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What Is Coaching?
Good coaches help people become more of their authentic selves.
They have a way of encouraging people to dig deep and realize more of their full potential than even they thought possible.
A qualified coach will help you achieve more of your career and personal potential. It often begins with a focus on business or career achievement but then overlaps into other areas of life, because our lives operate as a whole, not as separate categories. It is the single best way to accelerate your own progress and realize your personal, professional and other life goals.
The process enables a person to:
- Identify inner resources and strengths
- Target areas for growth
- Promote a healthy balance between career and personal life so you can be the most productive in all areas of your life
- Uncover specific behaviors that need to change in order to enhance short-term and long-term performance
- Challenge underlying thought patterns and attitudes that may be creating obstacles — offer possibilities for fundamental change that will enhance desired results
- Discover personal clarity and purpose
Coaching will help you focus on what you want to achieve in various areas of your life and help you develop an action plan to achieve your full potential. It is up to 80% more effective than books, tapes and seminars over the long term. It is an active and engaging process that will stimulate success in all areas of your life.
Return to the topWhat Are the Results of Coaching?
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The benefits of coaching are almost too numerous to list, but we'll give it a try. Here are some of the most noticeable:
- A greater sense of fulfillment and purpose in life
- Greater feelings of joy and happiness
- Improved relationships — both at home and at work
- Increased self-awareness
- Positive self-esteem and high levels of self-confidence
- Achievement of short-term and long-term goals
- Better balance in all areas of your life — financial, spiritual, relationships, career and health
- Greater influence with others
- Accelerated progress toward your goals and life dreams
- Clarity in your life — your personal and professional goals become more clear
- Improved performance and increased effectiveness
- More energy
- Measurable progress toward objectives
- Challenge and support — the extra "push" when you need it
- The ability to successfully navigate change
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Return to the topWhat Is a Coach?
A coach is a professional who works with individual clients to help them achieve results and sustain life-changing behavior in their lives and careers.
Coaches address the whole person — with an emphasis on uncovering blind spots and producing right action that leads to more fulfillment, more balance and more effective processes for living and working.
Consultants vs. Coaches
Consultants have been around a long time. Coaches are relatively new. The two professions take very different approaches.
| Consultants | Coaches |
|---|---|
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Consultants are problem solvers. Their underlying message is, "I'm smarter than you are. I'll tell you what's wrong and how to fix it." |
Coaches are people developers. They don't tell their clients what to do - they ask questions. Their message is, "You're smart. I'll be a mirror to help you look inside yourself, so you can not only solve this problem, but maximize your potential in all areas of your life." |
| The goal of consulting is typically to maximize profits. | The goal of coaching is to maximize potential, which leads to improved results in many areas. |
Trainers vs. Coaches
Coaches also operate differently from trainers.
| Trainers | Coaches |
|---|---|
| Trainers work primarily by teaching in a classroom setting within a short, predetermined time frame. | Coaches work primarily by listening and asking questions over an extended, open-ended time period. |
| The goal of training is to impart information. | The goal of coaching is to elicit action. |
| The key ingredient is knowledge. | The key ingredient is relationship. |
Coaching is a powerful relationship that enables people to make important changes in their lives. Unlike reading books and attending seminars, coaching is an ongoing process, and it is very interactive. The primary benefits begin after clients hang up the phone. That's when they begin the real work of redirecting their lives.
Hiring a coach is a long-term commitment to yourself. Your coach will be there to help you identify what is truly important to you and develop a plan to achieve that. Your coach will be standing on the sidelines encouraging and supporting you as you take the actions necessary to achieve the goals that lead to your dreams. Your coach will be there at the finish line to congratulate you and help you gear up for the next race.
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Return to the topWho Can Benefit From a Coach?
From students to CEOs and anyone in between — more and more people are realizing the benefits of coaching and experiencing accelerated success in every area of their life.
Coaches fill a vital need that no one else can meet
- Spouses can be good listeners, but it's problematic to bring in-depth counseling into the middle of a marriage
- Friends will listen and give help when they can, but they're not trained to identify the most significant issues. They also won't have the time or the commitment to be there for you consistently. When they have needs of their own, they want to receive help, not give it
- Business associates have limited time, and their values and goals may sometimes be in conflict with yours. Understandably, they are more committed to their own success. Besides, many issues are too sensitive to discuss with peers, bosses and subordinates
If you can relate to one or more of the following statements, you should definitely consider working with a coach:
- I want to give myself that extra "edge" to achieve even more than I already have!
- I am tired of life running me. I want to run my life
- Changes are coming fast and furious. I don't know how to handle it all
- I just changed positions. It's a promotion, but now I'm not so sure that what made me successful in my old job will help me succeed in this job. I need to develop some new skills and dynamics to succeed in this new role
- I've been making lots of progress, but now I've just sort of reached a plateau, and I can't seem to move beyond it
- I have so much going on in my life that I don't know how to manage it all!
- I'm starting a brand new venture and could really use someone to bounce ideas around with
- I've reached a point in my life/career where I just feel stuck. Where do I go from here?
- I want to define and pursue my life's passion and purpose
- I used to think this was all I ever wanted out of life, but now, it's just not enough
If you're not sure if coaching can help you, let's talk. Contact me and call me at 1 (812) 881-6862 and let's get acquainted. I'll tell you how the process works, you can get to know my coaching style and I can explain how I can help you live a more fulfilling life — the life you really want to live.
Return to the topWhat's It Like To Have a Coach?
Having a coach is like having your own personal navigator for your life's journey. The coach helps you chart your course and reach your destination.
Imagine having someone in your comer who is totally committed to your success. Someone who always encourages the powerful part of you; who sees how big you can be and constantly holds up that big image for you — even when you can't hold it up for yourself.
Imagine a relationship that places the total focus on you. A relationship with someone who helps you clarify your dreams, aspirations, passions and values, helps you celebrate your victories and learn from your setbacks as you press on toward achieving your goals… together.
Imagine the benefit of having regular conversations with a skilled, trained professional who really listens to you… not just to your words, but to your emotions, your energy and even the spaces between your words. A coach is a professional who provides a "safe" place for you to move beyond superficial, inhibited, self-limiting conversations, so that you have the confidence to express even your doubts and fears… someone who helps you gain the tools and strength you need to defeat the attitudes and behaviors that have sabotaged your past success and created stress in your life.
Imagine having a trustworthy, confidential relationship with someone who will absolutely tell you the truth — the truth about where you are strong and where you sell yourself short. Someone who knows your values and your life purpose, and will help you hold yourself true to them. Someone who will accept everything you communicate without judgment; always seeking to draw out the very best in you.
Having a coach is kind of like that. And more.
Get started today and learn how to embrace your natural abilities and unleash your full potential.
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