Coaching for Personal and Professional Development

“Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own performance” (reference: Coaching for Performance: Sir John Whitmore).
Coaching will enable  you to achieve the things you want to and faster than you would on your own.

Coaching can be used to:

  • strengthen personal resilience;
  • increase emotional intelligence;
  • increase self-awareness;
  • tackle unhelpful beliefs, behaviours, emotions;
  • increase understanding;
  • improve communication, motivation and working relationships;
  • improve personal and business performance;
  • improve leadership skills;

A variety of tools can be employed which:

  • set motivational and measurable outcomes;
  • use coaching techniques, questioning and challenging to help achieve desired outcomes;
  • use measurement tools to show that the coaching is effective;
  • explore leadership styles;
  • help to better understand relationships with self and others;
  • assess emotional intelligence and preferred communication styles;
  • use NLP Techniques.

F A Q

1. Why coaching?

Are you stuck?
Do you want something new or different?
Do you want to achieve something special or be better at what you are already doing?
Is something or someone stopping you?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes then, should you choose, coaching will help.

2. What is coaching?

Coaching is the opposite of telling someone what to do. It assumes that we have the answers which may be covered up by layers of life experience, beliefs and whatever else life has put in the way. Coaching is creating the space to find the answers that help us get from A to B quicker and more effectively than we would on our own.

Workplace coaching is a flexible technique for improving performance at an individual, team or organisation level.

Life coaching uses the same techniques but focuses on overcoming personal issues and desired outcomes.

NLP brings additional skills linked to applied psychology. It can help to overcome fears and phobias, and change unhelpful beliefs or behaviours. It isn't magic but it feels like it sometimes!

3. How do I get coaching?

You need to find a coach you can work with and who has the right skills to meet your needs. So the first session with me is free. We spend about 15-20 minutes discussing your coaching needs and building rapport. If we both believe I have the right skills for you we then agree a coaching plan. If not, you are free to find another coach. You may have spent a long time deliberating already so don't delay any longer. To book a first free session contact me..

Coaching sessions last for about one hour but will depend on the outcomes we are achieving.  Ideally we meet face to face but Skype or similar is also excellent.

4. How many coaching sessions will I need?

For many people one full session is all that is required. It depends to some extent on you, how complex your issue is, how much you want to achieve.

5. What if?

Imagine achieving what you want to, or being the person you want to be. What if you pick up the phone now?

ASSIGNMENTS

Some recent assignments have included:

  • Coaching a team leader to improve her leadership and communication skills 
  • A CV had no interest from recruiters for several weeks. After revising it the person had 2 leads the next day, one of which resulted in securing the job.
  • Using transactional analysis and simple anchoring for assertiveness
  • Individual and team sessions to develop psychological strength for sporting events
  • Preparation for important situations such as interviews, presentations, stage performances