A coach is a person who is an ally in your growth, part of your team, and pushing you to be your best.
A coach is a person who is an ally in your growth, part of your team, and pushing you to be your best.
When I was playing competitive tennis in school, I could count on my coach for many things. They would carefully observe all elements of my game – things they could see better as an outsider. They would help me assess what was going right and what was going wrong. They would push me to my limits and encourage me to step into discomfort in order to make me be a better player. I did the work. They walked with me and held me accountable.
Off the court, in professional or home life, I honor each ally as the expert in their life and work. You are coming to me as a whole, capable person with your own resources. From this base, as a coach, my responsibility is to:
– Confucius
Even the most successful people must stay nimble and constantly evolve in order to find continued success. The challenge is ensuring that the appropriate changes are made.
With every success that we enjoy, with every new skill that we master, with every new person that enters our life, with every cup of coffee that we share with an old friend, we are changed. And the landscape of our alignment is changed.
We are always building on person we were yesterday, creating someone who uses new tools to achieve even more.
More of what, you ask? That changes, too!
The key to growth and change is threefold.
Develop awareness of where you are and where you want to go. Create the map of your specific alignment and learn how to keep it up to date. This takes work, and understanding the limits of our own perspectives and the impact of those around us. Coaches provide an additional perspective.
Set the intention for each step in the new direction. Being deliberate and intentional about the steps to get to the new success will ensure that we are aligning with our path and staying true to that direction. Coaches help to identify the best path.
Get in motion. We won’t know if our steps get us where we want to go until we take that first one. Each small motion will help us refine our alignment as we learn more about how the change is playing out. Coaches can provide accountability for taking the first steps on the adventure.
Coaches help you to navigate through each of these elements. Although simple, none of the three elements are easy, nor are they done only once or even in order.
Realignment is a way of life.
Think about the success that you have enjoyed to date and how you got there. Envision a coach by your side challenging your perspectives and growing your awareness, drawing out clear intentions from your own ideas, and encouraging motion in the new direction.
● Look different?
● Arrive faster?
● Be more aligned with your values, skills, and strengths?
The answer to each of these questions is YES!
It can all start with a complimentary call to see whether an alliance can help you.
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