Coaching tips for Business and life
By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter
A former serviceman is embarking on a new campaign-as a life coach.
Phil Dawson, who lives at Honley, has set up Achievable Life. As a life coach, he
helps individuals to take stock of their situation and make positive moves to improve
themselves.
Said Mr. Dawson: "I have been involved in life coaching for more than 10 years and
I have clients as far afield as Australia, South Africa, Cyprus and Malta. I work
from home and deal with clients face-to-face or via the telephone."
Mr. Dawson served in both the Royal Navy and the Parachute Regiment - the latter
including tours of duty in Northern Ireland. He also spent 17 years working in South
Africa. And he believes his experiences in the armed forces and business abroad can
be brought to bear on his present career. Mr. Dawson said: "Just as a sports coach
helps an athlete improve their performance, a life coach can help individuals achieve
their goals.
"They can lean on their life coach knowing that he or she is always there to support
them and work with them - but never to Judge them.”
Mr. Dawson said life coaching could help people in a wide range of ways. 'In some
cases, people called on a life coach to help bolster their self-confidence or improving
their job prospects. Others wanted help to get better organised at work, improve
efficiency or achieve a better work-life balance.’ Said Mr Dawson: "We live in a
world where negativity is rife and people have entrenched values and ideas. Life
coaches can help people be more positive about themselves. “Life coaches can help
determine whether certain people are in the right Jobs - or whether they would be
better suited to other roles in an organisation. “The clients set the goals they
want to achieve and the life coach maps out a series of exercises and tasks to help
them get there. Whatever the clients learn is to their advantage."
Henryk.zientek@examiner.co.uk
