Coaching empowers the client, and brings out their best. Some clients hire a coach to help them accomplish specific goals or projects. Usually, however, the client keeps working with the coach, because after that there are even more interesting things to accomplish. Some coaches ask for a three to six month commitment but usually let you stop immediately if coaching is not working for you right now. However, with some coaches you simply continue as long as you're getting value from the relationship.
Executive coaches charge more and some clients work with a coach for an hour or two a week.
However, if your coach provides additional services such as e-mail contact, you can easily get double the value from your coach. A lower cost approach to find out if coaching is for you, is to work with a coach yourself for a couple of months. A coach can even get you started with a couple of clients to see if it's right for you. The best coaches have a coach .