Coaching is all about the ability to increase performance, which only happens when you feel comfortable in your shoes, have confidence, and purpose, and resolve old issues. At work, good coaching increases employee engagement, the single biggest factor that influences performance. At home, we might say almost the same – being engaged in a fulfilling life, in fulfilling relationships, without fear or distress, with self-belief and contentment.
Coaching is for anyone. Anyone who has ever had a problem, anyone who has ever learned new things and wants to go further, anyone who feels a bit stuck, anyone feeling that they’re on the outside of their own life, of themselves. We use tried and tested psychological approaches to enable you to turn these principles into action. A coaching conversation is a compassionate collaboration, one in which you will work closely with your coach to identify what it is you want to work towards. Coaching is a comparatively small investment of time and application which yields extraordinary rewards.
Testimonials
“Jan is amazing, she helped me to personally design myself a better future, thinking about where I wanted to get to, and finding great ways to do it.”
“I’m a Director in the Public Sector and we’re under a lot of pressure. The coaching conversations with Jan Dexter helped me to set appropriate agendas, and positively affect our culture, productivity and motivation.”
“Our coaching conversations were a revelation. I’m building now the team I wanted to build, and the whole climate is different in our office.”
Choosing your Best Beliefs…
You might like to hear this mindful practice to begin to explore whether your beliefs serve you well. It is the first in a series of three.
What happens in coaching?
Coaching is a collaborative moment in time, for you to clarify where you are and whether it is congruent to where you want to be. As a Certified Master Coach and coaching educator, my approach to coaching is evidence based, warm, diverse and bespoke in nature. We make an agreement – you are in charge of what to bring to the conversation, your issues, strengths, dilemmas, decisions and any other considerations.
My job is to is to steer you through a process which creates shift. I provide you a route map, help you develop skills, attitudes and tools, gaining clarity on what’s important, what you want more of or less of. I never give advice, rather, together, we create the space for you to lay out your thoughts, emotions and beliefs about where you are, o give them a good airing, a good listening to, and to identify preferred outcomes.
And then you can move forward
The Tools of My Trade
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A Client Centred Attitude – It’s All About You
My work is informed by the philosophy of Carl Rogers. I will help you to understand yourself better, without judgement, and to find your authentic self. I will be open and honest and support you to interrogate thoughts and beliefs that you hold which are unhelpful. I will give you unconditional positive regard, in other words be absolutely on your side, and I will respect your values.
And together we will create the change you want to be.
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination. Experience is, for me, the highest authority. The touchstone of validity is my own experience.
Carl Rogers
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Problem Solving and Opportunity Development Framework
We work systematically, with flexibility. You will learn a method of progression which you can take with for life, so that you can become your own internal coach and approach your future life issues from a more empowered position.
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NLP: Neuro Linguistic Programming
As a double certified Trainer in Neuro Linguistic Programming, I integrate this powerful model into everything I do. NLP is all about connection between Thought, Word and Deed. Through NLP you can develop more helpful self talk, banish the unhelpful committee in your head, break through limiting beliefs, develop a strong foundation of self empowerment, and learn smarter conversational tools. NLP change is fast and effective.
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Bailey’s LAB Profile
As one of the few certified UK Coaches in Motivational Profiling from a Linguistic base, I teach you to break through motivational blocks and understand more easily how you, and others around you, are motivated. This is both simple and powerful knowledge.
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PRINT ™
As one of the first PRINT™ profiling coaches in the UK, you can discover why you behave and respond in different ways, depending on ingrained patterns of belief and behaviours. Through this self understanding, you can learn to avoid the triggers that derail you, and find ways and means to stay in your best self state.
These tools are all enabling, and we use them together to make our coaching relationship unique, powerful, and high value.