Abstract:
Life coaching is an art of triggering such derives which resides inside the individuals; through which once can attain his goals by utilizing the best-devised strategies. Many researchers have studied the concept of Life Coaching and have seen very fruitful results of it while conducting their studies. In the light of those researches, we have concluded that the life coaching can help our youth out to know about their true potential, to be focused enough on their goals and to be productive enough for the societies they live in. In short, this document will help one to analyze the significance of the life coaching and our life goals which we want to achieve through the art of life coaching.
Introduction:
Life coaching emerged in the
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The idea of life coaching was coined in 1990 when it emerged as a new way of coaching the individuals. The idea got quite diverse feedbacks from various think-tanks, i.e. some appreciated it, few criticized it and some of the think-tanks believed that the cure from this way of guidance is slow, but that can definitely work out (Kanas, Morrow, & Irvin, 2010).
With the passage of time, the idea prevailed and many of the coaching institutes started practicing the life coaching techniques, which resulted in opening up of 16000 life coaching centers in North America and almost 50,000 life coaching centers around the globe (ICF, 2012). Moreover, ICF also reported that the revenue generated from these institutes is $707 million in North America and $1.9 billion on the global basis (ICF, 2015).Hudson (1999) explained the life coaching as
“A person who facilitates experiential learning that results in future-oriented abilities. A coach refers to a person who is a trusted role model, adviser, wise person, friend, mensch, steward, or guide a person who works with emerging human and organizational forces to tap new energy and purpose, to shape new vision and plans, and to generate desired results. A coach is someone trained in and devoted to guiding others into increased competence, commitment, and confidence”, (Hudson,
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While studying about the historic leaders who, with the help of some extra ordinary skills (including the presence of mind, keeping the morale high and devising the significant strategies for getting the goals) contributed a lot for the nation, I felt that I too have the traits to compete with the modern challenges and contribute to my nation with the best of the abilities I have. Even while participating in the co-curricular activities, I noticed that I have the leadership skills and the ability to make the strategies to attain the goals, but sometimes, I failed to get the goals which triggered in my mind that there are few lacks which are becoming the
This constitutes the single largest barrier to successful coaching. Common barriers to
Coaches should have an arrangement of fundamental abilities that they depend on to produce a positive outcome. Definition of a coach from the American Heritage Dictionary, Third Edition (page 167) One who trains or directs an individual or team, to train or instruct teach a team. The goal behind coaching is to exhibit the ability to get the most out of everyone on the team. It should be a goal to bring out the greatest potential from every team member. It’s insane how many players do not even know their true potential. Successful coaches assess these individuals and the team to advance them to the next level of sports. "The Little Book of Coaching, Motivating People to be Winners" by Ken Blanchard and Don Shula (2001) gives a great acronym of the word C-O-A-C-H. The acronym breaks down as follows: Conviction Driven: never compromise your beliefs-Overlearning: practice until it is perfect-Audible-Ready: know when to change-Consistency: respond predictably to performance-Honesty-Based: walk your talk. This acronym should remind you of your job as a coach. A good coach
Personal coaching as defined by Biswas – Diener (2009) is a professional relationship in which coaches work with clients to facilitate experiential learning and improve functioning and performance, of in the context of working toward specific goals. Some core assumptions that people have an innate capacity to grow and develop a focus on mutually agreed upon goals, and an understanding that the relationship is relatively equal and collaborative as stated by the author (2009). Some techniques that are in seen during a coaching process include but are not limited to the following list as provided by the author: active listening, the use of powerful questions which are based on broad and open-ended to raise awareness of the client to take stock of their values and resources, cognitive tools are used to reframe negative interpretations, use different types of encouragement tools, and that clients are held accountable (2009). The topics that will be discussed in this paper include what skills do I current have, which skills need to be develop, my comfort level and effectiveness, coaching approaches (including methods and tools), any challenges about coaching and finally how coaching relates to my professional career.
The article opens up with an explanation as to what the method of coaching is. According to Holland, “life coaching”, as it is called, is considered to be a variant of typical counseling. Coaching is in its early stages (as of 2007), yet it is used in developments and processes that are designed to help individuals with aphasia live their lives to the fullest and improve their quality of life. The work of Goldsmith (an earlier mentioned practitioner) is the author’s main interest. Goldsmith’s approach involves what one may call a “Buddhist” way of thinking; meaning change is seen as a positive thing. Speech-language pathologists place their trust in their client’s ability to take on new skills, arrange their new language capabilities, and acquire new problem-solving tactics.
