Coaching is about working with an individual or a group/team to enable them to achieve the results that they want. It can be, and is, used successfully in a variety of different situations from sport, business and individuals personal lives.

Generally coaching has a conversational structure that is focused upon unlocking potential and maximising performance.

Coaching is an interactive process between the coach and client. Good coaching is more than a set of skills and techniques. You’ll find coaches with a variety of different backgrounds, theoretical frameworks, unique qualities and personalities.

The role of the coach is to facilitate the changes that the client wants to make. While some coaches may disagree the way I work is that the client is the expert on themselves. I, as the coach, am the expert on being a catalyst to discover how to make the changes you want to make in your work and other areas of your life.
Coaching allows clients to experience a sense of partnership and support in achieving their personal goals that is often not available elsewhere in their lives. Regular coaching sessions provide you with dedicated time to focus on what you truly want and what must happen to create it. I help you design action steps to meet your goals, then hold you accountable to your own stated desires, providing perspective, feedback, and smart questions along the way. As a result, you stay motivated, make significant changes, and achieve more than you may previously have thought possible.

Coaching is a supportive relationship with a trained professional that enhances your ability to learn, make desired changes, solve problems, and achieve goals. I work with my private clients individually generally by telephone, typically in a series of regularly scheduled sessions providing that accountability “appointment” that has been found to work so well.
Those who choose to work with a coach normally have one of two reasons:

They want more (either generally or in a specific area)

They want something different to what they have now

Each coach will have their own personal style and will no doubt adjust the way that they work depending upon the client that they are working with. I suggest that you find the one that you feel comfortable working with – the one who will make the positive difference to your life.

Some coaches will specilise in working with you to solve a specific situation (ie giving a specific presentation), others cover a general area of your life (ie. being confident when public speaking), transforming your entire life or mix all three depending upon what you want from each session.

Some of the benefits of coaching are:
Recognising and realising what you want (sometimes referred to as a goal)
Making positive changes in your life
Finding and subsequently using your unique strengths – this sometimes involves working on areas you perceived as a limitation
Managing yourself and your resources better

Specifically, but by no means extensively, this could be around:
Turning Self Employed

Becoming comfortable selling
Becoming more confident
Increasing motivation
Reducing stress and getting a work/life balance that works for you

Coaching generally focuses on the where you are now and where you want to go in the future. It is not about reliving past events

Coaching is often about choices, it’s not at all uncommon for you to realise that where you previously thought you were stuck you had missed seeing alternatives.