# 🤔 What is Coaching? At Daring Futures, we offer more than just coaching sessions — we offer coaching relationships. We believe coaching is a powerful, intentional space that enables meaningful change. It's not mentoring, training, or therapy. It's a co-created partnership designed to help individuals and teams access deeper awareness, make conscious choices, and move forward with clarity and accountability. ## 🧭 Our Philosophy Coaching is grounded in trust. It creates the conditions for reflection, insight, and forward movement. It’s not about having the answers — it’s about uncovering them together. We work in service of your agenda, not ours — always with curiosity, challenge, and compassion. ## 👤 Executive Coaching Executive coaching is a confidential thinking space for leaders navigating complexity, transition, or growth. Our role is to walk alongside you — helping you get out of your own way, reconnect with your values, and take ownership of your impact. We integrate ICF core competencies and draw on models like: - Internal Family Systems (IFS) - Immunity to Change (Kegan & Lahey) - Adult Development Theory - Acceptance and Commitment Coaching (ACC) ## 🤝 Team Coaching Team coaching supports a group of individuals to become a team — one that thinks together, learns together, and grows together. We don’t teach or facilitate — we coach the team as a living system. We surface patterns, build awareness, and help the team take ownership of how it functions. Our practice aligns with the ICF Team Coaching Competencies and integrates: - Team Emotional Intelligence (Druskat & Wolff) - Systemic Team Coaching (Hawkins) - Theory U (Scharmer) - Group Process Consulting - Psychological Safety (Edmondson) ## 📌 Coaching Is Not… - ❌ Mentoring — where advice or expertise is given - ❌ Training — where content or skills are delivered - ❌ Therapy — where focus is on healing or deep emotional work Each of these is valuable — but distinct. ## 💬 Learn More If you're curious about whether coaching is right for you or your team, explore our service catalogue: 👉 [[+Coaching]] 👉 [[+Team Coaching - What to Expect]] 👉 [[+Executive Coaching - What to Expect]] Or take a look at our coaching catalogue in the [[🛒 Shop]]. # ❓ Questions? Let’s have a conversation that counts. We’ll explore what’s possible — and whether we’re the right fit. ![[includes-calltoaction-reflective]] >![[includes-hranchor-coaching]] # 🤝 Want to stay in touch? ![[includes-footer-substack]] %% --- Process - **Discovery call** - [ ] A mutual NDA is signed. - [ ] The exploration questionnaire is completed. - [ ] Permission (consent) to create the recording is granted. - [ ] The [[Policy - Data Retention|data retention policy]] is shared with the coaching client. - **Scoping conversation** - Debrief exploration questionnaire. - Document requirements. - **A proposal is submitted for approval** - Requirements (outcomes) are detailed. - Intervention is detailed. - Price and terms are submitted. - **Contract is signed** - Price and terms are agreed. - Payment is taken and booking(s) made. # Local Resources - Stance OSOM - [OSOM Guide](https://osom.guide) - [Structuring Organisations](https://stance.consulting/osom/) - Useful background to OSOM I can use. %%