Most of us at some point in our lives have set goals for ourselves. While this is a common occurrence in our personal or professional life, we are not always successful in reaching our set destination. A goal needs to be meaningful for us to reach it, but we also need to have the psychological readiness to put the time into it that the goal requires. We must ‘own the goal’ and commit to putting the work in. A coach can assist you in achieving this readiness level to maximize your chance of success.
Build Better Business Relationships
To be successful in business, it is critical to build and maintain relationships. Not just with customers, but also with vendors, employees and competitors. You need to have long-term customers and good vendor relationships especially during challenging times or tight deadlines. Good relationships with other business owners allow you to share your struggles, resources and best practices that can give you an edge in business. Of course, any relationship will involve give and take.
How Stressed is Your Team?
Did you know that 23.2% of your work force is likely experiencing a high level of emotional distress?
In the Manon Dulude Ph.D. research project “an Effectiveness Study on Telephonic Brief Solution-Focused Coaching on Life Satisfaction Measures”, it was discovered that 23.2% of those who volunteered for the study were considered too emotionally distressed to benefit from coaching and more suitable for counseling services.
Out of a sample of 138 volunteers, 32 individuals were disqualified due to their high score on the Brief Symptom Inventory, a brief psychological self-report symptom scale. These unexpected findings bring us to question how these individuals impact the overall performance and dynamics of a team.
These results also bring to light a number of questions:
• How ethical is it for coaches to coach everyone and not take into consideration the level of emotional distress a client presents?
• How do coaches appropriately assess the “coachability” of a client?
• When an organization identifies difficult employees, do they seek coaches with mental health knowledge to assess and make appropriate referrals to fully support the coaching process?
These surprising results highlight the need for decision makers within organizations take into consideration the larger scope of employee needs when considering coaching as a solution.
Brief Solution Focused Coaching Works!
In 2011, Manon Dulude Ph.D. conducted a life coaching research project to evaluate the effectiveness of a short-term coaching model (brief solution-focused coaching) on the emotional and cognitive aspects of life satisfaction (how positively people feel and think about their life). This research project was a doctoral dissertation requirement. Aspiria EAP Corp. sponsored the research project.
The results of this research were exciting. Click the link for a summary of Dr. Dulude’s findings on this short-term coaching model.