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In This Issue...
A Message from Phyllis
Upcoming Appearances
Feature Article: PROMOTING SUCCESS FROM THE INSIDE OUT
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Message from Phyllis
Dear Readers,
I hope you are enjoying the official start of summer and planning some special time for yourself. I have been having a wonderful time celebrating my special birthday, which is this week. Friends have sent me wonderful presents. I’ve received flowers, a plaque that reads “Do not go where the path may lead- Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” by Emerson and a few wonderful books. As I received these presents I thought of a book I recently read entitled “The Present” by Spencer Johnson. He is the author of “Who moved my Cheese?”. This little book is quite a gem. It shares the secret to enjoying your work and life, Now!! This inspirational story is not only about being in “The Present”, but also about learning from the past and planning for the future. It’s about enjoying today!
So, as I celebrate my birthday, I can reflect on the past and plan for the future but the gift I am giving myself is to be in “the present”. To focus on what is important right now. As a coach I certainly believe in creating a plan and being passionate about what we do. I also know that it’s about being in The Present that makes us happy and enjoying life. So, have a wonderful month and enjoy the present!!
Warm Regards,
Phyllis
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Upcoming
Appearances
CoachU Speakers SIG 7/19/06
"Want more clients? Start Talking!" How to get business from presentations.
The Law Center- Date TBA
New Brunswick, NJ
"How to get all the clients you want in record time"
Private Law Firm 7/20/06
"Market you Must" for lawyers
National Speakers Association Convention
7/21-7/26/06
Orlando, FL I'm an attendee and would love to say "hi".
Meet me for coffee if you attend.
Adath Jeshrun
9/17/06
Elkins Park, Pa.
"How to get what you really want in record time!"
Beth El Sisterhood
9/25//06
Yardley, Pa.
"How to clear the clutter in your life"
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This
Month's article
So many managers, executives, and lawyers in my programs want to use more coaching skills in the workplace. Therfore, I thought the following article would be useful. I wrote this article which was published in Professional Speaker magazine in May. For this newsletter, I am dividing the article into two parts. The second part will appear next month. Both parts address how coaching may be used as a tool to achieve personal and professional goals.
PROMOTING SUCCESS FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Coaching is the fastest growing motivational approach worldwide for achieving personal and professional success. Coaching is quickly becoming the leading tool that successful people use to live extraordinary lives.
According to the Harvard Business Review, annual spending on coaching in the United States is estimated at roughly $1 billion. Why? Consider this.
Margaret is a high-level executive at an international company and she is used to keeping a rigorous pace: Up at dawn to exercise, extensive travel for work, door always open to her staff. She had no time for herself or her own daily work-related tasks. She was always canceling meetings and was rarely on time. In addition, she spent almost no time on the things she enjoyed outside of work, including being with her husband. She was overwhelmed and her company knew it. They hired a coach to work with her.
Three months later, Margaret now spends more time with her husband. They exercise together every evening and have planned dates to look forward to. She keeps her office door closed for several hours a day so she can complete tasks. She even finished this year’s performance reviews early for the first time ever. She no longer cancels meetings. Instead she models the personal organization, punctuality and caring she wants her managers to show their staff. She feels happier, more optimistic and more in control. She has earned a raise and a promotion, and has planned the vacation to Hawaii she has always dreamed about.
What could be so powerful to change a person’s entire life in such a short period of time? Ask Margaret and she says: "My coach has taught me that I have thus far have contributed to a recent promotion, an improved home life and unbelievable sense of new found control. I am not only motivated to be better, I am better — everyday. My time with my coach is my favorite part of the week!"
Creating a Forum to Develop Goals
The coaching relationship is a unique one. Coaches and clients should be a good fit, because the coach becomes the client’s confidante, partner, buddy, cheerleader, and the facilitator of the client’s dreams and goals. Building trust quickly — within the first few sessions — is important if the relationship is to succeed.
The ongoing coaching conversation —usually conducted in weekly one-on-one sessions over the telephone — is about what the client really wants. Not what he or she “should” want but what he or she “really” wants. It is so easy to get caught up in day-to-day obligations and responsibilities that months and years go by before people look back and say, “Where did the time go?” Coaching works because people rarely make time to think about what they really want, much less how to get it. How often do you take an hour to think about your personal or professional goals? A coach gives clients time to think, to dream, to plan. For many coaching clients, it is the only hour of the week in which they can indulge in this thinking time.
Most clients hire coaches to accomplish specific goals, and much of the time is focused on these objectives. Yet, with coaching, many clients discover new parts of themselves, and find they can adjust their goals to be more in line with who they really are. For entrepreneurs and small business owners, a coach is especially valuable. As someone who is not part of the client’s business or family, a coach is an objective sounding board. A coach is someone who can help move business or projects forward. With coaching, the time is “now” to complete that project and the time is “now” to create the life or business you really want.
Starting at the End
Once you have identified your needs, you will want to design a The typical coaching conversation starts with “the end in mind” and begins by looking at what the client ideally wants life to look like. Some clients can easily describe their ideal life, for others simple exercises like visualizing a movie of their life in the future helps crystallize the vision. The coach then re-winds the film and works with the client to change things today so that tomorrow is what they want it to be.
Early in the conversation a coach talks to clients about values. Gaining clarity on values enables more meaningful choices and consistent action. What do clients really value? Often, it is family, health and spirituality. A look at clients’ calendars reveals that work is what they value most. It must be, because that’s how they spend most of their time. There usually isn’t enough time scheduled for family, exercise, and worship. They are so busy “doing” what they always do that they don’t have time to “be” the person they want to be. This exercise alone is often a wake-up call that it is time to make some changes.
For example, clients often say they don’t have time to play tennis or do photography or any of the other things that give them energy and joy. In coaching, we say you don’t have time not to do those things. Doing things that bring you joy adds to your creativity and increases your effectiveness.
To be continued next month!
Have a great month!
Phyllis Sisenwine
Master Certified Coach
Published by
Phyllis Sisenwine, Master Certified Coach, Motivational Speaker and
writer. She works with
clients to earn more money, improve time management and stay focused.
To schedule
a powerful coaching conversation send an email. Her website is located
at www.powerfulcoaching.com
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Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Phyllis
Sisenwine, Master Certified Coach
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