I offer both Personal Coaching for individuals and Executive Coaching for employees within organizations.
Continue reading to learn more about the field and practice of professional coaching.
what is coaching?
The International Coach Federation (ICF), of which I am a Global Member, defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”
In practice, coaching is a collaborative relationship between a client and a coach characterized by a structured conversational process that promotes self-awareness, creativity, confidence, and accountability to help the client reach their personal and/or professional goals.
My Coaching Training & Credentials
I completed my post-graduate coach training through the College of Executive Coaching - the leader in coach training for professionals with graduate degrees and one of the first Approved Coach Training Programs by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and Center for Credentialing & Education (CCE). I am also a Certified Strategic Futuring Facilitator with The Genysys Group - a consulting and coaching organization specializing in developing individuals and organizations through a five-step visioning and planning process known as Strategic Futuring.
Why does coaching work?
Synergy - collaborative brainstorming coupled with appropriate challenge and support by the coach help clients accomplish more than they could alone by promoting clients' creativity and confidence as they pursue their goals.
Structure - accountability in the form of regular check-ins on goal progress encourages clients to take more action towards larger goals and celebrate the successes along the way.
Strategies - expertise from the coach regarding various tools and processes that promote self-awareness, goal identification, action plan development and successful obstacle navigation. In this way the coach does not rigidly prescribe specific behaviors, but rather makes suggestions and serves as a thought-partner to help clients find their own way forward.
““There is absolutely zero doubt in my mind that David Denison’s coaching changed my life forever. So much of who I am now, both my personal and professional persona and success are a direct result of David’s investment in me. In a world full of noisy distractions, David is a master of making personal development fun, engaging, easy to understand, and relatable. Through patience, empathy, understanding, and charisma David helped me cultivate a passion for self-improvement that I never could’ve expected and doing so deepened my appreciation for life and the world around me. If you are looking for something more, if you are looking to become the person you have always wanted to become, I have no doubt David can help you on that journey.””