Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.
— Timothy Gallwey

Coaching has proven to benefit people in different spheres of life and the pandemic has given added impetus to motivate people to make changes both in their professional and personal lives, as we juggle the hybrid way of working.

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What is coaching?

Many people still think of "coaching" as being associated with sports. Every top athlete has a coach however, in the last few years, coaching has become applicable in every area, in business and in people's personal lives and like sport it has proven to achieve results for individuals.

Today, it is quite normal for someone to see a coach to help them achieve their goals in their personal/professional life, health, confidence building, resilience building, personal empowerment. Whilst individuals running their own businesses also find it useful to have a coach to talk through some of the issues that they face and help them to plan to move forward with their business planning.

Coaching enables individuals to make a change, learn something new about themselves, achieve goals and hence reach their full potential. The 'coach through dialogue' helps the coachee (client) to correctly set a goal, find the best way to achieve it and discover hidden inner potential in themselves. The coach does not tell the coachee how to achieve their goals or success but asks thought provoking questions which enables the client to find the answers within themselves.

I work with clients to identify what some of these goals might be and help them take the necessary steps to change these patterns and "re-wire the brain" thereby clients can reach their goals, their true potential and so lead a more fulfilling work-life balance.

Finding answers for themselves through this process can have a profound impact on the client and therefore on their confidence, motivation, moral, mental health, performance and productivity.

The Power of NLP

By using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) – the study of human excellence – I can help clients see how they form patterns of behaviours, positive and negative, in the past or present and how these affect them.

NLP, through coaching, can help individuals change these patterns, become clear about what it is they want and discover the benefits of change for them. NLP allows individuals to achieve their goals and ambitions in their professional and personal lives.

Coaching is a partnership between coach and client

The coach helps the client to achieve their personal best and to produce the results they want in their personal and professional lives. Coaching ensures the client can give their best, learn about themselves and make profound changes to their lives.

Coaching Individuals

  • Helps a person to focus on a particular topic and work towards an outcome
  • Coaching supports a person at every level in becoming who they want to be
  • Coaching builds awareness, empowers choice and leads to change in pattern behaviour

Coaching Teams

  • Assist teams to overcome today's challenges, and operate as a purpose driven team
  • Focus on outcomes which give greater clarity and certainty, a sense of direction, and leads to self-awareness, and strong personal responsibility by members of the team
  • Help them to improve collaboration, communication, and work towards becoming a stronger team, pulling together for a common purpose

Whether working on a 1:1 basis, or in teams, I help clients to identify what is limiting their beliefs and patterns and partner with them to break these. I am noted for my calm and relaxed manner and enjoy creating a safe space for my clients to think freely, visualise what is possible for them and encourage them to take concrete steps towards achieving their goals and dreams.

My greatest satisfaction is to see clients create change in themselves and or teams, and reach for their ultimate goals. More importantly, I fully appreciate what an honour it is to be a coach and for individuals to share their personal/professional lives with me and to allow me into this space.

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"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty"
Maya Angelou
Butterfly among flowers – symbolising transformation
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