Hello Lovely Lady,
Choosing a coach for you and your business is an important process. I am going to give you some pointer to help you with this process, and will share some insight to why choosing someone who is the right fit is key.
Before I go into the nine points, understanding what a coach does and knowing if you need a coach is your first step before proceeding.
A coach is someone who is going to guide you on a processes or journey to help you to successfully achieve your goals, dreams and desires.
The role of a coach is to support you along the way with tools, techniques, knowledge, wisdom and encouragement and the right form of energy that is needed to keep you focused and on track; mentally, emotionally, and physically.
You also do need to know, as I prefer to be honest with you, that a coach is not someone who is going to fix or save you and do the work for you.
A true coach will teach you “the how”, and show you the best way forward for “you”, and then support you in taking self-responsible aligned action steps forward, whilst guiding you along the way.
Working with a coach that’s the right fit for you and an energetic match, can be extremely empowering. An aligned coach will ultimately help you achieve your goals a lot faster than you would on your own.
If you are feeling stuck or blocked, need direction and feel you need support or if you wish to upgrade your life or business or both in some way, a coach will be a great asset to you.
Here are nine points that I think are important to factor in when choosing the right coach for you and/or your business, which I shall outline for you now.
The coach you choose should be a good role model and positive influence on you and others. An aligned coach will make you feel good about yourself, and be a source of inspiration, upliftment and motivation.
A coach should never promote fear in you or make you feel bad about who you are, where you are, your personal goals or judge you in any way or form.
It’s so important that you feel a connection with the coach that you’re going to be working with and resonate with their personality, character, energy, and coaching style.
Having similar morals, values, and attitude towards life that you do, and you both feel that you are the perfect fit and a good energetic match to work together to achieve your goals.
Generally, a coach will offer you a complimentary call of some kind, such as a compatibility, clarity, or discovery call, to chat about things first before you enrol in their program, which is crucial, to ensure the client/coach fit is good.
If the fit is right, that’s wonderful. If not, they will serve you best by referring you to an alternative option that may better suit you and your needs.
Your coach has experience in what you need. They solve the problem you may have, and they offer the transformation or results you desire. Basically, you need what they do and have to offer.
(Click here to read another blog article that may interest you “Choosing a Personal Development program that’s right for you”.)
Ideally you want to choose someone who has achieved success with others in this area. Reading through their reviews or testimonials can give you a good feeling for the kinds of results their other clients have achieved.
You may also want to work with someone who has personally achieve success in their own life in this area and have a firsthand experience.
This is extremely important, there has to be a high level of trust that goes both ways, when it comes to working with a coach. If you follow quite a few of these points you will be on the right track, however a priority for this point is firstly to trust yourself.
If something feels right about someone you are considering working with, its right and if something feels off, again, trust yourself, it’s probably off. This doesn’t necessarily mean they are not trustworthy per say, you may just feel “off” as its not the right fit or energetic match to work together.
A great coach will most definitely teach you “the how” but they shall acknowledge your temperament, personality and how you operate at your best. They will help you to pull out your strengths and talents and show you how to use these in the best way and form for you to self-actualise.
A sound coach will not tell you to change who you are or be something you are not and push you to go against your true self.
You want a coach who brings out the best in you and helps you to open up to your unique power and potential and to be the best you can be in a way that feels easy and right for you.
A coach will generally have a set of tools and techniques that are going to help you to get the results that you desire. They shall share and teach these to you so that you can integrate them into your life and business and use them at any time, setting you up for success.
The coach you work with should always want you to win and always has your best interest at heart. They are transparent and honest with you in the way they help you achieve your goals, and you get a genuine feeling of this.
Quick note, I say second biggest cheerleader, as a great coach will teach you to be your first and biggest cheerleader.
Another point you may not have considered when choosing a coach is the model in which the coaching takes place. Is the model a good fit for your personality and the way you prefer to work and learn?
If you prefer a more personalised experience, private coaching is going to be your priority choice. If you enjoy a group coaching experience, then a community based option is your ideal match. Or if you prefer to work through things alone, in your own time and space, a self-study option is the perfect fit for you.
This one is a personal preference of mine as I know how important it is to work on your mindset to shift, upgrade, up level or move forward in anyway or form.
I believe an emphasis on mindset work is extremely important. I feel that an understanding of how the mind works and having some form of experience or training working with mindset tools and techniques to help you cultivate a healthy mindset that is in alignment with the results you wish to achieve will serve you best.
As you read through these did some points resonated with you more than others? I suggest making a mental note of these points when choosing a coach for you and your business, as these shall be some of the priority boxes for you to tick.
I am sure you can see now it’s not about how many followers or likes a coach has, it’s a lot deeper than this when it comes to choosing the right coach for you.
When it’s the right fit and energetic match and there is trust and compatibility you can achieve results so much faster. You will be moving forward in your path of least resistance, and this is when you can successfully achieve your goals.
On a final note, always remember, Alignment is key.
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Love, Debra
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