| As a business and life coach I say of course | | | | Achievement, success, better productivity, and |
| coaching. But just like you, not that long ago I | | | | usually feeling good about yourself, which is a |
| was new to the idea of coaching. I thought -- | | | | great bonus! Lives change with coaching. |
| why coaching? What I have discovered in my | | | | Coaches offer coaching in so many different |
| own coaching work with clients and with my | | | | ways. How do you figure out the right path for |
| coaches is this: coaching works. Clients gain | | | | you? Listen to your inner wisdom and pick the |
| different things from coaching. To distill it down to | | | | approach that will work best for you. |
| a few areas they would be: focus, clarity, | | | | Individual Coaching -- many coaches offer |
| accelerated accomplishment and follow-through. | | | | individual coaching via telephone or in person. |
| I always thought of coaches as baseball coaches | | | | Coaching by phone is easy and convenient as it |
| or football coaches. Since I don't play sports, what | | | | saves time for both the client and the coach. |
| could I possibly work on with a coach and would it | | | | Relationships are built effectively via the phone. |
| really make a difference? The goals that clients | | | | Tools such as email also enhance the coaching |
| work on with coaches run the gamut: | | | | experience allowing the coach to easily send the |
| * starting a new business | | | | client tools they can use for things such as goal |
| * business development | | | | planning. |
| * marketing strategies | | | | Group Coaching -- some coaches offer group |
| * achieving life/work balance | | | | coaching. Groups also meet either in person or via |
| * career transition | | | | phone using a conference call line. Groups are |
| * achieving something extraordinary | | | | typically small: 6-8 people. |
| Focus: Coaching assists in gaining focus. We each | | | | Individual vs. group -- I love both. I am in a group |
| gain that for ourselves especially around New | | | | and have an individual coach. I also love working |
| Year's. A time of year that we take the time to | | | | with groups and individuals. Groups offer the |
| reflect and plan. Having focus involves those two | | | | benefit of the members of the group: shared |
| elements, reflection and planning. But with New | | | | experience; shared learning. You receive input and |
| Year's resolutions they often fall aside as the year | | | | feedback from the group. Individual coaching |
| goes along. The coach assists to maintain the | | | | provides you with more focused attention and |
| focus over time. In initial coaching sessions that is | | | | coaching. |
| much of what is discussed. | | | | Meeting Regularly via phone or in person -- 3 |
| Clarity: Clarity actually comes first I think. It | | | | meetings a month is ideal. The progress is |
| comes back to the vision and what that | | | | accelerated and results happen more quickly. |
| compelling vision is for your life or business or | | | | Monthly meetings-- if they are very targeted and |
| both. I find that vision is at the core of my work | | | | focused will also produce results. |
| all the time. Organizations and individuals need a | | | | Coaching Gym -- this is a really unique approach. |
| clear and compelling vision. Creating that vision is | | | | With the coaching gym you get a member's pass |
| at the core of clarity -- where are you trying to | | | | and have access to your coach during specified |
| go? Vision gives you the map, the destination. | | | | hours one day per week. Calls are typically 15 |
| Visions can be enhanced and modified along the | | | | minutes or less. You decide when you want to |
| way, they aren't written in stone. It's yours. | | | | talk with your coach. The sessions are laser |
| Accelerated Accomplishment: Coaching keeps the | | | | focused. |
| you, the client, on track so that projects are | | | | Why coaching? Coaching is about action, taking |
| accomplished, faster and more efficiently than | | | | intentional action. A good coach helps you to tap |
| before. Many call this accountability. Having | | | | into your own inner coach and produce the results |
| someone to check in with helps to maintain that | | | | that you want. As the client, you do the work |
| focus and follow-through that you need in order | | | | and are in charge of creating your own results. |
| to accomplish what you set out to. | | | | The coach supports your goals, your dream, your |
| Continuous action planning with your coach | | | | vision, and your movement forward is accelerated |
| provides you a framework for moving goals | | | | because your coach is there on the journey with |
| forward quickly. | | | | you. |
| The results of the coaching relationship are many. | | | | |