Transformative Coaching

WHAT IS Transformational Personal and Professional Success COACHING?

A personal and professional success development coach, sometimes referred to as a multi discipline transformational life coach , is a professional who creates and oversees strategies that help people shift there perceptions and mindset to achieve goals. Personal and professional success development coaches use psychological and behavioral insights to make recommendations for individuals striving to succeed in a certain area of life.

People may seek the help of a transformational coach when they feel that they need help reaching their goals in life, or they need help chasing a more fulfilling life. Usually no matter what area of life people need help with, a transformational coach will be able to help.

At Celestial Gardens Coaching, we specialize in transformative success coaching – and with good reason. In our experience, it facilitates growth and change on a deeper and longer lasting level than other forms of coaching. It draws on the best of various coaching models to create a distinct form of coaching suitable for a huge range of purposes. Therefore, it is not in competition with any other forms of coaching; rather it utilizes the best of every type.

We are at the cutting edge of developing the field of transformative coaching, and nothing gives us more joy than seeing the Solopreneurs, Entrapanuers, Executives, or Managers, that we train take the benefits of this style of working into the wider world.

So, What Is Transformative Success Coaching?

Transformative Success Coaching has evolved as a more complete approach to coaching, moving away from a simple performance-focused tool that is traditionally used to one of a humanistic and psychological focus, where the whole person is taken into account – not just what is visible on the surface. It is a reflective way of coaching that aims to explore a client’s cognitive, emotional, sensory and relational patterns in order to create a more complete understanding of their perspective on the world.

Through this awareness, there is much more potential for clients to unlock bigger transformative shifts, break down the negative patterns or beliefs that may have held them back and – most importantly – open up the path to achieve the outcomes or changes they genuinely want to see in their lives.

The Transformative Success Coaching Model

You can argue that Transformative Success Coaching is a ‘model’ itself. However, because it draws on so many other models, and is inherently client-focused, it doesn’t limit itself. Therefore, how Transformative Success Coaching is experienced by one client is likely quite different to that of another.

However, there are core concepts,

Transformative Success coaching is:

• Psychological – It explores the client both inside and out, their beliefs, values, expectations, assumptions and psychological patterns that guide how they show up in life or the workplace

• Humanistic – It builds on the assumption that clients are whole, unbroken and they have the resources they need to make changes

• Integrative – Drawn from a wide range of schools of thought, it enables coaches to find their own unique, psychologically grounded way of working with clients

• Holistic – Coaches learn to pay attention to all aspects of a client’s experience – the cognitive, affective, somatic, relational and behavioral dimensions Whether Solopreneurs, , Entrapanuers, Executives, or Managers, leaders can find themselves in a lonely position. A coach can perform several roles for these individuals. Advisor, Friend, Accountability Partner, Consultant and more. Often, the main role is that of a full partner in their professional and personal development and attainment of their goals. After making observations, your coach then provides an opportunity for YOU, the client to gain insight into their personal and professional style and how it may be helping or hindering their lives and the organization.

When a Solopreneurs, entrapanuers, or any executives meets with a coach, the discussions they have are confidential. The coach does not have to report to others within the organization—outside of stating they have had meetings. Because of this confidentiality, clients are often more willing to be open with their coaches, which makes the coaching more effective.

Coaches support their clients to both explore their roles more thoroughly and engage with the people in those roles more effectively. They assist clients with self-assessment, so clients find their own strengths and weaknesses and build upon those to develop their personal leadership styles.

What Does A Transformative Success Coach DO?

A Transformative Success Coach will work to help their clients improve their personal lives and professional organization as a whole. Transformative Success Coaches serve as neutral sounding boards to clients, giving leaders a listening ear when their working through decisions or seeking personal improvement by supporting them to gain more awareness about how to reach their goals.

DO I NEED A Transformative Success Coach?

in short, Yes. You see, It can be lonely at the top. Solopreneurs, Entrapanuers, or Executives lack someone above them in the organizational leadership chart that they can bounce ideas off of, and this can create a lack of motivation. A coach can come alongside and encourage the leader towards greater motivation, increasing their momentum as they continue to inspire the people in their organization to achieve success.

