Coaching For College Students

As a college student, you are probably facing a number of considerations. These might include decisions on academic majors and minors, internship and career opportunities, managing your time and energy, or deciding what the next right path is for you.

In addition to being a college professor for over 25 years, I am a certified leadership coach, and I have helped many college students with their unique challenges.

No matter what your considerations and opportunities are, I am confident that together we can help you find the best path forward for yourself.

ACADEMIC COACHING

Academic Coaching for students involves the following: decisions on major / minor options, academic success strategies, school-social balance struggles, time management, and more. 

This is followed by an analysis of what shifts might be considered for the client to realize their academic goals. 

All of this is done with the client leading the way, and me as your guide.  Want more information?  Reach out. Together, we will find solutions to your most difficult challenges.

CAREER COACHING

Career coaching for students generally includes the following: what career options exist for a chosen major / minor, internship considerations, job search strategies, how to build a resume (or how to interview well) toward your job search, or it might be that “I don’t quite know what it is I want to do with my (degree / career / life).”  

One tool I frequently use with my clients is Career Anchors.  This assessment can help you unlock those elements which are most important to you in your next job search.

Whatever your motivation is to consider career coaching, the first step is finding the right guide to help you down that path.  Want more information? Reach out. Together, we will find solutions to your most difficult challenges.

LEADERSHIP COACHING

Leadership coaching for students usually starts with clients engaging in formal activities to deepen their self-awareness.  This includes analyzing what the client believes “a leader is” or “what leadership looks like” and who they might have seen or known that “acts like a leader” and why. 

This is followed by assessments and exercises to identify strengths and areas for development, including an analysis of what shifts might be necessary for the client to realize their professional goals.

All of this is done with the client leading the way, and me as your guide.  Want more information?  Reach out.  Together, we will find solutions to your most difficult challenges. 

Coaching FAQs

The practice of coaching entails a co-created relationship between the coach and client.  Clients bring agendas – challenges they wish to address – to each session.  Coaches, via listening and asking powerful questions, bring curiosity to the agenda clients wish to explore.  This helps clients find their own answers that best fit their specific needs and styles.

Coaching is specific and targeted to goals that the client wishes to achieve.  These are frequently focused on professional topics like:

  • Leadership development
  • Conflict resolution
  • Communication strategies
  • Team management
  • Organizational culture clashes
  • And many others.

Coaching relationships begin with the client and coach getting to know one another.  Coach and client meet to determine if the coach is the right fit for the client’s needs.  In this session, clients bring their overall challenges and goals for the coaching relationship.  The coach listens, and offers their perspective if they think they can help.  If both agree to continue the relationship, they decide on a duration (usually a few months to start), a meeting schedule, and a fee structure.

Coaching is NOT therapy.  Therapy frequently focuses on the past.  Coaching is future-focused on what strategies can be employed to overcome challenges in the most positive way.

Coaching is NOT consulting.  Consultants do a lot of the “work” in that relationship, and tell the client what they should do to solve their problems.  In coaching, the client does the “work” to find the solutions, with the coach acting as a facilitator of that discovery process.

Coaching is NOT advising or mentoring.  In most cases, advising and / or mentoring involves a senior within the organization giving the “fast-tracked up and comer” the inside advice on getting ahead and moving up in the organization.  Coaches are external individuals, objective confidants who help clients find their own solutions to their challenges.

First, consider an individual who has earned their certification from an accredited program, such as International Coach Federation (ICF).

Second, find someone who has professional experience working with others in the area you feel you need development.

Finally, schedule a consultation to see if you and the coach are a fit in style and methodology.

My Mission: To use my knowledge of leadership outside the classroom, and support my clients in their development,
helping them to grow professionally and personally.

My Coaching Values

  • Integrity – do the right thing, the right way, the first time, for the right reason
  • Care – show respect for everyone’s feelings, opinions, and individual differences
  • Engaging – act in ways that are dynamic, charismatic, and inspiring
  • Communication – provide feedback that is positive, constructive, objective, and practical
  • Excellence – champion high standards, and challenge others to do the same

Depending on what the client needs and wants, my role can also morph into that of consultant, advisor, or mentor to help the individual along their path towards their own leadership development. (This is offered as a subscribed service, versus a seminar or single session.)

About Michael

Click the button below to learn more about Michael’s professional experience as a college professor, operations manager, analyst, and corporate trainer!

“A great professor – Professor Alleruzzo is charismatic, entertaining and engaging.  I looked forward to attending class all semester.  I could definitely see the amount of time and effort he put into planning the course, and I very much appreciated the organization.”

Student Evaluation, Drexel University

“Michael is a natural leader who is extremely organized and reliable.  His great energy and superb leadership abilities have inspired the (the organization) to be a proactive group of individuals working as a team.”

“Michael has a wonderful way of connecting with people.  He brings that special gift of striking a balance between expertise and humbleness and fairness and empathy.”

Student Evaluation, Drexel University

“His attention to detail is wonderful to rely on when working with him.”

“Michael has proven himself to be a leader who is comfortable with his managerial style and who also understands the value of teamwork.”

“… Professor Alleruzzo made class fun and always provided real-life examples of how to apply the content. I have seen improvements in my job after using some of the course topics and theories in practice. Professor Alleruzzo made his expectations clear, but clearly had a passion for the subject matter he was teaching. I would recommend this course for anyone who wishes to develop themselves as a better leader.”

Student Evaluation, Saint Joseph's University

“He is someone who truly loves helping others grow both professionally and personally.”

“Watching Michael in action is incredibly motivating.  He always brings high energy coupled with his passion and knowledge.  Michael’s engaging leadership style along with his superb communication skills make him a very effective trainer.  He has proven himself to be a leader who understands the value of teamwork.”

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