What makes a good a Life Coach?

Individuals cope with challenges in their life in very different ways. However, failing to deal effectively with these challenges can lead to:

• Stress
• Loss of Confidence
• Low Self Esteem

It is important to take control of your life, reacting proactively to challenges, in order to achieve success.

Life Coach, like those at Likemindid, can help you overcome your challenges and give you the competitive edge in a range of situations and scenarios.

How can a Life Coach help me?

A Life Coach can support you with challenges faced in:

• Relationships
• Health
• Retirement
• Stress
• Redundancy
• Motivation

What does Likemindid offer?

Likemindid takes a different approach to coaching. Our approach goes beyond office-based tuition and coaching, utilising the urban environment to help you overcome obstacles and achieve your goals. Our consultancy service is entirely bespoke; we will respond to your feedback and shape your journey in line with your requirements

Our overall aim is to empower you to be successful.

What should a Life Coach do for you?

You should feel relaxed with a Life Coach. You should be able to lower your defences, and feel open to discussing challenges you are facing within your Life. All coaching sessions are entirely confidential.

Likemindid coaches will work with you to analyse the challenges you face, and will coach you to identify and use your strengths to achieve your full potential. Likemindid Life Coaches are qualified Chartered Psychologists. As such, you can trust in our professionalism and be confident that our results-oriented approach has undergone a rigorous testing phase. You will be able to meet the coach before committing to any coaching, to ensure they are a good match for you and your goals.

What approaches does a Life Coach Use?
Likemindid Life Coaches may utilise one of several models to support the client. One of the most common models we use is the GROW model. The GROW acronym stands for:

G= Define the ‘Goal’

R=Explore the current ‘Reality’

O=Decide on ‘Opportunities’

W=Examine ‘What happens next’

Likemindid models are used in combination with a wide array of psychological and coaching tools, to ensure that our bespoke coaching represents the best fit for our clients.

Read more about Likemindid and our success stories on our website:

www.likemindid.com

www.likemindid.com

Deciding to use a Career Coach

The average person spends 70980 hours at work in a lifetime. Yet many people do not enjoy their careers. This can cause individuals to be:

• Stressed
• Frustrated
• Unchallenged
• Bored
• Complacent

70980 hours is a long time to feel dissatisfied. However, many people do not recognise how to effectively take control of their careers and maximise their potential and enjoyment. Likemindid Career Coaches can help you achieve your full potential by using a combination of traditional, psychological and creative coaching techniques.

Contact Likemindid for further information.

www.likemindid.com

Where a Career Coach can give you the edge

• Problems in deciding your career path
• Not fulfilled by your current role
• Want a career that matches your values
• Want advice on how to get ahead
• Need to know how to land your perfect job

Approach of a Career Coach at Likemindid

Likemindid Career Coaches believes in combining office based coaching and training with real-world applications in the urban environment.  Career Coaching is based on a two-way relationship, offering an open yet confidential environment in client and coach can work together.

Likemindid Career Coaches are Chartered professionals, and use their expertise to combine creative techniques with traditional methodologies and formulate effective coaching models.

Read more about our success stories on the Likemindid website:

www.likemindid.com

These success stories show how the combination of Creative and Traditional Coaching Techniques can really work.

Team Coaching

Problem

A high performing team can be the key to a success of any organisation. One client was concerned about that his team was growing in size and becoming less cohesive. He wanted to facilitate the opportunity to bond with the team, but was unsure how to approach this.

Creative Coaching Technique

One of the creative coaching techniques used was based on the familiar format for the Dragon’s Den television show. The team was divided into groups who were asked to develop the concept for an entrepreneurial product that could in some way improve their performance as a team. Each team was then asked to present a sales pitch to a panel to convince them to invest.

The session was an overwhelming success, tackling the problem head on and with good humour. So successful was it, in fact, that the winning product was actually implemented back in the workplace.

Feedback

The team commented that the approach of the team coach, who used a familiar yet creative format to encourage interaction amongst team members, had successfully facilitated team interaction and bonding, and promoted a healthy and friendly, yet competitive, approach towards the achievement of team targets.

Career Coaching

Problem

Oliver was feeling dissatisfied with his job. Although he was well paid, he felt the role was unfulfilling. Ultimately, Oliver wanted to find a more fulfilling role, but did not want to compromise his salary and lifestyle.

Creative Coaching Technique

A coach worked with Oliver to brainstorm key values with a Career Coach, and as a result, we identified that he wanted to be involved with teaching and developing people. One of the creative coaching ideas agreed was for Oliver to volunteer at a local youth scheme. This provided a different environment, outside of work, in which he could use his knowledge to help develop others. Although uncertain at first, Oliver loved the opportunity to contribute effectively in this situation and was able to see how he could have a positive influence on those around him. Ultimately, he has been able to apply this positive and proactive attitude in his work.

Feedback

‘With the support of a Career Coach I was able to identify what my career goals were and how I could achieve them. I have now moved into an organisation that offers business and financial training to small to medium sized enterprises. It is great and I am still volunteering at my local youth scheme. I feel happy that I am using my knowledge to help develop others. But at the same time have not had to give up the quality of life that I and my family have enjoyed’.

Life Coaching

Problem

Jane had rather low self-esteem and was shy when meeting new people. However, she had just relocated to a new area and wanted to make new friends. A coach worked with Jane to apply creative techniques to empower her to achieve these goals.

Creative Coaching Technique

Creative interventions were used by the Life Coaches to increase Jane’s social confidence and enable her to meet new people. Jane enjoys dancing and agreed to go along to a salsa group. Attendance at this group involved dance lessons and the opportunity to dance with other members afterwards in a relaxed setting.

After gradually increasing her involvement in the Salsa class, Jane was able to integrate with the group, becoming more confident and meeting more people.

Feedback

Jane made great progress, and it was amazing to see how, as the lessons went on, she held herself in a different way and talked with more self-confidence.

‘I am really pleased the difference a Life Coach made they provided me with the skills, techniques and opportunities to rebuild my confidence and I have made a whole new group of friends through my salsa class.’

Contact Nicola at Likemindid to find out more

www.likemindid.com

Reference

www.dragonsden.co.uk