How Business Coaching And Life Coaching Work
Written by Glenda Drewery   
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 07:34
In these modern times it is increasingly common for individuals and businesses to use the services of a business or life coach to help them set and achieve specific targets. The reason thought to be behind the increased use of these practices is a less stubborn attitude which currently prevails in society - in short we have all accepted that we sometimes need a little external help. It has been widely accepted that business or life coaching can really help.
by GlendaDrewery


In these modern times it is increasingly common for individuals and businesses to use the services of a business or life coach to help them set and achieve specific targets. The reason thought to be behind the increased use of these practices is a less stubborn attitude which currently prevails in society - in short we have all accepted that we sometimes need a little external help. It has been widely accepted that business or life coaching can really help.

Both business and life coaching involves similar techniques and have existed as professions in their own right since about the early 1990s. Coaching schools are self regulation. No industry wide independent body currently exists to regulate coaching schools.

Life coaching is the practice of helping individuals formulate and ultimately achieve personal goals. The methods used will vary from coach to coach but usually psychological analysis is beyond the remit of a life coach and instead life coaches will use methods which have been learned from the areas of sociology, career counselling and mentoring.

A man called Ben Karter is the person who is said to have kicked off the life coaching industry as we know it today. Before his transformation into a motivational speaker Ben was a sports coach and many of the methods he used in his motivational talks are still used by life coaches to this day.

The role of a business coach has changed a huge amount over the last 50 years. According to research papers, many businesses were using internal coaching of an informal kind from the 1930s to the 1960s. Business coaching and the practice of mentoring must be seen as separate entities however. A good business coach will have good mentoring skills but must also have experience in the relevant field of business.

Business coaches and life coaches have many methods in common. They both help to achieve success in life or in business by helping people to set and attain goals. They also both encourage the correct mindset in an individual to achieve success.

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