What is Coaching?

The meaning of 'coaching' has its roots in the early forms of transportation, ie. stagecoach or rail coach. The word literally means 'to transport someone from one place to another. In today's context, coaching helps people move forward or create change in their lives.

The benefits of coaching are widely acknowledged. In a survey on behalf of the International Coach Federation (ICF - www.coachfederation.org) 2165 coaching clients from 64 countries reported improvements in:

Self esteem / self confidence   80%
Communication skills               72%
Interpersonal skills                  71%
Work performance                  70%
Relationships                          73%
Work/life balance                    63%

Coaching helps to improve the results an individual is achieving. The most recognised forms of coaching come from professional sports where almost any top athlete or sportsman has a coach to help with various aspects of their performance. Coaching is proven to work and is becoming more common for individuals outside of sports and the workplace.

Who is Coaching for?

Coaching makes a significant contribution to the process of helping people to experience life the way they would like to. For some people, coaching can dramatically change their life for the better. With the support and guidance of a coach, people can make clearer judgements about situations, learn more from their experiences and therefore make better choices or decisions and take more effective actions.

A lot of us have difficulties in our lives and we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to have a lot, do a lot and to generally be successful in all areas of our lives. I believe that coaching is a valuable counterbalance to these pressures. By engaging the services of a personal coach, we can begin to focus on what is really important to us. Here are some examples of ways coaching may be appropriate:


Putting together a life plan / understanding our aims and goals
Finding ways to reduce stress in our lives
Improving our optimum health and well-being
Improving our self-awareness and engaging in self-mastery
Building a work/life balance that fulfills us
Improving our relationships
Engaging in an Integral Spiritual Practice

How does Coaching work?

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Coaching takes place as a conversation, or series of conversations where the entire focus is on the client (the coachee) and their circumstances. The aim of the conversation is to benefit the coachee and will incorporate a blend of observation, questioning and reflection. This often leads to real clarity and I will encourage you to rise to challenges, overcome obstacles and move into action. What's most important is you, your success, happiness and ultimate fulfillment. Having clarified what you wish to achieve from coaching, these goals and objectives become the focus of our conversation.