Coaching and You in 2022
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“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.”
—- Rainer Maria Rilke
Happy New Year!
2022 is here and hopefully bringing much love, good health, kindness and purpose in all we do. With that in mind and a new beginning, what are you doing differently this year in order to be happier and more content?
Many people wonder if or why they should hire a coach and how beneficial it would be to their everyday lives. Most of the world’s top-performing and most successful people have coaches. So, why can’t you? Coaching has always been viewed as a process with a powerful and positive impact on wellness, confidence, work and personal performance - potentially improving and transforming one’s outlook and life overall. Coaching is not only for the “rich and famous” and in the last few years has become more accessible to all, junior, mid-level managers, and simply to anyone wanting to better themselves.
According to Whitmore’s definition “coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.” The idea that we can be eternal learners, grow, be happier and more content with our choices is a key element of the coaching process.
A new year has begun, and it is often a time of reflection, change and renewal. It is a time of the year where a lot of people make new goals and resolutions. As you plan your 2022, what are your goals? Your purpose? Your aspirations? And how are you planning to get there?
Hiring a coach as one of your goals may significantly impact your life and how 2022 turns out for you.
On the personal development level, here are some of the benefits of coaching:
1. Help you reflect and find your direction
Coaching can help you reflect and figure out your true purpose and values. Getting a coach will help you reflect on where you are, your aspirations and then better create a plan forward. Coaching also allows you to discover and listen to your inner voice, which many of us tend to push down more often than we should.
2. Help you set better goals
According to Ayesha Dornelly in the article “10 reasons why you need to hire a coach”, hiring a coach will help you work out what you want and need in life, helping you to be more clear and focus on your specific goals. With the right coaching process, a professional coach will help you clarify your goals and ensure that you are better equipped to get to where you want to go.
3. Improve self-belief and happiness
Coaching helps you to develop a more optimistic view of yourself and the world around you, to be kinder to yourself and to discover more confidence in yourself.
A coach can help you further reflect on your inner being, helping you discover what your strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement are, helping you truly understand yourself. Hiring a coach will help you become the best version of yourself as you strive to achieve your goals. Hiring a coach also helps unlock your potential and maximize it for your performance. These will therefore help you increase fulfillment and happiness.
On an organizational level, how can coaching help?
1. Empower individuals
Coaching will help individuals to feel more empowered and bring their authentic self to work and their organizations. People will be more open to conversations, discussing true aspirations and challenges
2. Improve employee engagement and performance
According to Thomas Leonard, coaching encourages positive communication amongst all the stakeholders in the organization. Coaching encourages each employee to be more productive, engaged, and satisfied with their jobs. Hiring a coach will help each employee to experience growth and improve performance. According to Francois Coetzee’s research, employee’s performance increases by 17% after receiving executive coaching.
3. Skill development and improvement with time management
Targeted coaching sessions in specific topics can provide additional support too, as in a 1:1 training/coaching approach improving presentation skills, public speaking skills, management skills, performance conversations and so forth. Hiring a coach will also help each employee become more productive by teaching them how to set priorities to better manage their time and tasks.
Hiring a coach, whether it is for life, business coaching or executive coaching, is transformational. It leads individuals to find a better version of themselves. At FELIZ Consulting we have a holistic approach to coaching and to the clients’ needs - corporations or individuals.
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References:
1. Marie, M. Why you should consider hiring a coach. https://www.muriellemarie.com/blog/why-you-should-consider-hiring-a-life-coach
2. Benefits of Coaching. Institute of Coaching, Mclean Hospital. https://instituteofcoaching.org/coaching-overview/coaching-benefits
3. Coetzee, F. (2018).The statistics of Coaching. https://nlpwithpurpose.com/blog/coaching-statistics/
4. Dornelly, A. (2017). 10 reasons why you need to hire a coach. https://www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk/memberarticles/10-reasons-why-you-need-to-hire-a-coach
5. Leonard, T. Top 10 reasons to hire a coach. https://www.mindbridgetraining.com/articles/reasons-to-hire-a-coach/
6. Life Coach Hong Kong: How Getting a Life Coach in Hong Kong Can Help You (2020). https://www.felizconsulting.com/feliz-blog/how-getting-a-life-coach-in-hong-kong-can-help-you
Whitmore, J. (2009). Coaching for Performance (4th ed.). London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing.