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Experiencing workplace stress rarely turns out well but Carmen MacDougall says it was the best thing that ever happened to her. Through it, she discovered coaching which has turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it led her to a new business and ultimately, to the development of a very successful coaching niche.
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I have worked in sales and business development for many years and a large part of my role was in building and developing sales teams. I was responsible for training and mentoring sales consultants, many of whom had little or no sales experience. I found the biggest factor that hindered their success was a lack of confidence. The most satisfying part of my role was helping others feel more confident and motivated. I helped them to set goals and fulfill their plans.
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Confidence is a key ingredient to success in sport, business and life. There is a big difference between confidence and arrogance. In my opinion arrogance can be a way of compensating for lack of confidence.
Posted 12 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
One of the greatest challenges we all face is managing our own internal emotional state, especially in difficult situations. How do you deal with challenges? Do you like your friends to console you? Do you feel the boil of anger rise followed by a verbal or physical outburst or do you throw yourself head first into activity to stop you from thinking about the demanding situation? If you want to manage your state and perform effectively then read on...
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I discovered coaching at a particularly challenging time in my life, which later, during my training with The Coaching Academy on Personal Performance Diploma, I found was not unusual. Like many others, I indulged my new passion by buying a number of coaching books from the internet. They all duly arrived through my letter box and I set about reading them.
Posted 19 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Talk to most people about the power of manifesting desires and their eyes will just glaze over. It will be apparent they are totally closed to the idea, some may argue, particularly those in western cultures. The mere possibility that your unconscious mind can have the power to deliver real physical things, to them seems absurd. And yet even the science of quantum physics, is now accepting that “reality” is not quite what they originally thought.
Posted 19 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Does your environment ever challenge how good you feel? Could you benefit from having a secret weapon in the fight against negativity in the world? How would you like to be able to control your state in any situation? It is possible to manage your thoughts and feelings no matter what is happening in your environment; this is the power of NLP. Here are some simple steps for using NLP in everyday life.
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It’s a big leap of faith and not a little bit scary to decide to step away from the more financially secure world of education to one of uncertainty and volatility that is self-employment. But I did just that in 1989.
Posted 25 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day, so why is it that successful people are able to achieve so much, when many others are left struggling to complete a few tasks. As children, most of us would have learnt to tell the time by the age of nine but we may spend a lifetime trying to master it.
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Can you think of a time when you set yourself a goal, or wanted to achieve something, but for whatever reason, you didn’t succeed? Maybe you have a goal right now - an idea about what you might want to do, to achieve or to be, which you haven’t managed to achieve?
Posted 25 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Do you know what got me into coaching? It was having the experience of some great coaching for myself. And also - I must say - some bad coaching!
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NLP or Neuro Linguistic Programming is an incredibly powerful approach to communication and personal development. Learning NLP techniques gives you greater control over your ability to be at your best more often. You will be able to effectively manage your thoughts and feelings no matter what is happening in your environment to affect you!
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It’s been almost two years since I started my Coaching Journey with The Coaching Academy, and here I stand, transformed.
Posted 33 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Coaching was totally instrumental in me starting, continuing and finishing my book 'The Buddha in Me, the Buddha in You’, a handbook for happiness.
Posted 40 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Training with The Coaching Academy was the start of following my passion and finally achieving one of my goals of becoming a published author.
Posted 40 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
A must for Business Coaches to read : Part 4 - Managing the C-Style Manager
Posted 40 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
Keeping a journal is something people have done since ancient times – and for good reasons. Journals serve a variety of purposes, from simply recording our thoughts and feelings, to being a personal outlet when we need one. They also offer a reminder of where we’ve been and what we’ve achieved, and can function as mission statements for where we want to go. While some people associate hard copy journals with troubled teenagers, they couldn’t be more wrong: journals are excellent tools for anyone who’s mindful of themselves, and of their life.
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This week, TCA’s Coaching Academy Author Series, Part 4 continues with Ro Gorell’s short article, where the author reveals her journey to writing her own book 'Group Coaching’…
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A must for Business Coaches to read : Part 3 - Managing the S-Style Manager
Posted 47 Days Ago in: Coaching Articles
I made the decision at the start of 2016 that I wanted to change my career. Specifically, I realised that I no longer wanted to work for somebody else. Having left my previous job as Operations Director for a sports company, I started working for a friend’s company as a project manager on a freelance basis. I soon liked the freedom and creativity that came from my freelance work.
