Challenging Clients

A coach's job is to challenge her clients to perceive with a different mindset, to seek solutions by looking for opportunities to go beyond the norm, and to support and encourage clients to dance on their growing edge of taking the necessary risks that lead to success.

The coaching relationship is all about helping clients see their own possibilities and design the action steps to make those possibilities a reality.

At times we make bold requests or ask powerful questions that can challenge a person's most cherished -- or unconscious -- priorities. While each coach has their own style, and while some do more teaching or mentoring than pure coaching, at the heart of the practice, coaches should vigorously hold the belief that it is how our clients think about what they can ask of themselves that supports and nourishes transformative change.

Our job is to help clients think on a larger scale than they previously have, to expect more from themselves than they usually do, and to believe as much in their ability to succeed as we do.