Reasons for Hiring a Coach

(Do I have to have a problem or be in trouble to have a coach?)

People do sometimes look for a coach when they have a problem. For example, a graduate student may not know how best to prioritize her study time, or an employee might be experiencing a communication challenge at work. Another person may just want assistance balancing all areas of his life. Still others need help with household management and clutter control. These are good reasons to hire a coach.

Another situation that occurs often is that a person who has never run a business before wants to start his or her own business. They aren't in trouble nor do they have a problem, but they would certainly benefit from having a coach as they begin their new business. Other business people have a sense that something isn't right or working in their business, and they may look to a coach for assistance and perspective.

Similarly, think about a person who's just completed graduate school or a post doc. They have accepted a tenure-track assistant professorship. This is the culmination of years of work, and it's a new beginning which asks them to handle a great many responsibilities which they've never had to do before and for which they usually weren't trained. In many respects, these new professors have a small business to start -- they have to learn to handle budgeting and finance issues, prioritize their precious time and the many duties and tasks facing them, learn to train, manage, and lead people, serve on committees and teams, write proposals and research results, develop talks, and learn new skills such as how to teach, motivate people, and manage people's perceptions of them. This can be daunting to anyone! Do these successful people need a coach? No, they can rely on friends and new colleagues and learn all these skills themselves over time. The cost is time, wear and tear, and often burnout, lots of struggle, and too often not obtaining tenure. Working with a coach, the professor learns to handle the job quicker, keeps the focus clearly on the appropriate goals and actions that will move them to tenure success, and assists with balance and designing a rewarding life.

If you somehow have the idea that only people with serious problems use a coach, think again! Most people come to coaching because their life is pretty good already, and they are looking for opportunities to improve on that.

Here are some reasons why other people have used a coach:

Make and Keep More Money
Start saving/investing 10-30% of income
Get a handle on spending, lifestyle, habits
Increase income by 20-200%
Handle debt, financial problems, crises
Stabilize cash flow

Get More Done in Less Time
Get focused on what you most want to have
Simplify your life, responsibilities, projects
Automate systems for peak efficiency
Permanently eliminate inventory of to-do's
Reduce the shoulds, coulds, oughts in life

Communicate Much More Effectively
Say everything I need to; nothing withheld
Motivate others better (by speaking in messages)
Respond better, in-the-moment (by hearing it all)
Be able to ask for more of what you want
Ask the right questions

Feel Better Physically & Emotionally
Get your home, office, car in perfect order
Recognize and eliminate any high, hidden "life costs"
Establish a reserve of time, space, money, and love
Redesign eating and lifestyle habits
Get personal needs met

Substantially Increase Quality of Life
Establish the perfect balance between home, work, play
Reach Personal Attainments (100 available)
Increase Personal Standards
Strengthen professional network/personal community
Have a whole lot more fun

Become Closer with Others
Attract and deepen relationships with quality people
Become more intimate with spouse and family
Learn to enjoy people more
Develop adult-adult relationships, nothing less
Know what you want for others

Eliminate the Hassles of Life
Stop suffering, tolerating, waiting, hoping
Stop having problems (really)
Calm down: Eliminate adrenaline, stress, rackets
Get complete with the past
Extend your boundaries

Get on a Path
Develop your spiritual side/connection
Discover your personal mission, purpose, vision
Reorient your life exclusively around True Values
Develop a stronger relationship with Self/God
Be internally peaceful

Have a Successful Small Business
Start a new business
Increase profitability by 20-500%
Increase sales by 50-1000%
Develop a strategic and action plan
Strengthen the internal management/systems

Corporate Work
Build cooperative culture of self-managing teams
Establish 5-20 year vision, mission, and strategies
Train non-sales staff to sell, too (and enjoy it)
Strategic repositioning in markets/industry
Double firm's sales volume and profitability

Professionals
Develop a full, successful practice
Develop a strong reputation, be known as a model
Manage clients better
Increase sales and profitability
Recognize and eliminate high, hidden delivery costs

Educators/Researchers
Develop a plan for publishing and other goals for tenure success
Clarify priorities
Manage time and resources effectively
Strengthen communication and management skills
Learn to develop strong proposals and handle budgeting

Coaches
Get trained and master the craft of coaching
Identify your niches and how to market to them
Develop a full, successful practice
Grow through resistance, blocks, the unknowns
Become certified
Develop a strong reputation, be known as a model

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