Frequently Asked Questions

No. On the contrary, coaching gets results fast. And one of my great (and, I’m pleased to say, regular) delights in coaching is clients seeing results sooner than expected.

My longer coaching programs can run for anything up to 12 weeks in order to progress big goals. But clients see results every step of the way: from the outset; throughout; and long after we have finished working together.

Yes, coaching is worth the investment — assuming you and your coach have set the right goals and that you’re prepared to work hard at them.

Although we may not often think or feel it, we’re constantly spending time, money and effort to progress and advance, often adopting ad hoc and unchanging strategies along the way — and with minimal care or thought.

Coaching will marshal those investments, aligning them and you with your highest values, getting you to your goals faster and achieving a bigger version of the result.

Yes, coaching does work; but like everything, it has its limits. Coaching is not a panacea: powerful, yes; but the answer to everything, no.

So, what are those limits? Well, perhaps I can ask: when you’re at your most energised, motivated, liberated and inspired, what’re the limits to what you might achieve?

A final caveat: the client has to want this. The essence of coaching is drawing-out solutions from a high-performing mind. If that mind doesn’t want to cooperate, coaching won’t work.

In your first coaching session I will talk you through the coaching process and will give you the opportunity to raise any questions that you may have.

We then spend the majority of the session working towards the definition of your primary goals. By putting time and focus into your goals upfront, we ensure that the coaching process is solution focussed and that you have a motivating force to work towards.

Coaching is about forward momentum and helping people to achieve their goals. The focus of coaching is on creating and maintaining motivation for change; exploring and overcoming obstacles; and taking action to reach goals.

Counselling is about the present and the past, with a focus on helping people to address and resolve deeper emotional issues.

Clarity, fulfilment and results. Coaching is about improving the results an individual is creating. And about providing an important counterbalance to the many pressures we put upon ourselves: whatever our level.

With the support of a coach, we make clearer judgements, learn more from experiences, make better choices, act more decisively and take more effective and purposeful action. We begin to focus on what’s really of importance to us; and to shape what we do to align with those values.

Personal life coaching is the process of facilitating positive change in order to maximise personal potential. We focus on where you are now, where you want to be and what you will do to get there, rather than on analysing the past. By setting goals and developing strategies, coaching will help you to define solutions and to take the committed action required to reach your goals.