What is Coaching?

First and foremost, coaching is about growth. It's about setting bigger goals and then reaching those goals — with ease, confidence, and satisfaction. A coach won't tell you what to do. Rather, she will support you in finding your answers, and in achieving better clarity in both professional and personal pursuits. The results?

Imagine the feeling of flowing through your day... your energy level higher than ever before. Coaching gives you the support and guidance to go for what you really want in life — so that your career, your relationships, and your future will be what you've always wanted.

What Will I Gain From Coaching?

Coaching can help you realize your goals in more powerful ways than you could on your own. For starters, you'll have a "team" (yourself and your coach) focused on accomplishing your goals. Plus, with the structure, accountability and motivation your coach provides, you'll be able to set and accomplish your most challenging goals — with less effort than you think. Your coach becomes a partner and an advocate for you... with a commitment to speak to you openly and honestly.

Finally, your coach is a professional who is specially trained to understand and interpret your needs, to listen to your desires, and to help you get "unstuck" in order to move forward.

So what actually happens with a coach? Here are some specific outcomes you'll most likely achieve with Susan Spritz Myers:

Generally, you'll meet with Susan over the phone, usually weekly at the same time each week. A coaching relationship can last from three months to many years — depending on individual objectives. In your initial consultation, you'll talk with Susan about your goals, plans and dreams as well as potential hurdles, and together, you'll develop an action plan that will get you there.

Frequently Asked Questions:
About Professional Coaching

Q: I just want more efficient solutions to my current operational challenges. Can you develop a plan for that?

A: This might be a good time to discuss what coaching is NOT. It's important to understand that coaching is not training or consulting. Coaches do not teach or solve the client's challenges. Rather, coaching supports clients to find their own answers. Tim Gallwey, the author of The Inner Game of Tennis, says "Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them."

Q: Susan, do coaches have areas of specialty? What types of people have hired you as a coach?

A: Like any professional, I tend to work with successful business people and teams who can best benefit from my unique skills. This includes entrepreneurs, professionals, salespeople and managers.

Q: Can you give me an example of how someone was helped by coaching?

A: A small business owner hired me to work with a new sales executive. The executive knew the company's product and business arena extremely well. However, he was stopping short in opening up new accounts and closing existing deals. We uncovered that his resistance to following through and organization was getting in the way. We also focused on the obstacles to his confidence in the sales process. The process of coaching supported him to step through the fears that had previously stopped him. He is successfully bringing in the business and has been promoted to firm partner.

Q: What's the difference between coaching and therapy?

A: Therapy traditionally focuses on the client's past and works on deep emotional issues, often centering on the family of origin. The primary distinction is that therapy moves the client from dysfunction to more normal function. People usually go to therapy because unresolved issues keep them from enjoying happiness in their daily life.

Coaching, on the other hand, is designed for emotionally healthy individuals. Coaching moves clients from satisfactory functioning to greater levels of success and fulfillment. The work is action-based and focuses on present and future goals.

Q: I've heard a great deal about coaching lately, but haven't heard of Kolbe. Why do you embrace both?

A: I was first trained as a coach and subsequently found the Kolbe System to be invaluable in supporting individuals to design their lives effortlessly. I use my coaching and Kolbe skills interchangeably to support individuals and teams to be as successful and powerful as possible. I find the combination to be invaluable for clients to gain greater success with greater ease.

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"Susan has offered some insights that are not biased from the emotion of being personally involved with the players, the situation and the personalities of the folks I interact with. As a result, she has challenged me to think more globally about possible solutions to my business problems."

Tom Graham
Vice President, Mutual of Omaha








"I was able to define and overcome many 'unseen' hurdles. Susan helped me to become a much more effective sales person."

Greg Bruner
Sales Director, Michael Edwards Direct, Inc.

"As a small business owner, I was wearing too many hats: sales, marketing, accountant, purchasing agent, human resource manager, operations manager, etc. The one hat that I was not wearing was owner. Susan and the Kolbe tool were extremely helpful in re-channeling my energy to identify my business priorities. It has made a huge, positive impact on my attitude, satisfaction, and business success."

Pat Butkus
Owner, Fritz and Zoes Catering Company