Apr 05 2024 18 mins
Coaching for Accountability
What happens when a coach holds a client’s feet to the fire?
And the follow-up question might reasonably be, “Why would anyone sign up for that??”
Actually, accountability — which can feel a lot like having someone hold our feet to the fire — is one of the many tools coaches use to help clients make the change they long for.
In this episode, David and Michelle delve into the empowering value of engaging with a coach, particularly around accountability.
Having a professional coach by your side can empower you to uncover and overcome limiting beliefs, achieve life and work goals, and confidently navigate uncertainty and ambiguity.
Coaching can help clients make the journey from where they are to where they urgently long to be.
The Importance of Coaching for Transformation
What does it look like when a coach offers a client a challenge?
A challenge offered by a coach can be a facet of accountability. The role of a coach is to invite clients to explore their own limiting beliefs. Sometimes these beliefs take some digging to find and can be uncomfortable to uncover. But often, when clients accept this challenge, they discover what’s been holding them back.
Michelle shares that for her and often her clients, sometimes limiting beliefs get so loud that we can no longer stand to hold them.
The coach creates a safe environment for a client when they are ready to stretch into something new.
They concurred on the significance of coaching in aligning with clients and providing accountability and challenges for individuals to practice new behaviors. Coaching can helping individuals define and achieve new goals.
Coaching for Personal Growth and Development
Michelle shared that she realized it was time for a coach as she was entering a new stage of her life and career and feeling unsure about her next steps.
In the Fundraising Leadership team members’ training, we learned to help clients articulate what they really want and help them get clear that they are ready to go after it. And often, the path is hard, even after we decide. A coach can help us slay our dragons (or saboteurs) along the way.
David affirmed the value of coaching in his own life, particularly for dealing with uncertainty and the ‘what ifs’. It’s also a great tool for people who aren’t having the impact they want to be having.
They both emphasized the importance of finding the right coach for a personal and dynamic relationship, suggesting that anyone feeling stuck or unsure should contact them for a conversation.
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