Solopreneurs, Entrapanuers, or Executives can also reach a place of stagnation, not sure what to do to move the organization forward or what next step to take. Again, this is where a coach can come in and provide guidance. They can help figure out what needs to change to move the company past whatever hurdle they are facing.

How Does Transformative Success Coaching Differ From Life Coaching?

“In today’s hectic and complex world, coaching offers a transformational space for reflection, discovery and clarity”.
Llynne Switzer, Founder, Celestial Gardens

Both traditional life coaching and transformative success coaching have some universal qualities such as open questioning and focusing on the client for answers, but there are also key differences to be found. In traditional forms of coaching, we see certain restrictions on the part of both the coach and the individual receiving coaching. This means the client must work within the parameters of the specific model of coaching.

A traditional life coach will focus on a client’s goals and objectives, working collaboratively to explore possible ways to achieve it, blockers that could prevent success and ultimately to shape a realistic plan to help the client reach their desired result.

A Transformative Success Coach might similarly start with goal setting and a sense of the ideal outcome. The work would likely progress differently, however. In broad terms, in the transformational Success coaching space a coach is much more likely to explore a client’s view of the world, view of self and their relationships. This will involve looking at their current set of assumptions around things that matter most to them, their beliefs, their values, their use of language and what this reveals around their view of the world, the stories that have been created in their lives and how this affects how they live. Thus a Transformative Success Coach provides a space to improve a person’s self-awareness and to see themselves afresh. This root-cause approach in turn can help to facilitate profound change in the client’s lives, more so than in other traditional forms of life coaching.

Transformative Success Coaching Skills

• Whether working as a life coach, executive coach, career coach or integrating with other forms of work, Transformative Success coaching is about bringing zest, calm, verve, and creativity into everyday life and realizing potential. A good Transformational Success Coach won’t shy away from the uncomfortable because it is in the uncomfortable that transformation can really occur.

• Deep listening. Absorbing all stimuli, the coach is aware of both what is being said and that which remains unsaid

• Holding space. The coach will create a safe environment for the client to fully open up, using silence as a tool for greater client introspection.

• Observing and identifying. Deeply seeing the client’s beliefs and patterns of behaviour, both transactionally and what lies below the surface

• Reflecting back. Sharing significant information with the client from what the coach has heard, seen and felt in the session

• Challenge. Where relevant the coach will ask the difficult question to elicit change through bringing into the space what isn’t being said

Online Courses And Distance Learning

The rise of online and distance courses has brought together a raft of coaching courses where students can watch video content and work through exercises at their own pace. Reviews of the courses from previous students are often shared, helping prospects to understand the value others have received from the course. Many offer a qualification or certificate on completion and some may even be accredited by the more reputable bodies such as the International Coaching Federation or Association for Coaching. This type of training has the advantage of flexibility, and so can suit people with busy schedules or full-time jobs. It can also provide a more structured form of learning, and certainly more credibility than self-study if the course has credible accreditation. However, it still misses out on the practical support that in-person training can provide, and again it can be extremely difficult to verify the quality of the information you receive.

In our experience, self-study and online courses can work well – when you accompany them with high-quality, rigorous in-person training that provides you with plenty of practical support.

When the time has come for you to invest in a Transformational Success Coach there are many choices and most of the times can be confusing, as we all coaches vary in the methods of coaching.  It’s important to feel comfortable & at ease with your coach & understand what we can and cannot do for you.

Your coach is an expert and uncovering the root cause of what is holding you back from becoming your best self. Through the self-discovery process, I will run an assessment on all areas of your life (thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, habits, etc.) to help you gain clarity on what you need to do to transform your life in a major way and change.

If you are someone who is serious about making a major shift in your life, then going it alone can be very difficult. Having someone to share the journey with is highly advisable since they will be able to assist you when you need to pivot or adjust in many situations that may otherwise make you feel stuck.

Benefits of Coaching

One of the main benefits of working together as your coach is that I am going to support you through many difficult challenges and obstacles that will present themselves along your transformational journey. Some of the benefits you will experience are:

• A greater sense of passion and joy.

• Feeling more empowered and a stronger sense of purpose.

• More focused and energized to reach your full potential.

• Better habits and improved thinking.

• Transform fears and push through obstacles with greater ease.

• More courage to take chances and live out of your comfort zone..