Online coaching: 8 advantages compared to “traditional” coaching
Online coaching is booming! In 2019 worldwide, 35% of coaching sessions were conducted by videoconference compared to 32% for face-to-face coaching [1].
In France, in the banking, industrial and luxury sectors, more and more large groups are adding this modality to their panel of talent development tools.Why such success? Because online coaching, via solutions such as Click & Coach, meets needs that are not addressed today by “classic” face-to-face coaching. In this article, discover 8 advantages of online professional coaching compared to face-to-face coaching.
[1]SHERPA COACHING 2019 study
#1 Dissemination of coaching to a large number of employees through online coaching
Online coaching, through easy-to-use digital platforms, allows companies to disseminate professional coaching to as many people as possible, regardless of where they are located.In a few clicks, they are hundreds of employees around the world who can be offered individual coaching sessions, delivered by certified and senior coaches.
#2 Online coaching allows for shorter coaching sessions
This type of coaching allows shorter and more punctual coaching, corresponding to situations or subjects that do not always require long-term professional coaching. It is often used for coaching formats lasting a few hours involving a large number of employees, such as the provision of 360° reports, the debriefing of leadership profiles (the Lumina debriefing in particular), or training/coaching on a few specific subjects such as the preparation of the strategic meeting for example. This is ability to manage a large number of coaching hours addressed to many employees in a short period of time, which leads companies to choose a partnership with companies that offer agile solutions where coaches are certified
#3 Coaching sessions that are quicker to trigger
Traditional professional coaching often takes between 4 to 6 months to take place. The company chooses two coaches, whom it introduces to the coachee. It takes time for him to schedule appointments and then to decide. Coaching sessions often start several months after the first coaching request.With online coaching, the coachee quickly chooses his coach on the platform, organize your coaching session in a few clicks and can start coaching in a few hours!
#4 Online coaching is just as effective as face-to-face coaching
Studies demonstrate this (Ghods, 2009; Berry, 2009; Berry, 2005; McLaughlin 2013...): online coaching is as effective, if not sometimes more effective, than face-to-face coaching. Video conferencing solutions are constantly improving and more and more coaches are now adapting their coaching practices to the specificities of remote coaching.
Find a summary of the latest studies on online coaching in our White Paper on the subject
#5 A choice from a large team of coaches, in several languages and on several continents
One of the important advantages of online professional coaching platforms, such as Click & Coach, consists in the ability for the coachee to be able to select a coach from a large team, and that almost instantly.For example, a future expatriate can be accompanied before leaving by a coach living in the country where he must move. Another example, a person wishing to be accompanied by an expert energy management coach can call on a mindfulness expert at the other end of France.The possibility of choosing a coach speaking their native language, and benefiting from a wide choice of coaches in the world, without having to travel, makes the solution remote coaching platforms, a real driver of development for businesses.
#6 Great flexibility and agility in coaching times and locations
Online coaching allows coachees to be free to choose the time and location of their coaching session. Without wasting time in transport, they can carry out the session at any time or in any place, depending on the availability of the selected coaches.Coachees choose the time and duration of their coaching session themselves in total freedom (within the limit of the number of hours that their company has granted them).
#7 Online coaching = modernity
Online professional coaching is particularly appealing to young talents and populations aware of the use of digital platforms and services.. Consumers are making more and more purchases online and using their computer or smartphone to complete most of their transactions. The use of a digital distance coaching platform is therefore considered to be very relevant for coaching, training, personal and professional development.
#8 Online coaching saves businesses time and money
Today, HR managers and managers spend a considerable amount of time recruiting and selecting coaches. They also spend a lot of time conducting tripartite interviews at the beginning and end of each session, and managing the progress of current or completed coachings. With a quality online coaching platform solution, such as that of Talentis, companies save a great deal of time, by benefiting from the guarantee of 50 experienced coaches, in 15 languages while receiving a monthly report giving all the details necessary to follow up on coaching.Finally, coachees spend an average of 5 to 10 hours traveling to conventional coaching, to go and join the coach at the coach's premises (because most coaching takes place outside the coachee's workplace). With online coaching, time savings are very significant, and allows substantial savings for the company and employees.
At present, more than a dozen major French and international groups have chosen Click & Coach to support the development of their talents through online coaching. With more than 16 years of experience in professional coaching and leadership development, we guarantee the rigor and excellence of a premium coaching service, supported by the flexibility and reliability of a digital solution that is constantly optimized according to the needs of our customers.
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