The Role of the Life-Coach
The coach’s role is to utilise the skills, techniques and toolkits at their disposal to take the client on a journey of self-discovery by these means:
Establishing a high level of rapport
Rapport has been described as the ability to enter each client’s model of the world so that you can give them the feeling of being totally understood. This is achieved by a combination of physiology, tone of voice and the choice of words.
Working in a climate of trust, honesty and openness
A relationship between coach and client is a partnership and like all partnerships, it needs a climate of trust, honesty and openness in which to operate. If a client does not feel comfortable around these issues, they are not likely to engage fully in the process
Offering constructive feedback
Feedback from the coach is important for the client to know that what they are doing is achieving the desired results. This does need to be constructive though as criticism or obvious flattery will be counter-productive.
Encouraging clients to explore options
This is the part of the session where the client starts to come up with ideas to move towards the goal. Here the coach has to create the mood where the client can feel totally able to let their mind run free and think the unthinkable. It’s important the client is aware that these are still only options, not commitments.
Praising clients achievements
We all respond to praise just as we do to criticism and praise in coaching for what a client has achieved is a very useful tool. Many clients will be operating out of their comfort zone to complete actions and for that alone they deserve praise.
Challenging and taking their clients out of their comfort zone
The comfort zone is so called because it’s a comfortable place to be and our coping mechanisms naturally want us to be in a place of comfort. A coaching client will quite naturally want to stay in this zone too as we don’t go out of it for no reason. The point of coaching is to enable the client to develop and grow and for this they need to be stretched to meet new challenges. The coach must take the client into the stretch zone where appropriate in spite of the resistance they might face.
Acting as a sounding board
Elsewhere in this paper I’ve emphasised the importance of the skill of listening to effective coaching. It’s unusual in today’s world for people to be given the chance to just talk without interruptions and when given that chance people often take advantage and talk. Often, the fact that they are free to talk and voice out load their concerns proves to be a very powerful tool and without advice or guidance from the coach, the client can resolve an issue themselves just by being able to talk about it.
Raising awareness
Raising awareness can apply to both the client and the coach. The coach needs to have a heightened state of awareness to be sensitive to what they’re seeing and hearing in the client. Awareness or more particularly self-awareness in the client will give them a better perception of their motivation and actions.
Helping clients to explore values and beliefs
It’s important that at some point the client appreciates that the journey is equally as important as the goal. Failure to realise can lead to the state that “The end justifies the means”. The client’s actions must be congruent with their values and beliefs to avoid this.
Keeping clients on track
Each coaching session will be bound by the amount of time fixed upon. It is the role of the coach to pace the session and keep the conversation on track to maximise the benefit of each session.
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About the Author:
Andrew Poole was CEO of a Financial Services Company in the UK and is now a qualified Life-Coach. To find out more about Life-Coaching and take the FREE Fine-Tune Your Life test, visit: www.andrewpoole.net
It’s About Time
Ever find yourself wishing you had just a few more hours in the day to get it all done? Between work and family responsibilities alone, it can be challenging to juggle time for everything. Surely we were created for more than a life on a continuous treadmill where we never seem to catch up.
Futurists predicted that, in the 21st century, work would be done in virtual organizations and paperless offices. Some even said that the work week would drop to 35, or even 30 hours, and that too much leisure time could become a problem.
Has that been your experience? It's not what I see happening with the busy professionals I work with everyday. Over the past quarter-century, the number of hours spent working has continued to rise. The constant pressure to reduce costs and to do more with less often leaves employees in an unending cycle of overwork and overwhelm which ultimately leads to decreased productivity and efficiency in the organization. With the extra work and increased pace we strive to keep up with, we are quickly catapulted into a world of stress, exhaustion and even health problems if we don't make our self- care a top priority.
What is the solution? Time management can help. Or rather, more effective use of time can help. When you think about it, you don't really manage time, you manage yourself and how you choose to spend each 24 hour day you are given. By having tools and support available, you can better manage yourself and the choices you make.
Top 5 Tips for Managing Time
1. Stop using time as an excuse. We all have the same 24 hours in a day You choose how you use your 1,440 precious minutes each day. If someone - or something - else is determining how you use your minutes and hours, now may be an excellent time to look at changes you need to make.
2. Find out where you spend your time. It may sound odd to suggest taking time in an already busy schedule to assess how you are using time, but do know where you are spending your time? Try tracking your time for the next week and see just what you are doing with your 24 hours. This exercise will help you identify opportunities for changes to alleviate time pressures.
3. Simplify your life. Clear your schedule of time-consuming activities that are not essential. Over-volunteering, doing other people's work, relationships that are not working... these are a great place to start simplifying and reclaiming valuable time.
