What is Life Coaching?
- Professional Life Coaches are trained to listen, to observe, and to apply a customized approach to each client's needs
- Coaching addresses the client's whole life.
- Coaching challenges clients to find their own answers.
- Coaches help clients to explore their hidden potentials, to enhance their existing skills and creativity, and to move forward.
- Coaches support clients in honoring and celebrating themselves and their achievements.
- Coaching relationship is focused on the client getting the results (s)he wants and fosters confidence, trust and a deep dialogue.
- Coaching is for “high-functioning” and successful individuals who want their lives to be better and want to archive more meaningful success.
- At the end of a session, there may be homework for a client as a result of team work between the coach and the client.
The Benefits of Coaching (source: International Coach Federation):
- Increased self-awareness
- Lower stress levels
- Setting better goals
- More balanced life
- Self-confidence
- Improvement in quality of life
- Enhanced communication skills
- Project completion
- Health or fitness improvement
- Better working relationships with boss, coworkers
- Better family relationships
- More fun
- Stopped a bad habit
- Change in career
- More free time
- Increase profitability of current business
- Started a new business
- Empowered employee
- Business turn-around
