Coaching is a highly effective process that supports individuals in creating the lives they've always wanted and helps orgnaizations in accomplishing extraordinary results.

Coaches provide perspective, support, and accountbility as clients achieve their personal and professional goals.

Professionally trained and certified coaches provide an ongoing partnership and use specific tools, structures, frameworks, and approaches designed to help clients produce fulfilling results.

Unlike consultants who make recommendations or therapists who seek reasons to explain behavior, coaches help people think for themselves, clarify their goals,and move toward achieving them.

Coaches are trained to listen, observe and customize their approach to each person; to provide support and resources to help clients reach their goals; and to remain solution-focused and put a clients agenda first.

Where does coaching take place?

Coaching can take place by phone or in person. The choice depends on the individual, the coach, and the type of coaching involved.

Most corporate coaching takes place onsite or face-to-face with the client. Business coaching typically takes place at the client's office or worksite. Life coaching can take place on the phone, in someone's office, in a cafe, in nature, or in nearly and location that supports a confidential coaching conversation.

Coaching conversations usually last between 30 and 60 minutes, depending on the coach's structure or method, as well as the client's schedule and goals. A typical coaching engagement will include regular sessions that occur over a range of three to four months to upward of 12 to 18 months, for higher level goals or corporate engagements.

The Long Isand Coaching Alliance is comprised of professionals from a wide variety of coaching specialties: life coaching, career coaching, business coaching, transition coaching, group coaching, coaching for those with physical disabilities, workplace coaching, executive coaching, organization coaching, relationship coaching, teen coaching, and more. Its members strive to help their clients realize outstanding and fulfilling results.