Success coaching depends fundamentally on a collaboration between equals – you, and the coach.  What is so unique about coaching is that this partnership of equals is solely focused on you -- your life, your aspirations, and your personal and professional development.  And coaching keeps your attention focused on you, and your goals for yourself, for probably the first time in your life. 

Normally, you think about these things every few weeks, for a few minutes, maybe an hour, and then weeks pass by.  If it takes 24 hours of your undivided attention to create change, this haphazard, catch-as-catch-can method could take you years.  At Feroce we know this, because, like everyone else, we've made change the inefficient, unfocused way.  But coaching offers a better way for you to keep your intention before you for weeks at a time.  Change simply becomes inevitable.

How Successful Coaching Works

It’s deceptively simple, how coaching works.  But work it does, over and over, like the best of simple designs.

The Relationship.  Coaching is powerful precisely because it is a relationship, so we stay in touch all week, week after week (though you can take breaks too).  That way, you remain mindful of your focus on yourself, keep your eyes on your goals, and have support and a sounding board, throughout the week.  This concentrated focus, which you may have never experienced before, is one of the keys to coaching's success.  We coach via telephone sessions, email, and even Instant Messenger.  Emergency calls too.

The Medium.  We do phone coaching, which is over 90% of all coaching.  If you thought coaching would be in person, learn why coaching is different from counseling or read about phone coaching.
 

The Phone Sessions.  You purchase packages of weekly coaching.  A week of coaching can include sessions of 30 minutes or 45 minutes.  We recommend the longer sessions at least in the beginning; there will be more material to cover.  Later, if you and the coach have developed a knowing routine and familiarity with each other’s style, 30 minutes can be quite efficient and effective.  But it's up to you.

The Packages.  Our weekly coaching rates range from $120 to $250 for 45 minutes, depending on the coach and the length of your commitment.  We offer a sliding scale for those whose ability to pay is truly limited.  See more info in Pricing Models below.
 

Most clients take 3 or 4 sessions per month.  Four are more effective; three can reduce your cost.  We play all this by ear; you don't have to sign up for a specific frequency.

The Coaching.  In each call, we will discuss your wins from the prior week, what slowed you down, how to design solutions, and your goals for the next week.  We’ll try to break past mental barriers.  We’ll point out perspectives you may not have considered.  We’ll reverse your patterns of negative self-talk or passivity.  You’ll get whatever advice or insight the coach can offer.  And much more.

Wondering what to talk about with your coach?  Read "Change Coaching, or What to Talk About When You Talk to Your Coach."

Action for Change.  And at the end of the session, you’ll commit to action items that will continue to move you forward, inexorably, week after week.  You may do personal exploration ranging from free-form journaling to the exercises in our Strategic Life Planning Handbook or career assessments.

The Power of Accountability.  Between sessions, you'll feel accountable to your coach, which will keep you focused and on track.  Some clients choose to notch it up a bit and report to their coach periodically by email – once or twice a week, or even every day.  The more contact, the more mindfulness of your goals, and the more progress.

The Backing.  Your coach, between sessions, will read and respond to your emails and instant messages, offer advice and encouragement, tell you to forgive yourself more often, and review any exercises or assessments you’ve done.

Some of our greatest advances come here.  Clients who stay in touch with their coach between calls usually have better results -- partly due to the additional coaching they receive, and partly because they are keeping their goals at the top of their minds
 

Questions?  Send us an email!  Nothing will happen if you don’t act.

To see what your Feroce coaching could look like in hindsight a few months from now, jump to the future:  take a look at some of our recent success stories or the epiphanies reached by clients in recent coaching conversations. 
 

Pricing Models for Success Coaching

Because we don't spend much money on marketing or advertising, our pricing for individual coaching or business coaching (including executive coaching and lawyer coaching) is typically at or below market rates and includes all of the above as part of the package.  Prices vary by length of coaching engagement, the coach, and other factors.

Clients who are not eligible for sliding scale pricing, or who wish the larger choice of coaches that regular market rates afford them, can make creative arrangements with their coach, such as 30-minute sessions (instead of the usual 45 or even 60) or fewer sessions per month (such as 2 or 3 instead of 4).

Increased Likelihood of Tax-Deductibility.  Our expert coaches will work with you to structure your life coaching so as to increase the likelihood of its tax-deductibility!  Ask for more details in your free consultation.

Support for Those Whose Income Does Not Yet Match Their Dreams 

We also believe that income should not separate people from not only each other, but from our services:  if finances are a challenge for you now, ask us about our sliding scale.

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To start personal life coaching, business coaching, executive coaching, or any of our other ways of assisting clients, contact us about success coaching now.