Successful leaders understand the importance of having dedicated and confidential time and space to explore, plan and review their business goals.Importantly, your coaching experience will be highly structured and responsive to YOU and your unique situation. Coaches normally use a structured approach to their coaching sessions. A skilled coach is able to provide the safe environment, time and appropriate challenge and questioning to support their coachees to identify the challenges they face, what the causes of those blocks are and create a plan of action to maximise their performance. Coaching isn't just having a 'chat' and it certainly is not psychotherapy - oh and it's not counselling either ! A coach will definitely not 'teach' you how to be a good leader or manager and will not be told what to do. Coaching is not a passive process and requires 100% commitment from the coachee. Be prepared to be challenged in a safe, supported environment. You must be prepared to have a trusting and open relationship with your coach if you are to gain from the experience.