Wednesday, January 26, 2011

What is a Business Coach?

Here are a few words on coaching from Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

"You would never expect an athlete to reach the Olympic Games without a world class coach. Nor would you expect a professional football team to enter the stadium without a whole team of coaches- head coach, offensive coach, defensive coach, and special teams coach.  Well, today coaching has moved into the business and personal realm to include coaches who have succeeded- and who can help you traverse this same path or even one far greater.

Regardless of whether the program is designed to achieve a specific business goal- or whether it is specifically designed to help you simply gain more clarity and progress in all aspects of your personal and professional life, a coach can help you

- Determine your values, vision, mission, purpose, and goals
- Determine specific action steps to help you achieve your goals
- Help you sort through opportunites
- Keep you focused on your top priorities
- Achieve balance in your life while still accomplishing your business goals

As humans we tend to do only some of what we are required to do but virtually all of what we want to do.  A coach can help you discover what you truly want to do- and help you determine the steps and take the actions necessary to get there."

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