Monday, December 19, 2005

Life Coaching to Change Careers

Having a life coach when you are thinking about making a career change is extemely beneficial. A good life coach will walk you through the decision making process, help you see options and consequences of specific choices and help you determine which direction you should take. They won't make any decisions for you, but will help you through the process and perhaps any fear which might be holding you back.

If you are considering making any big life changes, think about hiring a life coach. It will be well worth the investment.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Reasons to Hire a Life Coach

News Released: December 15, 2005

New Internet Survey Reveals, "70% of a life coach's clients need help with their confidence and self-esteem"

(PRLEAP.COM) Life coaching is one of the fastest growing industries on both sides of the Atlantic but what are the main reasons why somebody would employ a life coach?

In a recent survey conducted by www.lifecoachingstudio.com, the life coaches that replied proclaimed that the number one reason why people employed them was to help them with their confidence and self-esteem.

Of the 433 respondents in the survey, 41% advised that confidence building was the main reason.

Here are the top 5 reasons from the survey:

1. Confidence Building 41%
2. Direction/Purpose/Goals 20%
3. Career 11%
4. Communication Skills 10%
5. Spirituality 6%

With lack of self-esteem and confidence being the main reason why someone would go to a life coach, is life coaching just another form of counselling?

Sean McPheat, leading life coach and mentor comments that, "Life coaching is very different from counselling. It focuses on the here and now rather than looking into any deep meanings of the "why". The survey demonstrates that society places a lot of pressure on everyone to be assertive and confident if they want to succeed and more and more people would rather go to a life coach than a counsellor because they do not want to look back and dig up the past, instead they want to look forward."

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Client Relationships

One important thing to do as a life coach is to maintain relationships with your clients. A good way to do that during the holidays is to send a personalized holiday card. Just remind your clients that they are important to you -- without them you wouldn't be able to be a life coach.

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Through the year you may want to send reminder cards, or special offers including your business card, so your client can pass on your card to people they know. Word of mouth advertising is vital for life coaching.

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