What are the Benefits?

There are many benefits associated with professional life coaching (please see below). Did you know that individuals who engage in professional coaching can expect to experience fresh perspectives on personal challenges and opportunities, enhanced thinking and decision making skills, enhanced interpersonal effectiveness, and increased confidence in carrying out their chosen work and life roles?

Consistency with a commitment to enhancing their personal effectiveness, they can also expect to see appreciable results in the areas of productivity, personal satisfaction with life and work, and the achievement of personally relevant goals.

According to the 2009 ICF Global Coaching Client Study, companies that use or have used professional coaching for business reasons have seen a median return on investment of seven times their initial investment. Individual clients reported a median return on investment of 3.44 times their investment.

Coaching can help with a variety of goal areas. Findings from the 2010 ICF Global Consumer Awareness Study, showed that more than two-fifths (42.6 percent) of respondents who had experienced coaching chose "optimize individual and/or team performance" as their motivation for being coached. This reason ranked highest followed by "expand professional career opportunities" at 38.8 percent and "improve business management strategies" at 36.1 percent. Other more personal motivations like "increase self-esteem/self-confidence" and "manage work/life balance" rated fourth and fifth to round out the top five motivation areas.

The real power in having a life coach is having an external observer who doesn't judge and who's only focus is on getting you the results you want. You as my client are accountable for the actions that you say you will take. I will keep you on track and challenge you when it's needed and support you 100%, always. This has the effect of getting you your results much, much faster than going it alone.

The larger benefits that people experience from working with a life coach are:

A more fulfilled and happier life. To be clear about what you want in life, to take action and then to see your results ensures that you feel more fulfilled and happier with your life.
More time, balance and productivity. As you learn to set goals and work on your problem areas you become more efficient in other areas of your life, you find more time and become more productive.
Less stress and more energy. When you focus on one particular area you feel more in control of your life.
Reaching goals faster. Nothing makes you work faster and harder than having someone hold you accountable!!
Lots of AHA moments. People play the same record over and over in their heads so much that the neurological pathway is set in stone and this is never challenged. It is not until you work with a life coach that your patterns are reflected back at you and you can say 'aha, that's why I do this or don't do that'.

What my clients want.

To get clarity about goals

Overcome procrastination

To grow their business & get more customers

To be able to sell themselves

To be challenged!

Eliminate fear and self-doubt

Get focused on what is really important in life and business

Gain certainty about oneself and a sense of wellbeing

Lead by example and make a real difference

Experience your full potential

Improve relationships

Feel 'in love' with their partner again

Gain balance, contentment and containment in life

Achieve goals fast

Manage time better

Make better decisions

Enhance work performance

Eliminate stress

Freedom from unwanted habits and limiting beliefs

Feel empowered and create the changes you want

Increase self esteem

Attain work/life balance

Have more energy and vitality

Stop self-sabotage

Achieve optimum health & fitness

Overcome fears and phobias

Have sales confidence and motivation

Create wealth and abundance

Improved communication and public speaking skills

Create instant rapport

Overcome depression or anxiety

Develop an effective money management style

Increase awareness skills

Have someone to talk to and share your ideas

Life examples of what people achieve through working with a life / business coach

Client A thinks that she has issues selling herself and her services. After working with her using role play and questioning we find out that she doesn't have an issue selling herself but rather with the language that she uses. For example; the client wasn't happy asking for further bookings but was happy asking 'Would you like to explore that further?'

Client B is frustrated that she needs to work to a sequence and this is stopping her from progressing in her new business. She is a classic C type personality and needs rules. After working with the client, the client realises how much benefit there is to completely reversing the sequence. For example; the client thinks that she 1. must have a clear definition of what she is providing and to whom before 2. she can write marketing material so that 3. she can get clients. She doesn't have a clear definition so feels that she cannot progress. Working together she realises that she can 1. immerse herself in clients by offering free sessions so that 2. she can use client testimonials to create marketing material and 3. then have a clear definition of the service she provides. Very simple shifts in perception make a world of difference!!

Client C believes that he has no limiting beliefs around wealth and would like to create wealth. Upon further questioning about who is deserving of wealth it turns out that the client believes that the poor are well mannered and deserving of wealth whereas anyone who has amassed great wealth must be sneaky!!! Can you imagine why this client will never create massive wealth!!

Client D believes that his wife should have more sex with him and believes that his wife should be willing at anytime. Upon working with the client it transpires that he does not know what his wife needs in order to want to have sex with him. After working with several (out of the bedroom) techniques, client D now knows exactly what to do in order to get more sex and for his wife to want to have more sex and feels more empowered within the relationship.

After 40 years of working 12 hour days as a Senior Executive, Paul has finally quit and started his own gym

Lorraine made many small changes to increase passive income by 50%

Colin has now overcome his inability to sell himself

Caroline has learned how to communicate better with her family

Rebecca has learned the basic needs of her husband and feels in love again

Jacqui has increased her self-confidence 10 fold and after procrastinating for years now attends the gym every day!!

Leonard is now debt free and is saving for his first home

Irene had huge limiting beliefs around money. She has now smashed those beliefs and can start attracting financial abundance herself

Christine has more me time

Margaret has lost 23 kilos and is saving up for her first overseas trip

Using role play techniques, Martin can now speak publically

Susan now has a retirement plan which includes savings and share trading

Just as a personal fitness trainer has experience assisting people with many goals, so does a life coach have the ability to help anyone to achieve their goals.