every person of working age has reasons to resort to a personal coach . Basically, because we can all suffer from any of the following problems:

• Stress management.
• Perform well.
• Do a market study.
• Achieve a professional retraining.
• Training in the professions of the future (web design, for example?).
• Ascend.

Personal and professional development is part of coaching , which is basically a mixed bag for everyone who needs a little push in:

• Prepare better in your duties.
• Master public speaking.
• Get to know yourself better.
• Find your vocation.
• Learn a new profession.
• Acquire other professional skills.
• Question yourself.
• Better address conflict management.
• Work in human resource management.

There are a thousand reasons to work with a coach . However, the common denominator is the same: meet your professional goals. So how do we define expectations in coaching ? Well, you will have to talk with your coach , establish a comprehensive dialogue with him or her, which allows you to reach conclusions. Subsequently, the coach will prepare an analysis of each client, adapt to it and propose steps and solutions to progress.

That is the main function of the coach . And although as a client, your expectations are very high towards the coach (especially since you are paying him for it), if you want to expect concrete results, you have to be clear and precise. That is, as a client you have to be clear about your professional goals and these must be consistent and achievable . Logically, for example, if you are not good at mathematics, it will be difficult for you to be an accountant, unless you follow an initial training to prepare for the position.

In fact, one of the hardest duties of the coach , at times, is to be frank with the client and make it clear if the professional project is possible or not (and if it is, in how long?). Okay, this is fine, you tell me, but how do I set my personal goals?

In general, as a client, you already know your weaknesses: it may be shyness, you may not communicate well, you may get frustrated, you may feel disappointed, you may be emotionally dependent on your colleagues, your team may not be well cohesive , etc. Well, that’s where your analysis of your personal and professional goals should start.

However, the difficulty lies in knowing how to reflect on those problems and their respective consequences that we do not know how or why they occur . In these cases, the coach , as a good psychologist, sociologist and mediator, will try to hit the key so that you can overcome the obstacle.

For example, how could you change your career path? Would it be possible to become an artisan baker after 10 years working in banking and insurance? With this question, the coach will know how to guide you and tell you if it is possible or not and what steps must be followed to achieve it. How to define expectations with a coach?