Most people grow up with a dream or a vision for their future.
As life happens, we discover the road to get there isn’t as easy as we thought.
We lose track of our direction and, most times, our plans get paused indefinitely
and we slowly forget they even existed.
But there are those who make it.
And their secret to success is this: having a coach.
Hi, this is Ajit Nawalkha, and today we are talking about how coaching works.
Coaching.
The art and science of change and transformation.
It’s the number one tool that can make your impossible dreams, possible.
But how does it actually work?
Let’s go through the 5 stages of the coaching experience.
The first stage is awareness.
This is always the first step of any coaching experience where you meet your client.
It’s crucial to understand where your client is coming from, their current state and challenges,
and why they reached out to you in the first place.
Even when they actually have no clue.
- I'm 100% sure that I know 0% what to do.
Hey!
At least they’re honest about it.
The more self-aware the client is, the clearer they can describe their situation,
the better you can support them.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Ask questions that will help you understand their story better.
What are your challenges at this moment?
How does this make you feel?
What do you think is missing?
How did you get here?
Once you know where your client is coming from, you need to know where they want to
go.
Stage 2 of the coaching process is vision.
Coaching without a vision is like driving without a direction.
No map, GPS or Waze can help you if you don’t have the destination.
You just end up going around in circles.
This stage is about bringing clarity to where your client was to go.
So help them dig deep and find that answer within themselves.
What is their ultimate dream?
What is the most ambitious goal they have in life?
Why do they want to get there?
To start, the conversation with a coach clarifies and simplifies the client's dream, turning
it into a compass that magnetically pulls him/her in a true direction.
A compelling and clear vision will keep them motivated through the rest of the coaching
experience and it will help you, as the coach, to keep them in the right direction.
Now, the client is in Point A and they want to get to Point B.
How to get there?
Well, that’s stage 3.
The plan.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Isn’t this quote completely spot on?
It’s not enough to want to get somewhere.
You need to start moving.
But moving only works if it’s in the right direction.
This stage is about creating the roadmap from the current state to the vision.
As a coach, provide tools for your client to come up with a solution on how to get to
their vision.
Help them explore different choices, paths, options, and possibilities before taking action.
This will be the best way to assess which road will get you to the destination faster.
But there’s a catch.
Faster doesn’t mean easiest.
It means the best and most efficient way to get there.
Easy solutions can keep you inside your comfort zone.
They don’t challenge you to be a better human.
Encourage your client to choose the path that will push them to grow and move forward.
Your client might hate you at first, but they’ll thank you later.
Go ask mine.
The fourth stage is the journey.
Where the magic happens.
‘Cause what’s the use of having a plan if you don’t take action on it?
The journey is when your client’s plan becomes a plan of action.
When they start taking step after step after step to reach their destination.
For coaches, it’s the stage where you support your client’s experience through that road.
And it’s the stage where your clients need you most because this will set apart the successes
and results from the failures.
Clients will face new challenges and obstacles that will show up along the way.
They might lose their motivation, forget their vision, take a detour, go in the wrong direction,
anything can happen!
Which is why it’s so important for the coach to be right behind their client every step
of the way.
To encourage them, catch them if they fall, help them get up again, remind them the direction
they’re taking, and ensure they stay on track.
Maybe you’ll also need to help them pause and reflect on what’s working and what’s
not.
Help them revise the original plan and create new solutions when needed.
But the number one action you need to do as a coach is to make sure your client keeps
moving forward.
If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t walk run, then walk, if you can’t walk,
then crawl, but by all means, keep moving.
It doesn’t matter if they need an hour, a day, a week, or a month.
Every person will have their own pace and it’s totally fine, as long as they keep
moving.
The worst thing they can do is to stop taking action because they’ll lose the momentum
they created and it’ll be harder for them to reach their vision after that happens.
So help them avoid the downfall and hold them accountable to their plan.
After blood, sweat, and tears, stage 4 is conquered and the war is over.
You’ve reached stage 5.
Success!
Your client has overcome his challenges and obstacles and has reached the vision they
had created in stage 2.
This is a huge win for your client and for you as a coach as well, for the results and
transformation you’ve created for your client.
Now, reaching stage five doesn’t mean your client achieved their big vision and dreams
and it’s the end of the road.
Their life will continue and there will encounter new ambitions and new challenges along the
way.
How they decide to continue taking action in their lives will now be completely up to
them.
The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
And that is when your journey as a coach has come to an end.
Congratulations!
You just nailed a coaching experience.
Pretty simple, right?
Let’s wrap it up one last time.
The 5 stages of how coaching works.
Stage 1: Awareness Stage 2: Vision
Stage 3: Plan Stage 4: Journey
Stage 5: Success
Taking our clients through these 5 stages creates a possibility of outcome in alignment
with their desires.
My wish for you is that you take this insight into how coaching works and bring your own
art to it.
My wish for you is that you create even more impact on your clients’ lives, helping them
achieve their dreams and, in the process, achieve your own as well.
My wish for you is to expand your impact in the world through the power of coaching.
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