How to Find A Coach!

Posted by Jude Olson | May 16, 2017 | Career & Money | 0 |

Isn’t it time to give yourself a coach?

A coach partners with you in a thought-provoking and creative process to inspire you to maximize your personal Life vison and/or your professional Leadership potential!

Explore these questions with a coach:

Goals “What do you want?”
Reality “What is your current reality?”
Options “What could you do?”
Will “What will you do?”

You drive the process to focus on setting goals, creating outcomes, and managing personal change. Coaching is NOT therapy, consulting, mentoring, training or athletic development.

How to Find a Coach:

Use free, searchable databases of ICF-credentialed coaches: start local at www.icf-nt.com or go international at www.Coachfederation.org/findacoach
Consider geography as a factor for in-person; virtual/telephonic engagements are options
Interview 3 coaches; request 2 references per coach
Connection and ‘chemistry’ count—choose a coach who matches your style and energy level
Ask potential coaches these questions:
- What is your coaching experience?
- What is your specialty?
- What is your coaching philosophy?
- What types of assessments are you certified to deliver?
- What are some of your coaching success stories (i.e., specific examples/case studies)?
- Are you a member of ICF? Do you hold an ICF Credential?

Give yourself the gift of coaching! (Your) Executive Coach at jude@judeolsoncoaching.com

About The Author

Jude Olson

Jude Olson, PhD, PCC Executive Coach Jude Olson is an accredited, professional coach providing leadership and transition coaching to individuals, teams and organizations—building on strengths for accelerated development. She is certified by the International Coaching Federation and qualified in assessments including Appreciative Coaching, Voices360°, via EDGE™ and MBTI Step II. A special focus is accelerating executive transitions to new roles and teams. She currently serves on the faculty of University of Dallas, Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business, teaching “Emotional Intelligence for Effective Leadership” and “Managing Complex Organizations.” She coaches in the Texas Christian University EMBA program. As Head Coach for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, in Fort Worth, TX, she was recognized for innovation in coaching and change consulting. Jude also spent six years with Drake Beam Morin, Inc., an international consulting firm specializing in career transition and corporate restructuring activities. As a Senior Vice President and Regional Consulting Partner, she led the Fort Worth office where she marketed, managed and consulted on change projects within a variety of industries. She has been an organization development consultant for Mervyn’s corporate headquarters in California and an independent consultant in Texas. A native of Pennsylvania, she earned a B.S. in Journalism and M.Ed in Counseling Psychology from Temple University; and a Ph.D. in Human and Organization Systems from Fielding Graduate University. She published in the Elsevier book on Complex Collaboration (2004) and “Inventing the Joint Strike Fighter—Applying Appreciative Inquiry to Collaborative Startups” in the OD Network Journal and as an E-Book (2013).

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