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1.4.2 GROUNDRULES FOR PERSONAL COACHING
1. Coach and coachee have to get along: successful coaching is
impossible if the parties involved do no get on with each
other.
2. Coaching requires a safe environment, which is necessary
for a collaboration based on trust and confidentiality.
3. Contrary to Mentoring, coaching assumes a formal and
professional relationship. This implies regular contacts
based on well structured sessions scheduled within an
agreed coaching itinerary.
4. Clear Scope: Goals and methodology have to be agreed upon
at the start of the coaching relationship. Progress has to be
closely monitored and communicated during regular
feedback-moments.
5. Coaching aims to lead to an increase of insight, motivation
and efficiency on the part of the coachee and to improve
their self-esteem through the implication of a supportive but
professional relationship in which a facilitating style is used
to stimulate the coachee to find their own answers and
solutions to the challenges faced.

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