People always ask ‘Are you a Life Coach, or a Business Coach?’  Sometimes I say ‘I’m an Insight coach’ or sometimes ‘I’m a Transformation Coach.’ Or if I’m feeling grumpy I might say  ‘I’m just a Coach coach.’

Thing is, I don’t really make a strong distinction between the modalities and I’ll tell you why.

 

Each person who comes for coaching is unique and has a very individual dilemma, set of circumstances and desired outcome.  But whether they are at work or at home they are the same person and the solutions they’re looking for are all inside them.  Whether they’re plotting a move up the corporate ladder or struggling in a marriage, it’s the qualities they can bring to bear on the situation – and the clarity and confidence they have in using them – that are going to resolve the problem.  

 

In my experience what people need is one of the following: courage, decisiveness, direction, clarity, meaning, insight, coping mechanisms and confidence.   

 

Whether we’re looking for these things at work or in our personal lives the qualities and skills we need are the same.  They’re just applied in different contexts and may need different language and expression in the Board Room than they do round the family dining table.

 

So I’m an insight-transformation-business-life coach coach.

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What I do is give you my complete attention.

 

I listen very closely to all the ways you express yourself: spoken language, body language and that third language which is harder to define.  It’s the expression of what we feel or intuit but can’t find words for. It can be very subtle, but it’s at the heart of our sense of meaning.

 

I offer you honest, unbiased feedback, practical tools and support.

• The feedback is designed to help you see more clearly exactly what your issues are and how you are approaching them.

• The tools and exercises help you break down the blocks between where you are now and where you want to get to.  

• And the support is because if you want to grow you need sunlight and nourishment.  

 

So whether you’re a stressed executive trying to dodge burnout, a young adult tentatively taking your first steps into a career, a mid-life mum returning to work after children or an older person looking for new meaning in retirement I can help.

 

My whole purpose is to lead you into deeper insights into yourself so you can get clear about what you want, who you are and how you go about getting where you want to go.

 

And when you know better, you do better.