The Types of Situations I have been able to help People succeed in!

Coaching can enable people to work through many difficult and challenging circumstances throughout their lives. I have had the privilege to see people make some incredible steps to success.  I remember one of the first experiences I had with coaching when I asked a man, "What legacy do you want to leave on this planet?"  I didn't realise the enormous impact this left on his spirit.  Within two weeks of that conversation he had decided that he was going to move back to live near where his children lived.  That was 5 years ago now and last I heard he is still investing energy and time into his children's lives. 

Several years ago now, I worked with a couple who had truly lost hope that their marriage was salvagable.  They had come to me after they separated and started to live in different houses - they should have started to work on things a little earlier.  To cut a long story short, they were able to work things through and found new love and hope in their relationship that has taken them through to wholeness and health.  I generally don't work with couples who are too far down the track, but with couples who want to enhance their marriage or set new goals and look for ways to bring the excitement back into their relationship.  It is amazing how a little positive maintenence can do great wonders for a couple who have neglected their marriage for many years.  I have some great tools for couples who want to assess their current situation and develop strategies for moving forward.  So if this speaks to you, email me and we can work through a plan that will suit you. 

I often speak to people who struggle with time management, and have found that within about three sessions people begin to notice a marked difference in how they manage time.  Actually, we can't manage time, because it just keeps ticking at the same rate for all of us, but we can manage ourselves within time.  I remember working with one business woman who just couldn't understand where her time was going and why she just wasn't getting done what she needed to get done.  After we analysed her approach to time she realised that she hadn't discovered what her most important values were and therefore hadn't a clear set of priorities that reflected those values.  Once she worked through this we began to build a foundation on which she could set effective goals and her to-do-lists were no longer just reactions to other people's agendas but actually reflective of where she wanted to go. 

I could go on with illustration after illustration on working with leaders who were stressed to the point of burn-out, divorcees who were at the end of their resources, volunteers who felt betrayed, and parents who were totally frustrated with what to do with their teenagers.  The key to much of these difficulties is having a confidential relationship with someone who is able to help people see other options - to begin to try new strategies - to be held accountable to their part of the solution, and to be encouraged to keep positive and focused on the big picture, so as not to be caught up in negative detail.

If you think that coaching could be a means to help you achieve your passions and goals, then email me and we can chat about the possibilities.

Coach Dave Allan.