What Your Coaching Clients Need to Help Them Succeed

You’re a coach and your clients seek you out because they desire something. How do you address client needs?

As a coach, you need to figure out where these needs and problems come from. Recognize that the client’s wants can always be traced back to the person, no matter how he or she says them. Once you and your client agree on what they really want, you can move forward to help them reach their goals and be successful.

Here are some examples of what your client may need from you as a coach.

Something for Themselves (The Individual)  

• Improve financial condition

  Many individuals want to earn or save more money. What can a coach accomplish? 

  • Suggest investing a fixed proportion 
  • Discuss all aspects of life in depth (what does your lifestyle entail) 
  • Aim to increase income by a certain percentage (set goals) 
  • Avoid ignoring financial difficulties (debt and crisis do not disappear if they are ignored) 
  • Adjust and stabilize the monetary inflow 

• Strengthen Time management

  Many individuals wish to maximize the amount of work accomplished in a given amount of time. What can a coach accomplish? 

  • Concentrate on the current task 
  • Reinforce the ideas of simplification and decluttering 
  • Describe how technology can make life easier (automated systems, websites, email responses, etc.) 
  • Teach the end of never-ending to-do lists 
  • Eliminate “shoulda, coulda, woulda” talks. 

• Help Communication

  Many individuals wish to improve their communication abilities. What are your duties as a coach? 

  • Be truthful about your needs and encourage honesty 
  • Motivate others through your actions AND your words. 
  • Listen 
  • Respond appropriately 

• Get healthy & happy

  Many individuals are dissatisfied with their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. What can a coach accomplish? 

  • Suggest decluttering and getting rid of foods that decrease lifespan. 
  • Discuss lifestyle and things that could be considered frivolous with candor. 
  • Focus on “Me Time” 
  • Consider practices that can drain energy (unhealthy diets, lack of exercise, addiction) 
  • Establish objectives to meet needs before wants. 

• Improve quality of life

  Many people want every aspect of their lives to be marginally improved, to run more smoothly, or to be more satisfying. What can a coach accomplish? 

  • Balance your life in and out of the office. 
  • Establish rigorous standards for living 
  • Concentrate on the network and community 
  • Play! Life can be enjoyable; it need not be a chore. 

• Reignite relationships with friends

  Many individuals desire closer relationships with their neighbors. What can a coach accomplish? 

  • Help them figure out what makes a friend or acquaintance trustworthy.
  • Find out how to bring in the right kind of people.
  • Be honest.
  • Keep standards high and make sure everyone knows they can appreciate others and life.

• Stop tolerating what they don’t like

  Numerous individuals desire to simplify their lives and eliminate unnecessary obstacles. What can a coach accomplish? 

  • Get rid of your tolerance; set high standards and expect a lot more.
  • Help your client learn self-control by showing them that sometimes the biggest problems come from themselves.
  • They can do a lot more if they get out of their own way.
  • Encourage quiet and peace
  • Help make a plan for getting rid of old baggage and moving on.

• Discover what they truly want and need

  Many people are searching for something while wandering aimlessly without a predetermined course or destination. What can a coach accomplish? 

  • Pay more attention to the intangible (allow spirituality to come into the conversation)
  • Work on getting to know oneself
  • Refocus your life; put needs, values, and wants in order of importance.
  • Show how important it is to keep a relationship with yourself
  • Nurture peace

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