4. Be intentional about scheduling. If you want to accomplish a task, you must be intentional about scheduling it. For example, if you want to go to the gym to workout, you must put it on your calendar and plan for time to get there and back as well as for your workout. Insert it into your schedule, and then guard the time carefully to make sure nothing gets in the way of you getting it done.
5. Zap Time Wasters. Time wasted can never be regained. A few examples... browsing the Internet, email, chatting with co-workers, looking for things, and talking on the phone. Zap these time bandits by: scheduling a time to return phone calls and email, getting organized so that time is not wasted looking for tools and papers or using an Internet reminder service to keep track of important dates or events.
"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." ~ H. Jackson Brown
By: Coach Pat Morgan
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How To Attract Everything You Desire Effortlessly!
Be Simply Irresistible . . .
How To Attract Everything You Desire Effortlessly!
1. Create an environment that naturally pulls you forward so things like commitment and discipline are optional. Being pulled forward is attractive, pushing forward is not.
2. Over respond to every event. By over responding instead of overacting, you evolve which is very attractive.
3. Build reserves in every area of your life. Having enough is not nearly enough for you to be Irresistible Attractive. Stop running your life on adrenaline.
4. Add value just for the joy of it. When you add value just because you enjoy it, people are naturally attracted to you.
5. Market your talents shamelessly. If you are embarrassed about what you do , you won’t be very attractive.
6. Become irresistible attractive to yourself. How can you attract others if you don’t feel irresistible attractive to yourself?
7. Get a fulfilling life, not just an impressive lifestyle. A great lifestyle is attractive, lifestyles can be seductive.
8. Deliver twice what you promise.When you consistently deliver more than was expected, new customers are drawn to you.
9. Unhook yourself from the future. Attraction works in the present, not in the future.
10. Eliminate delay. Time is expensive and delays are very unattractive.
11. Get your personal needs met, once and for all. If you have unmet needs, you will attract others in the same position. Needs are not optional. Create a Sass!
12. Tolerate nothing. When you put up with something, it costs you. Costs are expensive and very unattractive.
13. Show others how to please you. Don’t make them guess.
14. Endorse your worst weakness and shadow. When you accept and honor the worst part of yourself you are free and more accepting of others.
15. Sensitize yourself. The more you feel, the more you notice and respond to the many subtle opportunities in the present.
16. Perfect your environment. Create an environment that brings out your brilliance versus one that drains you.
17. See how perfect the present really is especially when it is clearly not.
18. Orient exclusively around your values. When you spend your days doing what fulfills you, you are a magnet for attraction.
19. Simplify everything. Abandon the non essentials and leave room for you to attract.
20. Master your craft. Being the best at what you do is the easiest way to become successful.
21. Recognize and tell the truth. The truth is the most attractive thing of all, and it requires skill and awareness.
22. Be more human. When you are genuine, you are attractive.
Are You A Coaching Candidate?
1. Do you spend your day putting out fires?
2. Do you have any concerns about your business running at maximum profitability?
3. Do you run your business on the edge?
4. Do the same problems continually resurface?
5. Do you have difficulty finding someone you trust who can give you an objective viewpoint and bounce ideas off of?
6. Is your business running you?
7. Do you find that you are unable to make the most of all the opportunities in your life?
8. Do you experience roller coaster highs and lows in your business?
9. Do you have a lone ranger lifestyle?
10. Do you allow your goals and purpose to get sidetracked?
11. Do you lack having a clear, measurable action plan to fulfill your goals?
12. Do you lack structure?
13. Do you lack inner fulfillment?
14. Do you spend most of your day working "in" your business instead of "on" it?
15. Are you a workaholic?
16. Are you experiencing a lack of balance in your life and business?
17. Are you committed to growing yourself and your company?
18. Are you coachable? (Are you willing to hear and act on another's person's viewpoint?)
19. Do you lack a clear financial plan for your future?
20. Are you willing to be truthful and restore your integrity?
* If you answered yes to more than three of these questions you can benefit from a coach.
Questions A Coach May Ask You:
* What five opportunities are you leaving on the table?
* How might you sabotage our professional relationship?
* How have you been motivated in the past to reach difficult goals or make difficult decisions? How can we best utilize that motivation now?
* How would you do this differently if you were willing to let it be easy?
* What would happen if you showed up ten times more bolder this week in every aspect of your life?
* What are the 10 things you are tolerating or putting up with that are preventing you from performing at your best?
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About the Author:
Nancy M. Powers is a professional success coach, writer, and captivating keynote speaker who leads seminars on personal development and communications. She specializes in coaching CEO's, Entrepreneurs and small business owners to achieve tangible results. Discover for yourself how you can have a coach with a money back guarantee (305) 653-8833. www.NancyPowers.com - Or you can E-mail her at: Icoachyou@gmail.com
