The Achieve Coaching Group
The Achieve Coaching Group is a specialized coaching firm that provides a full suite of integrated coaching services that span all aspects of leadership development - from assessments and executive coaching to workshops and specialized team programs. We are committed to the success of your organization. We believe in achieving individual, team and organizational objectives through outstanding coaching that is measurable and above all, sustainable. "Achieve" embodies the essence of who we are and what we do. Using a collaborative approach we maximize your potential by coaching to increase insight, skills, accountability and consequently transform your exceptional future to create sustainable change and results.
What is your focus? - an Achieve Blog Post
By Jodie Barrett | September 9, 2008
Have you ever noticed that when you focus all your energies on your goal you are able to create your own success. Yet, when you reverse this process the same thing happens. When working with coaching clients I ask them “What do you want?” The answer I most often hear is what they don’t want. I don’t want to feel so overloaded. I don’t want to follow this career path. I don’t want to be tired anymore. All their energy is focused on what they don’t want. Guess what~ that is what they get! Why? Because that is what you are focusing on. That is your goal. What happens when you become a new parent? Besides a sudden lack of sleep you also start to notice how many other new infants your friends have. You go to the mall, everyone has new babies. Before you know it there are new babies everywhere. But it is only your perception, personal experience and your focus that has changed. There as many new babies out there in the world as there ever have been.
“What do you want?”
1. Focus on what you want.
2. Create measurable actions
3. Engage in coaching
4. Achieve your goal.
Have you phrased what you want in a positive frame?
I will to reach my next career goal of….
I will make my first million by 35…
I will…
Question of the Day:
What do you want? What is your focus? What will you do?
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Hybrid Coaching - an Achieve Blog Post
By Jodie Barrett | August 23, 2008
Going to the gas pumps can easily cause heart failure as you watch the dollar signs creep up very quickly. With the high cost of fuel hybrid vehicles have been forefront in the media. Wickpedia lists the hybrid as “a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to propel the vehicle”. What about the concept of hybrid coaching?
Hybrid coaching allows a coach to tap into a clients’ rechargeable energy system that they may not realize is within themselves while at the same time using their internal combustion engine otherwise known as ambition. This enables you to focus your energy towards your specific goals without having to keep returning to the gas pumps where you have input but gain minimal output without great costs. I’ll bet you can think of attending seminars or meetings that drain and deflate you just like the oversized SUV at the pumps.
Hybrid coaching; giving you the get-up-and-go without the high cost of fuel!
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Happiness at Work - an Achieve Blog Post
By Jodie Barrett | April 10, 2008
What makes you happy? In our coaching practice we find that many clients are searching for elements within their work that create conditions for happiness; that sense of satisfaction both with yourself and the work that you do . But increasingly pressures for deadlines and deliverables and ongoing stresses overwhelm and we lose that sense of bliss.
How can you be happy in your work environment?
- Find joy in what you do.
Every situation and working environment has positive within it. Happy people find those moments and expand upon them. The energy that is created will create more such conditions and you will find yourself having greater success. - Give it meaning.
If you are connected to your work it will inspire you to achieve your goals because it is important to you. If you are attached to a task and finding satisfaction you will be successful. Take charge of your own professional development and create your own growth plan. - Make connections.
Having friends at work provides a support network whether it be from peers, boss or direct reports. Take the time to get to know the people that you work with, find coworkers you like and spend time with them.
Deciding to fill up your glass at work ( figuratively speaking of course) and creating happy moments within your work will enable you to find great satisfaction and success.
Question of the day: Am I happy at work?
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