Life Coaching Aspects

Business coaching and personal coaching address profoundly different areas of life yet interweave using similar methodologies to achieve successful results. Business coaching can take on two forms. The first being where an individual comes to a coach for advice on work-related issues, and secondly where a company employs a professional to coach its employees in-house:

Business coaching covers but is not limited to the following disciplines:

• Improving motivation
• Developing better leadership/management skills
• Managing relationships with work colleagues
• Identifying core competencies and interests
• Reviewing career path options
• Addressing work/life balance
• Improving interpersonal communication
• Developing better presentation skills
• Improving time management skills
• Managing stress
• Developing conflict resolution skills

Personal coaching sessions usually takes place on a one-to-one basis, although personal coaching workshops and group sessions are becoming more common place, particularly amongst more experienced coaches.

Personal coaching covers but is not limited to the following disciplines:

• Lifestyle change
• Increasing happiness
• Stress management
• Goal setting
• Career change
• Addiction recovery
• Fighting depression
• Interpersonal relationships

In addition to business coaching, many coaches offer an executive coaching service which is specifically targeted at executive level business men and women. Executive coaching has become extremely popular amongst executives struggling to manage a high profile career and sustain personal happiness at home and in their social lives. Executive coaching facilitates improvements for the individuals involved and the companies that employ them. Through thoughtful, provocative coaching, individuals will become happier and more confident, learning to manage their workload and schedule more efficiently.

In the modern era the work-life balance has been considerably disrupted by intense work schedules. We spend more time at work than anywhere else and being able to switch off when we get home to engage with family and friends, and to achieve optimum performance in the workplace is a constant uphill struggle. This is where life coaching acts as a vital support mechanism, helping to avoid potential negative reactions to stress, unhappiness, fear, anxiety, anger and low self esteem.