Inspired Confidence Coaching Blog

   You've invested in coaching. You're showing up to sessions. But are you getting everything you could from it? Here's a reality check. Some clients see transformational results, which means life-changing growth. Others see only small gains. The difference often has nothing to do with the coach. It comes down to how you approach the sessions. Research keeps showing a pattern. Clients who prepare for sessions, take action between meetings, and keep up honest communication with their coach reach their goals much faster. Let's look at what the most successful coaching clients do differently. Then you can use these steps starting with your very next session. The Preparation Hack: Invest 15 Minutes Many successful coaching clients spend 15 minutes before each session getting ready. They quiet their minds from the rush of the workday. Then they decide what they want from the session. This simple habit makes sessions much more useful. Before your next session, ask you...

   The Fundamentals of Coaching: What It Is and Why It Matters for Busy Leaders Like You You're juggling deadlines, team issues, and big decisions. The pressure never lets up. You know you could do better, but where do you start? Here's the reality. 80% of people who get coaching report more self-confidence. And over 70% of people who get coaching see better work performance, relationships, and communication. If you're a busy leader wondering whether coaching is worth your time, the data says yes. But first, you need to understand what coaching is, and what it isn't. What Coaching Really Means Leadership coaching is a proven, step-by-step method. It's based on behavioral science, the study of why people act the way they do. Coaches use it to assess and grow the leadership skills of executives, managers, and rising stars in a company. Training programs give the same content to whole groups. Coaching is deeply personal. It's a partnership between you and a trained...

  Tell me if this sounds familiar. About 15 years ago I was doing everything my supervisors told me to do. I went to all the leadership training. I took on extra work and led some of our most important projects. I even went to counseling to see if something was wrong with my mental health! Still, I kept getting passed over for promotion. Then I got a chance to work with a leadership coach. I didn't know what leadership coaching was back then. I thought, "Great! She's a former senior executive in our organization. She's going to tell me what I'm doing wrong so I can finally move up!" Boy, am I glad I was wrong about coaching! Today, let's look at how coaching is different from training and counseling. Coaching has some unique benefits that help everyone. They tend to hit home most with veterans and with people whose faith drives their values. Traditional Training The goal of traditional training is usually to build skills or pass knowledge from trainer to t...

  Do you want more out of your career? You know you're a high performer. But there's a voice inside you that keeps saying you're not good enough or not doing the right things. Your boss says you're doing everything right, but it's just not your time for that big promotion. This is where Leadership Coaching shines! The International Coaching Federation defines coaching as a journey of change where you discover your true potential. It's a great definition, but it feels a little cold. So I'll try to sum up what coaching meant to me in my career.  Coaching unlocked an inner confidence I didn't know was missing. It freed me to focus on the parts of my career that mattered most. That led to more trust from my organization and more responsibility. In the end, it led to the promotions I had been passed over for before. Coaching grew my confidence and helped me zero in on what truly mattered in my career. That, in turn, built more trust, more responsibility, and ...