Coaching, Part I: What Does a Personal Coach Do?

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Personal coaching has burst upon the scene. Everyone’s got one. You think you might want one. But what do they do? Here’s one example.

Charles M. Schultz, Creator of “Peanuts,” said: “I have always been grateful for the tolerance my parents showed for the ambition I showed for a strange profession. They never tried to discourage me, or point me in a different direction.”

Not many of us had parents like that. We don't have bosses or managers like that either.

We’re all born with innate talents, but we lose touch with them.

Buckingham and Clifton (“Now, Discover Your Strengths) came up with a list of 34 innate talents. Not things like “integrity” or “perseverance,” but Activator, WOO (Winning Others Over), Harmony, Connectedness, Strategic, Deliberativeness.

Their assessment, the StrengthsFinders ™ profile, will give you your top 5 signature themes, and you can get back in touch with something very dear to you.

One thing coaches do is help people get back to what it is they were meant to do and then help them build their life around it. This is very satisfying, and it’s something hard for a person to do on their own.

You can find a coach at coachville.com and other places on the Internet.