North Star Coaching
Branch Out to Reach Your Highest PotentialSM
Designed for individuals seeking professional or personal transformation. North Star Coaching for self-actualization offers a structured approach for navigating significant life transitions, whether it’s a loss of loved one, career change, unexpected unemployment, career advancement or promotion, or determining what to do in retirement.
As a Certified North Star Coach, Dr. Emme Devonish leverages the North Star Framework© to help her clients define SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) goals and develop an actionable roadmap of tasks and milestones to achieve those goals. Each goal is carefully examined to ensure that it is achievable and can be realistically completed in the client’s desired timeline.
The Coaching Experience
The North Star Coaching process is centered around the client’s commitment to evolve and branch out to reach their individual highest potential. The initial coaching session outlines the ICF Code of Ethics, confidentiality requirements, and the parameters of the coaching. This co-creative relationship is built on trust and safety, and the initial 20-minute consultation explores whether it’s suitable to move forward and formalize the relationship.
Clients who engage in the North Star Coaching process examine their ultimate vision of who they are becoming and their mission to realize that vision. Imagine Gene Roddenberry’s vision of Star Trek as “a world with no hunger, poverty, prejudice, or greed” (roddenberryfoundation.org). To realize that vision, the five-year mission of the crew on Star Trek’s Enterprise was “to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before;” and each episode completed a diplomatic mission towards achieving those goals.
Like Star Trek, North Star Coaching queries a client’s motivations to form a realistic vision and actionable mission for completion within a specified period. The coaching journey follows a schedule with a timeline, but the client determines the actual length of sessions and the duration allotted for achieving the mission.
The Growth Process
Coaching is a co-creative process between the coach and the client to define a current state, a desired end state, and a roadmap of tasks and milestones to move between them. Utilizing the North Star Framework©, Dr. Devonish asks her clients empowering questions designed to define their purpose. She guides clients through a structured critical thinking process to examine their vision, values, goals, strengths, habits, and mindsets, and adjust their behavior to reach their highest potential.
Throughout each coaching session, Dr. Devonish challenges clients to reflect on their thought patterns and gain insights into what they know about themselves, and how to tap into their inner resources to leverage them in overcoming obstacles and accomplishing their goals. Clients hold themselves accountable for their decisions to move forward and take steps outlined in their roadmap, but the coach is there as a source of support and encouragement championing them along their journey.
Outcome and Commitment
Dr. Devonish is committed to adhering to the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Code of Ethics, maintaining confidentiality, and providing a supportive coaching relationship that ensures a safe and productive environment and assists clients on finding their North Star.
Ready to Make a Change?
If you're looking to make significant changes in your career or personal life and branch out to reach your highest potential, North Star Coaching offers the structure and support to accomplish your mission and realize your vision. Contact Dr. Devonish to schedule a free 20-minute consultation to discuss your goals and how she can help you achieve them.
If you're looking to make significant changes in your career or personal life and branch out to reach your highest potentialSM, North Star Coaching offers the structure and support to accomplish your mission and realize your vision. Contact Dr. Devonish to schedule a free 20-minute consultation to discuss your goals and how she can help you achieve them.