Executive Coaching
“Coaching can be defined as the process of facilitating self-determined and self-directed problem solving or change within the context of a helping conversation. ”
what is Coaching? TL;DR
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. Coaches honor the client as the expert in his or her life and work and believe every client is creative, resourceful and whole. This process helps clients dramatically improve their outlook on work and life, while improving their leadership skills and unlocking their potential.
Standing on this foundation, the coach’s responsibility is to:
Discover, clarify, and align with what the client wants to achieve
Encourage client self-discovery
Elicit client-generated solutions and strategies
Hold the client responsible and accountable
MY Approach
Talent en Floré ™ offers the gold standard of professional coaching that corporations seek out and hire. Marie Carasco, Ph.D. is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified PCC-level executive coach and culture transformation strategist that helps ambitious leaders make their vision a reality. She takes a solution-focused appreciative approach to coaching that flows between support and challenge. This means that she will help clients to consider and identify ways to improve, address, and make progress towards a desired outcome with strategic inquiry.
Typical Topics:
Professional Development - becoming a better leader. professional presence. clarifying purpose.
Life Changing Events - career change. promotions. first-time leaders. new managers.
Team Dynamics - working with co-workers. managers.
Personal Growth - self-confidence. strategic thinking and planning.
Various Relationships - loved ones. in-laws. boundaries. conflicts.
Well-being - work-life balance.
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Common Questions
What can we talk about in coaching?
Just about anything. Coaching is both professional and personal. The situations, dilemmas and decisions that we face ebb and flow between our work-life and personal circumstances.
However, coaching isn't the same as therapy. Therapy is about healing by looking into past, while coaching is about supporting high-functioning people in achieving future-oriented goals.
How can you determine if coaching is right for you?
To determine whether you or your company could benefit from coaching, start by summarizing what you would expect to accomplish in coaching. When an individual or business has a fairly clear idea of the desired outcome, a coaching partnership can be a useful tool for developing a strategy for how to achieve that outcome with greater ease.
Since coaching is a partnership, ask yourself whether collaboration, other viewpoints, and new perspectives are valued. Also, ask yourself whether you or your business is ready to devote the time and the energy to making real changes. If the answer is yes, then coaching may be a beneficial way to grow and develop.
I need someone to tell me what to do. Can you do that?
Yes, but not in a coaching session. With a coaching relationship, you, are the expert. Your coach will guide you, keep you moving forward, help you dramatically expand your perceptive, and offer you new ways of thinking and being. It will be up to you to decide what happens. If you’d like my guidance, advice or want to “pick my brain” (not coaching) click here for a virtual coffee chat to ask me almost anything!
Learn more about coaching and the competencies needed to do it well at the International Coaching Federation's Core Competencies page.
What assessments do you use?
I am qualified to support clients with a number of individual and team assessments including but not limited to:
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) - and similar
The Strong Interest Inventory® assessment
The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI® assessment)
The California Psychological Inventory™ (CPI™)
Do you work with company sponsored corporate clients?
Yes, contact me here to share your desired outcome and my corporate pricing.
Do you coach people that are not sponsored/paid for by their company?
Yes, I accept executive coaching clients that are not sponsored/paid for by the organization they work for. If your company has a professional development budget, you might be able to use that resource to fund the coaching or other services I offer!