What's coaching?

Coaching is a process for getting the results you desire. By helping you make a slight shift in your perception, coaching can guide you to your innate greatness. Specifically, 24hourcoach.com is an online and phone executive coaching service that is available to you whenever you need it.

You’re at “A” and you want to get to “B”. There are a lot of different paths to get you there, and it is possible that you can get there on your own, but it’s more likely you’ll get there with some help. You may already have the perfect solution inside you; you just need some help to pull it out…

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as:

“Coaching is an ongoing relationship between the professional coach and the client, which focuses on the client taking action toward the realization of their vision, goals, or desires. Coaching uses a process of inquiry and personal discovery to build the client’s level of awareness and responsibility and provides the client with structure, support and feedback.”

The following parable from the Power of Now, by Eckert Tolle sums up nicely the power within each of us.

“A beggar had been sitting by the side of the road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. “Spare some change?” mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his baseball cap. “I have nothing to give you,” said the stranger. Then he asked: “What’s that you are sitting on?” “Nothing replied the beggar. “Just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember.” “Ever looked inside?” asked the stranger. “No,” said the beggar. “What’s the point?” There’s nothing in there.” “Have a look inside,” insisted the stranger. The beggar managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold.

I am that stranger who has nothing to give you and who is telling you to look inside. Not inside any box, as in the parable, but somewhere even closer: inside yourself.”

Coaching Benefits

There are numerous benefits that result from coaching. For many of you, the outcome of coaching will be that you arrive at a different place than you ever would have, without a coach. It’s kind of like having your own personal motivational trainer and helpful business psychologist at your disposal.

Rosamund Zander, a successful psychologist consultant and her husband Benjamin Zander the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra capture perfectly the opportunities available to each of us in their best-selling book, The Art of Possibility. Here is a passage from the book.

“…Many of the circumstances that seem to block us in our daily lives may only appear to do so based on a framework of assumptions we carry with us. Draw a different frame around the same set of circumstances and new pathways come into view. Find the right framework and extraordinary accomplishment becomes an everyday experience.”

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) states the following benefits of coaching:

“Individuals who engage in a coaching relationship can expect to experience fresh perspectives on personal challenges and opportunities, enhanced thinking and decision making skills, enhanced interpersonal effectiveness, and increased confidence in carrying out their chosen work and life roles. Consistent with a commitment to enhancing their personal effectiveness, they can also expect to see appreciable results in the areas of productivity, personal satisfaction with life and work, and the achievement of personally relevant goals.”

As a client of 24hourcoach you will:

• Gain a new perspective
• Accomplish your goals faster
• Take a new approach to problem solving
• Eliminate limiting beliefs
• Learn more about yourself
• Produce higher quality work
• Develop realistic action plans
• Improve continuously
• Benefit from confidential anonymous support
• Be more successful and get greater results

You will get as much out of it as you put in to it. The coaching process will make you think in a new way. It’s a powerful tool that once discovered, you will use again and again.