Friday, 9 March 2018

6 Questions To Ask When Hiring A Personal Development Coach

By James Gibson


The same coach can produce a world class talent as well as a total failure within the same class or cluster. This arises when there is disconnect between the trainer and the talent. This calls for caution when hiring a personal development coach. Certain preliminary questions need answers to enable you achieve the desired coaching goals.

What are your target results at the completion of the coaching period? You need to set realistic short, medium and long term goals. These goals must focus on your current weakness and areas that need to be reinforced in your life. This helps you to identify the best partner towards achievement of these goals. With goals, you can track progress and make necessary adjustments.

What is missing in your career, spiritual, social or target aspect of life? As deceptive as this question is, it remains very important. Most people fail to achieve long term goals because they are engrossed in daily struggles. When time to evaluate your medium or long term goals comes, you realize that they could not be achieved. The coaching schedule gives you an opportunity to constantly review your current position in readiness for the next stage in life. You develop strategies that address your current weaknesses in order to achieve strength.

What do I need to change in my life? Change comes from doing or stopping. The reality is that the lives of most people can be changed by doing one extra thing or when you stop doing one thing. Use the coaching sessions to evaluate your current hindrance and what can be done to change the fortunes of your life. One thing can alter your life forever.

How will you know that your goals have been achieved? The trainer does not do what needs to be done in your life. Instead, he directs you. This means that the sessions must have an impact in your life. You need to feel that the coaching sessions are changing your perspective and achievements in life. This will inform you whether it is time to change or continue with coaching.

What is the previous performance of the coach? This is not an invitation to judge the trainer at a similar level with you. In fact, research indicates that successful coaches were not good players during their days. Success should be measured by reviewing the outcome of the current class. If the class has been successful, it is also likely that you will be successful. If the class failed, the possibility of failure is there. Focus more on the strategies laid and personal relationships when evaluating the potential of a coach.

What are your celebration plans? Do not view this as a question of overconfidence. Rather, it is a psychological way of appreciating your current efforts as you prepare for future pursuits. It marks the end of a phase and the beginning of another. It also enables you to recognize growth and therefore adjust strategies with your eyes on future growth.

While coaches are crucial in your developmental journey, you have to do the hard work. You are the person to implement the ideas generated during coaching sessions. The goals set must be realistic and the plans should be funded using sufficient resources in order to actualize them.




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