What is Coaching?

Coaches listen and ask powerful questions that get at the heart of what is important to YOU. That’s what we do.

We let you decide where you are going and we help you get there by listening, playing you back to you, offering resources to help you meet your goals, and listening some more. This is really how change happens. People with people-in the midst of life.

Why would I need a coach?

• The most important relationships in your life aren't where you hoped or expected.
• Do you have a goal that you keep on putting on the back burner?
• Are you looking to make a change in life but don’t know where to start?
• Is your progress stalled or slowed and you want to get back on track?
• Are work and life out of balance-creating unwanted consequences?

According to the International Coach Federation website, the ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.

Those are big words. Let’s bring it back to daily life.

You are smack dab in the middle of your life and your career continues to provide tremendous opportunities. However, you are losing track of your best friends and your family life is a mess. You want something different for how you go about your days and you are ready to try something different to get there.

You are a middle manager at a large corporation and you’re being asked to do more with less for the sixth quarter in a row. You are working more hours for the same pay due to the economy and your family life is suffering as a result. Hiring a coach might be the step you need to create the balance that you, your boss, your employees, and your family need.

You’ve been in the same life-sucking job for several years. You know it’s not for you. You dread getting out of bed every morning. You’ve dreamed about your perfect job but life is just too busy to tackle an all out job-search. So another year ticks by-and still you’re miserable. Hiring a coach might be that step you need to make your career what it can be.

You’re an artist inside. You’ve thought about making a living from your art. The doubters (especially those in your own head) tell you that you can’t possibly be that creative and you certainly couldn’t make any money. So you never start. Next thing you know, your first kid is off to college and you tell him that he can be anyone he wants to be. Hiring a coach might be the step you need to finally take your own advice-you can be anyone you want to be.

You’ve lost your job. You’ve been unemployed for what seems like forever. You not only want to give up…but you have given up several times…only to get back on that horse because there are people depending on you. Hiring a coach might be the step you need to take to revitalize your search, take stock of what you are doing that’s working, and try some new strategies.

There is something about the accountability of sitting across the table from someone that understands your challenges and seeks the best out of you. I don’t know anyone who has gone through a coaching process (including myself) that feels like the process lacked value or was a waste of time or resource. The overall sense of accomplishment and forward movement demonstrates itself almost immediately.