Why Work with a Coach?

If you answer yes to two or more of these questions, coaching could be an option for you.

•  I would like someone who isn’t a friend or family member to talk a transition over with.

• I have a good sense of the problem; I just feel that another perspective could help me.

• I have been working through this transition.  I don’t think that I am making the progress that I would like.

• I have a decision to make and would like someone to think it through with me?

• I’d like to think through a difficult change process.

• I consider myself to be resourceful and smart. I’d like someone to help me think about how to bring my strengths to bear on this new opportunity.

• I feel stuck. Help.

If you are still reading, your are thinking of coaching. Having someone who is neutral to listen to what you are struggling with can bring clarity.  A coach provides the space for a process so that the answers emerge. Sometimes talking with someone can help you hear yourself.  Nelle Morton, one of the leading influences on the powerful movement in women’s spirituality, called this “hearing yourself into speech.”[i]We’ve all had that experience where we hear ourselves say something and think, “oh my gosh, that is exactly what I needed to hear.  I didn’t realize I already had the answer.”

 It is amazing how we often have the answers inside of ourselves if we pause long enough to listen to ourselves.

 Sometimes the coach can offer an additional thought or question. You’ll think, wow, never considered it that way. There is another resource called the Johari Window. Two guys – Joe and Harry[ii]- authored this tool. And it is simple. There is a part of us that only we know, and we may or may not share that part. And there is a part of us that only those who see us know – we can’t see this for ourselves. That is called a “blind spot.”  We need others experience of us to help us know all of who we are.

 The coach can provide the mirror for our energy, feelings, facial expressions, tone of voice, even what is unsaid.

 Coaching isn’t about the problem. It is about you as a person.  If coaching could be helpful to you, check it out. What do you want clarity about?

[i] Nelle Morton. 1977 essay “Beloved Image”

 [ii] Actually, Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham created the psychological tool in 1955.