If you are here, on some level, you are considering working with a coach. Let me tell you a bit more about what it may look like and what will follow if you decide to explore working with me.

Most people who do reach out never worked with a coach but even if you did, buying coaching is very different from buying other products or services. To make a successful purchase, you would need to understand what coaching is and how you can benefit from it, not merely choose a person who will deliver coaching to you.

Firstly, what’s coaching? Coaching is helping people think. Coaching is a facilitated reflection. The whole purpose of coaching is to generate together something you cannot generate on your own. Sometimes it means achieving something that doesn’t seem achievable, sometimes if means achieving it more effectively, quicker or in a in a way that wasn’t possible before (for example, like a client I have who always meets his objectives but postpones his actions until last minute which makes him exhausted–a different for him is doing the same but without the stress of doing everything in the last minute).

If you consider working with a coach, you face a decision to make, have some question, problem, or challenge that you face, or maybe there is some vague, nagging sense of wanting something and you are not sure what or dissatisfaction that you want to address. Some people have clear goals related to these, but most typically don’t.

The first step

We start with an informal call to get the sense of what you want to achieve and also to meet each other as humans, look into each other’s eyes to understand whether we want to build professional relationships with each other. beings. After having this call, we decide whether it makes sense to proceed to the next step which is a goal-setting session.

You can book it here.

Goal-setting session

If we both want to further explore the possibility of working together, we book a 90-minute goal-setting session. This session is free of charge.

In it, we will figure out the scope of the work, measurement criteria, and, importantly, what the purpose of doing this work is–whose needs and what exactly needs it is going to serve. We will also explore what stands in the way and what needs to be done to complete this work. As a result of this session, you will have a road map, you will have a sense of how I work as a coach and how coaching can support you with this goal.

From there, three things can happen:

1. One, we both feel confident that we want to commit to working together. If so, we will discuss a coaching package that will serve you best, including the logistics that will support you on this journey.

2. Second, we are both clear that it doesn’t make sense to work together. Perhaps you can work on your roadmap on your own. Or I don’t think I will provide you the support that you really need. Or perhaps you need something else rather than coaching.

3. Or, at least one of us is not sure. In that case, we may have an additional session to see whether we can get to a clear yes or no. Or we may decide to take a break and check in after some time.

All in all, this process typically takes from 2 weeks to a month. Why that long? Coaching is serious work that requires willingness to change and commitment in terms of time, money, and attention. Rushing with it rarely helps. Having said that, if there’s an urgent matter you need to address, we may dedicate some time during the enrollment process to address it.

Here are a few important things that are implied in this process:
— It’s hard to make a decision about whether you want to work with me as a coach before having an experience of working with me as a coach. Especially if you haven’t worked with a coach before. The process is designed to help you understand how I work.
— Your first formulation of your goal is rarely the one we end up working on. We need to spend some time to get to the appropriate level of breadth and depth.
— Coaching is different from most of the services we buy. Coaching is not about doing something to you or for you. You are at the center of it. You are doing the thinking, you are changing your experience from within, you are taking action. The process is designed to let you experience that and help you understand you are willing to follow it.
— Often, the patterns that are the obstacles for achieving our goals will show up as we are preparing to commit to coaching work. To put it differently, what is challenging in your life will make coaching challenging as well. For example, if your request is about time management, you will likely struggle to find time for coaching. If your request is about building more trust, you will likely struggle to trust a coach. If your request is about money, you will likely find it hard to find money for coaching. Facing all these things before you commit to coaching is an integral part of the process. Part of the enrollment process is to get some coaching with questions like ‘How can I afford it?’, ‘How can I find time for it?’, ‘How can I tolerate the awkwardness of not knowing what I want?’

If you are ready to talk, you can schedule an intro call here.

If you have questions, feel free to email me at info@alexmartynov.com.