Are you feeling a bit low ?Feeling stressed at the office ?Need some help getting up the corporate ladder ? Improve your relationships ? Would your report-card reflect that you could do better ?  Feel like a change but not sure how to make it ?Finding it difficult to set goals and achieve them ?
These questions are just some of the reasons why life coaching has become an indispensable tool for so many individuals.Not everyone has the requisite skills to take their lives in the direction they want.  In fact, not many people at all can go it alone.And that the reason behind the phenomenal growth of the life coaching and executive coaching industry.In essence, a life coach has the skills and the expertise to help other people achieve their goals. 
Recent research in which coaching clients from over sixty countries were surveyed revealed that the two main reasons that people sought coaching was self-esteem/self confidence and work/life balance.90% of survey participants said they’d had a positive change as a result of coaching.Fifty two percent of survey participants said their self-esteem / self-confidence had been positive impacted through coaching although that hadn’t been the main objective of the coaching engagement.  Some of the other reasons that participants sought coaching were relationships, interpersonal skills, communication skills and work performance.
Yes, coaching is a word that’s on everybody’s lips.  But just what is it ?One way of explaining it is to say what coaching isn’t.Coaching isn’t the same as therapy or counselling.Coaching also isn’t consulting, training or mentoring.It won’t go over past history, nor will it provide a solution for the future.
Coaching enables individuals to reach fulfilment.It is a creative process that inspires people to realise their professional and personal potential.Coaching helps people to develop their own abilities, make changes for the better, set and achieve goals and overcome challenges and importantly, coaching helps people to find their own solutions.Coaching draws out rather than puts in, and it is not a judgmental process nor does it prescribe a way forward.  It’s a flexible process, unique to each client, so that personal transition can be made on an individual basis. 
And that’s really the key.A coach will work with clients to help them find their own solutions and answers.A coach will work with an individual, or a team, group as well as an organisation.
What is required to make the coaching relationship work?Jennifer Atkins, a top life and executive coach in Perth says it’s important for the client to accept that there is a gap between where they are in life and where they want to be.”The client has to be prepared to take responsibility for closing that gap by learning, growing and developing.”  
Making a decision on a coach is almost like buying a car.You wouldn’t invest in a car without doing your research, looking at the history of the car (the coach’s credentials), read the service book (track history) and test-driving.  A good coach will offer an obligation-free trial which helps the client learn more about the coach and see if the chemistry works.
Who can say they don’t want the most from life.Life coaching can help you achieve your goals, find balance, happiness and success.Why not consider going on a Perth life coaching test drive today, and see just how far it can take you ?

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