To guarantee success,
act as if it is impossible to fail.”
Dorothea Brande.
The
Benefits of Coaching
Coaching
is a true partnership between coach and coachee that
utilizes a framework to help the coachee to identify
and remove any barriers and interference to realizing
their full potential.
The benefits of coaching as opposed to more traditional
personal and leadership development are:
1. The learning is tailored to YOUR needs and not the
needs of a wide audience. Your coach will focus on the
areas that are most important to you and your development.
Development therefore can happen at speed.
2. Coaching is ongoing rather than one or two day sessions
where you have a small window to grab the benefit. With
coaching you can come back to an issue over and over
if required until you reach your full potential.
3. The focus is on more than just work. A coach will
assist you to make powerful lifestyle choices so that
you achieve your potential.
4. Your self awareness will grow exponentially. You can
only change what you are conscious of. Coaching brings
awareness of the working of your unconscious mind to
your conscious awareness.
5. To reach your full potential it is crucial that you
live congruently with your values. Coaching will assist
you to identify and articulate your values and to live
by them.
6. Accountability. A coach will hold you accountable.
This can be crucial to growth when priorities compete
or change is challenging.
Outcomes of Coaching
Coaching can provide many tangible and intangible results
for both individuals and organizations. These include:
Create clear goals and accomplish them
Greater career/job/life motivation and satisfaction
Better work/life balance
Increase productivity and retention
Understand your strengths and weaknesses and
how to capitalize on them
Increase self awareness of who you are as a person
and leader
Better communication and conflict management
Increase leadership and team skills and effectiveness
