It’s a long time since I’ve done an exam, and I promised myself that I wouldn’t put myself through any more. Like many of my personal promises, this one did not last. When I got an opportunity to do a Coaching couse through the Cultural Leadership Programme and Performance Coach Training, I decided the benefits outweighed the stress of the test, and signed up.
I was particularly interested in coaching after learning some coaching techniques on a Course on Consultancy and Organisational Change at Ashridge Business School last year. Practising some basic skills there I became excited by the way that coaching focuses on achievements, and empowers an individual to achieve things through unlocking their own ideas, thoughts, wants, needs and skills – rather than giving solutions in the way a trainer or mentor can do.
In the course I have just completed I have coached may people (and been coached), often for just 20 minutes, and every single session resulted in positive and powerful outcomes for the coachee. It’s such an inspiring process and I am really excited about the possibilites of making coaching a part of my work in the future.
I hope to be able to offer coaching services very soon. I also know 11 other excellent coaches who qualified at the same time as me. If you are interested in coaching or finding out more about the course I did or the coaches I trained with, please get in touch.
