Personal and Professional Growth
“Coaching for Purpose ~ Training For Life”
People come to a coach because they either want to achieve something, fix something or make an important change in their life.
People want to work on practical things like starting a business/ministry, improving a relationship, getting a raise, choosing a new career, getting more clients, coming up with Life Plans, developing a marketing strategy for their business, leadership skills, reducing stress, getting more done during the day without rushing, and have more fun. Coaching works for the following reasons:
Collaborative partnership.
First, coaching works, because you have a collaborative partner in your coach. Someone who’s there. Someone who understand the creative and achievement process and knows when to pull, when to push and when to shut up. Someone who is on your side. Someone who helps you focus on your strengths, and not waste time trying to overcome your weaknesses. Someone you can share your dreams and ideas with the assurance that you will be heard and respected, no matter what. Someone who comes to know you and helps you focus on what matters most to you.
A personal focus.
Coaching works because you focus on you, not just the goal. We say there are two parts to sustainable success, the Who (you) and the What (the goal). To only work on the goal (the What) can make you one-dimensional. This will limit the opportunity you have to develop and evolve, which are the keys to long term fulfillment. Goals usually don’t bring you fulfillment. Reaching goals, while very important, is only one aspect of living well.
Wondering what part of “you” you focus on during coaching?
This is entirely up to you, but clients usually enjoy this self-focus. This can include wants, needs, values, vision, lifestyle, sensitivity, peace, joy, choice, strengths, talents, gifts, conflict resolution, desires, love, relating skills, boundaries. Personal foundation, whims, feelings, creativity, bigger thinking, understanding. Acceptance and happiness. The basic stuff that often seems to be dead last in a busy life.
How does all this get done in 60 minutes a month?
It is surprising to most clients just how much does get accomplished in a once a month 60 minute coaching session…either in person or by Skype without rushing…without coach and client competing for speaking time. As a supplement in the beginning stages a prescheduled 30 minute phone call and/or e-mail will cushion those times that extra coaching is necessary.
It is our view that creativity can occur in an instant. Solutions can come to you in a flash. Opportunities can be seen in the blink of an eye. Coaching can be all the catalyst you need.
But what do we talk about during the coaching session?
That’s up to you. You’re in charge. But typically, you talk about you and God’s plan and purpose for your life. You update the coach on what you are working on. You share a roadblock you’re encountering and ask for suggestions. You develop strategies, a better way to reach your goals. You brag and boast and share your wins. You bring problems and talk them through. You share a dream or vision you have. You vent, if necessary. You ask for perspective so you can see a situation, opportunity or problem much more clearly. You create-as-you-talk, especially if you are an entrepreneur. You discover stuff that you didn’t expect to, and you even learn stuff that you didn’t know you needed.
*Be advised there will be a $25 fee for intial on-line assessment
To set up an appointment please email: dhale1@windstream.net
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