Media Room
David
Wood, PCC: Authority on
Life and Business Coaching
SAMPLE
INTERVIEW Q&A
Summary: Coaches work over
mainly the phone, often from home, and help people set better goals, and
achieve them faster. With solid business and marketing skills, coaching
can make six figure incomes.
What is Life Coaching?
Coaching is a process of
helping people get clear on what they REALLY want, and set better goals for themselves.
Coaches then help them design strategies to go get it. Common goals are
finding a partner, improving your relationship, increasing your salary, choosing
a new career direction, starting a new business, building a business.
How is it different from
therapy?
Therapy tends to process
deep feelings, and focus on the past and present. Coaching focuses on the present and the future, and is very
action based.
Is this a credible profession?
It
is now. There is now an international body setting standards for the
industry. The International Coach
Academy training is fully aligned with these standards.
Why is the Profession Growing
so Quickly?
Firstly, coaches make a BIG impact on people's lives,
and can earn 6 figure incomes doing it. Secondly, working via phone allows them
to work from home, the office, or even the beach!
How Does One Become a Coach?
Like any other profession
- with training and experience. www.BecomeaCoach.com
lists viable coaching programs around the world.
What are some of the most unusual goals you've worked
on, or clients you've worked with?
I helped a woman in the
New Zealand Army with her goal of deciding a new career direction, which was to
become a fashion editor in Ireland!
What would you say is the most common reason someone
hires you for personal coaching?
What types of people can be helped by a Life Coach?
What
makes you successful as a Life Coach?
Where can people get more
information on this career?