The author shows how coaching differs from counseling. To start with, Collins supposes that counseling focuses on negative psychology that includes dealing with conflicts, spiritual struggles, and emotional matters like depression, while coaching focuses on improving team-building and performance, career growth and finding fulfillment (2009). According Collins, counseling fixes what is wrong, while coaching enables individuals to reach their goals. Coaching is centered on the present and future likelihood, getting unstuck and attaining the set goals, while counseling is centered on causes of the problems that are as a result of the past, and attaining healing and stability.
Contrary to popular belief, life coaching isn't therapy. Instead, a life coach is someone who provides encouragement and tips to help you achieve your goals. You can think of life coaches as a combination of a supportive cheerleader and a wise old friend you turn to for advice. By investing in life coaching, you can be part of a team that's focused on improving your life.
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Lennard (2010) reminds us that the models merely provide an outline, a structure, and a direction. She also emphasizes the models are used to facilitate a method of exploration which is extremely important for client self-awareness and continual development. Coaching is centered on unlocking a person’s potential to maximize his or her own performance. Focusing on improving performance and developing skills is essential for an effective coaching outcome (Fielden, 2005). The use of a model can lead to greater insight and understanding by simplifying and clarifying this process.
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The true purpose of coaching is to facilitate a behavioral change through a client’s self-awareness and discovery. The Rogerian approach aligns particularly well with this purpose by allowing the coaching process, itself, to lead the client in discovering his or her own solutions. Self-awareness is achieved through empowerment in this approach. The coach, in this instance, empowers the client to recognize their own capabilities and potentiality.
I wanted to start telling the story of our experience by sharing the feelings I brought into this exercise. A few years ago I underwent an experience of coaching through several sessions that left me this taste in the mouth that the coaching as a tool to develop others is not very effective. I have not taken the time to deeply analyze what went wrong but in general if I had to choose to do it again I think I would choose another methodology to foster change. Its objective in general is to assist in building behavioral skills, but in my opinion to really look for a long lasting change you need to give a deeper understanding to the lack of a certain skills, strongly reflect on the variables linked to it as could be the emotions, values and motivations that conduce you towards a behavior different that that one desired. Personally, I enjoy seeking information that allows me to jump beyond the facts, and staying on the behavioral side of the reality limits my passion for inspiration and insight.
Immigration Immigration has been around since before the United States. In fact, if it were not for immigration, the United States would not be what it is today. Immigration is what makes the United States unique and diverse. The first to immigrate here were the Native Americans, which came from Asia. After came people from Great Britain, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, China, and many other countries that populate the United States.
Coaching is quickly becoming a new profession outside of the team sports arena. Executive coaching is considered a popular intervention for organizations interested in developing their employees. To further enhance the development of executives, businesses and business schools are utilizing executive coaching (Gehlert, Ressler, Anderson, & Swanson, 2013). Almost 60% of major US companies are using executive coaches for employee development (Newsom & Dent, 2010). Executive coaches assist in identifying specific goals and provides the client with the tools, perspective, and the structure to accomplish those goals. While executive coaching is similar to consulting, con...
What do people have to do to become a teacher , coach or both? Let me take you back in time. Back then the learned men of ancient times, by default became the teachers. Priests and prophets taught children of the wealthy and noble, the skills to take up their roles as leaders and businessmen. So in other words, people who had knowledge they passed it down. After that knowledge being passed down those people would tell someone else and so on. Back then people with power like priests and king , told people things and people trusted them and of course they listened to them.
The word coach in a dictionary means a process that enables learning and development to occur and thus performance to improve. This means, being successful requires a knowledge and understanding of the process as well as the variety of styles, skills, and techniques that are appropriate to the context in which the coaching takes place. Next is mentoring, which means off-line help by one person to another in making significant transitions in knowledge, work or thinking. Both are very efficient whenever you’re dealing with student-athletes. However, mentoring, particularly in its traditional sense, enables an individual to follow in the path of an older and wiser colleague who can pass on knowledge, experience and open doors to otherwise out-of-reach opportunities. Coaching, on the other hand, is not generally performed on the basis that the coach has direct experience of their client’s formal occupational role unless the coaching is specific and skills focused. Given that shows there are professionals offering their services under the name of mentoring who have no direct experience of their clients’ roles and others offering services under the name of coaching who do. In other words, it is essential to determine what needs are productive, and to ensure that the coach or mentor can supply their student-athletes with the level of service that is required; whatever that service is