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About Coaching
 
 

      WHAT IS LIFE COACHING?  WHAT IS CAREER COACHING? 
HOW CAN YOU BENEFIT FROM COACHING?

The Challenge of Change: About Coaching

Coaching is a process that helps clients create better and more fulfilling lives. Through inquiry and support, I help my clients focus on a wide variety of life and career areas. In partnership with them, we identify current challenges and future goals. I ask questions and provide feedback from a non-judgmental perspective so that they can realize their potential.

A coach is a like a best friend who can offer encouragement and support in a non-threatening, accepting manner. The difference between a coach and a best friend is that a coach is objective in a way that a friend (or family member) can't be, and people make more progress when they are accountable to a coach.

In addition to encouragement, support, objectivity and accountability, coaches challenge clients to stay focused and to consider new ways of thinking.

Coaching enables clients to go further faster and easier than they would on their own. This collaboration enables clients to find greater joy in their everyday lives and to be even more productive on the job.

The following is a sampling of the ways I can help you lead a more fulfilling personal and professional life.
 
Are you...            I  can teach you...
Overwhelmed by your 24/7 lifestyle? To take control of your life.
Starting a new career? How to manage your career in the new millennium.
Re-entering the job market? Career assessment and goal setting skills.
Considering a career or job change? How to market your skills.
Downsized from your current job? How to jump start a job search.
Retired and seeking a second career? Internet resources to plan your career.
Reluctant to go out and build a network? Powerful networking strategies that work.
Unsure about how to put a resume together? How to write winning cover letters and resumes.
Unsure about what to say/not say during an interview? How to ace an interview.
Making less than you think you're worth or uneasy talking about money? Secrets of successful raise/salary negotiation.
Not as effective in the workplace as you'd like to be? How to increase your workplace effectiveness.
Losing the battle to balance personal, family and career needs? How to change struggling to juggling--work/life.
Working in a hostile environment? To deal with a difficult work environment.
Wondering how long to stay in a job? Long and short term career planning.
Ready to meet new people? Your relationship IQ.
Having difficulty finding enough time to do it all? To learn time management--or is it self-management.


For more information, please contact Barbara LaRock at 703-709-8600
or via email to Go to the Contact Me page..
 
 
 


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