Have You Been Wondering, "Why Hire A Coach?"
Too many people these days have personal or business goals that they will never achieve. Are you in this group of people?
Coaching is a fairly new profession that is helping thousands of people reach their goals. My goal here is to help you understand a little about coaching, so that you can use these ideas to begin to turn your own goals into reality.
A coach is a professional dedicated to helping people reach their personal potential. A coach is highly trained in communication and motivation. Their focus is completely on helping you to achieve your goals.
Coaching began about 20 years ago when CEOs of major corporations began to work with their business consultants in a new way. The CEO and consultant would meet to develop the leadership skills of the CEO and soon discovered that not only did coaching improve their leadership skills, it also benefited the bottom line of the company. This boosted the value of coaching as a new profession.
Over the past 10 years, coaching has grown in popularity with the general public as well. It is now well established both as a means of personal self-improvement and as a way to improve small businesses.
The reasons people hire a coach are numerous and most focus on improving performance or well-being.
These reasons might include -
Having a coach has been shown to help people accelerate their achievement in many areas. There are four main reasons for this success.
My hope is that learning about coaching will inspire you to think about your personal goals in a new way. Contact Kim at kim@armedwithhealth.com if you would like more information on how I can support you in achieving your healthy-living goals.
Coaching is a fairly new profession that is helping thousands of people reach their goals. My goal here is to help you understand a little about coaching, so that you can use these ideas to begin to turn your own goals into reality.
A coach is a professional dedicated to helping people reach their personal potential. A coach is highly trained in communication and motivation. Their focus is completely on helping you to achieve your goals.
Coaching began about 20 years ago when CEOs of major corporations began to work with their business consultants in a new way. The CEO and consultant would meet to develop the leadership skills of the CEO and soon discovered that not only did coaching improve their leadership skills, it also benefited the bottom line of the company. This boosted the value of coaching as a new profession.
Over the past 10 years, coaching has grown in popularity with the general public as well. It is now well established both as a means of personal self-improvement and as a way to improve small businesses.
The reasons people hire a coach are numerous and most focus on improving performance or well-being.
These reasons might include -
- starting a small business
- solving business problems
- learning a new skill
- changing careers
- improving health/fitness
- cleaning out clutter
- being more productive…..
- the list goes on and on!
Having a coach has been shown to help people accelerate their achievement in many areas. There are four main reasons for this success.
- A coach provides personal support which is often lacking in today’s isolated, electronic world. The coach is interested in your problems and accomplishments and wants to dig in to help you get where you want to go. It is a great confidence builder to know you have a partner traveling the path with you.
- Accountability is a major part of coaching. It is amazing how much you can get done when you know someone will be asking about it. Not only does the coach ask about progress and action toward the goal, but he or she will also help analyze any difficulties and help adapt plans to compensate. The coach is the person who keeps you on track, points it out when you wander and helps you deal with the inevitable distractions.
- A coach helps you achieve success is by providing clarity & boosting creativity. The old saying two heads are better than one is certainly true. This happens in several ways. The coach will help you get a very clear picture of your goal and the reasons it is important to achieve it. This is vital for true motivation. The coach sparks the process of generating options on how to deal with problems and assures that you make your decisions carefully. A coach is trained to help you sort through possibilities and find what is best for YOU.
- The last characteristic that leads to the success of coaching is that a coach is impartial. Many of us have wonderful relationships with family and friends, but each one of those people brings his or her personal bias to your goal. A coach is trained to set their own opinions aside - to stay with the facts and to keep the focus on what YOU actually want.
My hope is that learning about coaching will inspire you to think about your personal goals in a new way. Contact Kim at kim@armedwithhealth.com if you would like more information on how I can support you in achieving your healthy-living goals.