Seven Coaching MegaTrends Every Coach Should Be Aware Of

The coaching market is changing and it’s changing rapidly. There are a number of powerful trends sweeping through the market, and every coach should be aware of them. These are the Seven Coaching MegaTrends, and they are set to change the coaching market forever.

What in the World is Life Coaching?

A life coach offers a cogent description of a new, broad profession, coaching, that isn’t so easily summarized, but whose origins you’ll recognize in all the people who have ever helped you.

The level of public understanding of coaching, outside of people in a certain socio-demographic category, is still in its infancy. We are all so saturated with the language of psychoanalysis – it’s difficult to read a book or watch a movie that isn’t premised on this shared language – that we probably don’t consider there was once a time when practitioners were asked: “Now, you do what, exactly?”

Successful Implementation of Company Wide Coaching Programmes

Ten years ago I was fortunate enough to be heavily involved in the implementation of a company wide coaching programme, both as an employee who was to receive coaching but also as a manager and coach who was expected to regular coach my reports and my peers to enable them to achieve their objectives. I say, fortunate enough, because I found that when I was coached effectively I became really motivated and focused, and when I finally became a proficient coach, I again found it motivational in that I was able to support and enable my direct reports to achieve more.

We’re going on a bear hunt

“We’re going on a bear hunt”, is the title of a children’s’ story book; one which I have read and re-read on numerous occasions to my two 4 year old twin granddaughters. However, it’s only recently that we’ve actually reached the end of the book, consequently I’ve only just been able to appreciate the moral of the story.

Coaching and Emotional Intelligence

A substantial amount of research has shown that for people to be successful in business and their overall lives, emotional intelligence is more important than intellect (IQ). There is intelligence in emotions and intelligence can be brought to emotions. Measures of intelligence (abstract, verbal and numerical) are thought to remain largely unchanged from early childhood, however the measure of someone’s emotional intelligence – can be improved well into later life.

Achieve success with your coaching practice in 5 easy steps

One of the ultimate goals you seek to achieve with any project you undertake is to be successful; it is no different for a life coach who is setting up a coaching practice. Achieving their ultimate goal of success, success and success; this is what a coach is seeking with their practice.

10 things about Life Coaching

The use of life coaches is becoming more relevant in our busy lives as we wrestle with the many challenges life gives us. Many of life’s celebrities, such as athletes, film stars, politicians, company executives and professionals use Personal Life Coaches. If you decide to use a Personal Life Coach you’ll be among good company.

Becoming a Life Coach

With the ever increasing popularity of Life Coaches where more and more people are turning to them to look for more stability and organisation in the life. The upturn in demand for Life Coaches coupled with changes in attitudes to working patterns and a desire to become self employed people are also considering the option to train as a life coach as an alternative to the pressure laden environment of the corporate world and the day to day bind of office life.