High Performance Coaching

PSYCHOLOGY OF HIGH PERFORMANCE FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

The common psychological characteristics associated with high performances are confidence and self-belief, focus, concentration, motivation and determination.
Anxiety, stress, and negative self-talk, on the other hand, can be detrimental to reaching optimal performance levels.

WHAT IS COACHING AND HOW CAN YOU USE IT IN FOR BUSINESS

There are many different approaches to coaching, but the fundamentals are always the same: help people achieve their goals by providing them with the tools, knowledge and motivation they require to reach their potential.
You may think that Coaching means coaching for high performers – in other words, people who, for whatever reason, have been identified as “star talent.”
Actually, coaching is about helping all people reach their full potential, in any area of their lives.
The approaches and techniques used in coaching borrow heavily from the worlds of sport and the military – areas where optimal performance is key. Coaching conversations usually start with finding out people’s “starting points” – their visions or life ambitions. Then, it moves on to explore the directions in which people need to move to achieve those visions, and the steps they need to take now to do so.

The State of Coaching and Mentoring 2022 report shows that 65% of HR professionals agree or strongly agree that coaching should be a part of their organisation’s strategy. Coaching, when done right, can be a key driver to companies’ success. A study shows that life, wellbeing or performance coaching can have a huge ROI. Coaching is based on the science of human motivation and behaviour. It’s incredibly powerful for increasing employee performance, fulfilment and wellbeing.
Coaching is the process of helping individuals or groups identify their strengths and areas for improvement to achieve their goals. It follows a four-step process.

Assessment.
Outcome and Goals.
Purpose.
Actions.

Reach your full potential

High Performance coaching is the process of helping people identify and achieve personal goals and outcomes through developing skills and attitudes that lead to self-empowerment.

It’s particularly useful for the following:

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Career, Work, Business

• Enhance your Sales & Management skills
• Reach your outcomes
• Transform your work mindset
• Reaching higher performance
• Maximising team performance

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Emotional and Physical Well-Being

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Personal Growth

When To Use Coaching

Coaching helps people explore their motivation and overcome the blockers that hold them back. It’s about both support and challenge. It’s particularly useful for the following:
• Long-range career, life planning – While some people may prefer not to have a “life plan”, there’s strong evidence that shows that people who have clear plans and goals are more likely to be successful in the long term.
• Navigating career change points – An example of a career change point could be the transition from being primarily seen as a manager to being seen as a leader – someone who offers clear guidance and genuine inspiration. Coaching can help people navigate these change points more successfully.
• Making fundamental changes to performance or behaviour – This involves the equivalent of athletes breaking bad habits in their game and relearning basic skills the right way.
• Handling major life setbacks – coaching can help people recover from major business or personal setbacks. In particular, it can help people address work-life imbalances, or deal with major episodes of stress or burnout.
• Incredible breakthroughs are possible by working 1-on-1 with a coach.

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Individual coaching is for motivated people whose desire is to thrive and excel.

Do you ever feel demotivated, think you could be earning more or achieving more than you currently are, or have colleagues you just don’t get along with no matter how you try? These are very common issues, and amongst many others, we all experience these types of challenges at some point, if not at many points, in our personal and working lives.

You have probably already tried many different ways to solve these issues, or to do your best to avoid them. You have no doubt succeeded on some occasions, but our lives should not just be about dodging and surviving the potholes as best as you can. It should be about making the most of every opportunity, being happy and fulfilled at work, and proud of what you are achieving.

Advice can frequently be vague and theoretical, but usually what is actually needed is to facilitate you to create a clear roadmap of incremental steps to follow to overcome obstacles and achieve success.

Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.

Imposter Syndrome Coaching

Imposter syndrome is a psychological experience where someone feels like a fraud despite evidence of their success. It can cause feelings of self-doubt, anxiety, and depression.

Common types of imposter syndrome

Perfectionist
This type of imposter syndrome involves feeling like you could have done better, and that you’re not as good as others think. Perfectionists may set unrealistic goals and harshly criticize themselves.

Expert
This type of imposter syndrome involves feeling like you don’t know everything about a topic, or that you haven’t mastered a process.

Natural Genius
This type of imposter syndrome involves feeling like you’re not naturally intelligent or competent.

Soloist
This type of imposter syndrome involves feeling like you’re not competent or able to do something because you had to ask for help.

Super Person
This type of imposter syndrome involves feeling like you need to be the hardest worker or achieve the most, or else you’re a fraud.

Benefits Of Performance Coaching

What is coaching?

Coaching is not to be confused with therapy or counselling. A coach works with people to help them understand their outcomes and goals, looking at what’s going on in their lives and any challenges or obstacles that stand in the way of them achieving these goals.
What’s more, the aim of coaching is not only to set goals, but to meet and exceed them through self-development, empowerment and self-reflection.

How Can Coaching benefit You?

Coaching can be used to work in all areas of your life, whether personal or professional. When used as a development tool, there are a number of ways it can be beneficial to you.

Setting Clear Outcomes

Goals are important, they keep us focused, driving forward and working hard. We spend a huge amount of our time at work, so it’s important that we don’t feel stuck in a rut. As such, coaching can be extremely helpful for identifying career goals and laying out a clear plan of action to achieve them. This gives employees a sense of direction and something to work towards.

Embrace Work Life Balance

Not all professionals are able to get the work-life balance quite right. While employers obviously want to get the most from their teams, ensuring staff aren’t overworked is also vital. Coaching, while helping them to identify the next step in their career, will also encourage them to take time out to enjoy their private life. This means they can be happier and more productive when they’re at work – it’s a win-win situation for both parties!

Empowerment

One of the key aspects of coaching is that it’s designed to empower individuals and encourage them to take control of their lives. This will help them to feel motivated and truly invested in what they’re doing, especially if they have set goals that they’re working towards, taking a proactive approach to achieving these can feel very empowering. Ultimately, adding to their overall life satisfaction and well-being.
Highlighting strengths and difficulties
Through coaching, participants are actively encouraged to highlight any areas or challenges that stand in their way of success. This means, throughout your coaching we will identify areas of strength and areas of difficulty. This will help them to choose a path for development, to learn new skills and to work towards strengthening their skill set in order to achieve their goals.

Highlighting Strengths & Difficulties

Through coaching, participants are actively encouraged to highlight any areas or challenges that stand in their way of success.

This means, throughout your coaching we will identify areas of strength and areas of difficulty.

This will help them to choose a path for development, to learn new skills and to work towards strengthening their skill set in order to achieve their goals.

Final thoughts

There are a number of ways you could benefit from coaching. It will help you to set goals and identify the skills you need, and any challenges you may face on your journey to achieving said goals. It also gives you an opportunity to develop your skills, identifying any areas of improvement that you need to work on. All of this will help you to progress and make the best possible contribution towards your outcome and goals in life.

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“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch, but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself”

We are all capable of far more than we know but trusting in yourself isn’t always a natural instinct. Learning to believe in your own abilities will give you the confidence to overcome many challenges.
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