Fundamental values of coaching

Values, conceptually speaking, allude to the spectrum of morals and ethics, they are driving elements of great weight that redirect our behavior and the way in which we interact with other people. Coaching, like any profession, presents a series of values that are pillars within the professional actions of the coach. These values are necessary because they mark the limits between what is socially and morally correct when developing a certain action.

During the development of this guide we will be addressing three of the main values that must be present during the exercise of the coaching profession.

Empathy

Empathy is the ability to put ourselves in other people's shoes in order to perceive facts in the same way they are perceived by them. When we are empathic, we not only share the same vision as the client, but we are able to feel the same feelings and suffer the same problems that afflict them.

Empathy is very important for the work of the coach, when we are able to identify with the client's problems we learn to develop very significant human values for our professional performance in dealing with our clients. Every coach must understand that his work goes beyond recommending or advising, but that it must focus on satisfying the most pressing needs of those who demand his services. Only by feeling how our client feels, we can understand what will truly meet their needs and what will not.

Responsibility

Responsibility is one of the most distinctive values of any good professional who respects his work. Being responsible implies knowing how to get involved in a sincere way in the solution of our client's problems. A coach is almost a full-time worker, regardless of the fact that our formal work is limited to our consulting time, the responsibility for our actions and the recommendations we make should motivate us to ensure the efficiency of our work and the results achieved in meeting the needs of our clients.

To be responsible is also to know how to accept that we are not competent to perform any work, in this way we learn to distinguish between the problems that we can face effectively and those that are beyond our competence. Being coherent and respecting our work, we must make responsibility a flag that distinguishes us among our competitors and that is perceived by our clients.

Desire for self-improvement

The coach is a professional who must be ambitious when it comes to complementing his professional training. There are many skills that distinguish a good coach from another and that go beyond the restricted knowledge of his subject or field of action. Creating or managing a business around coaching services requires a wide range of knowledge in marketing, communication, psychology, finance, among others.

Our client is a person who presents us with a series of problems that do not necessarily have to be framed in a single area of issues, but may require a multidisciplinary approach. That is why the coach must be constantly learning, not only from experience and dealing with reality, but must also be nourished by the theory and skills of other professionals.

The more diverse the coach's training, the more effective his or her recommendations will be and the wider his or her field of work will be. The desire to improve should be motivated by the constant need to learn new things and to improve our range of competence in order to be more productive and efficient in our work.