5 Things to Know about Transition Coaching
Whether it’s in life, career, or leadership - change is constant! When you’re thinking about working through it with a transition coach, ground yourself in these 5 things to know about Transition Coaching!
ONE: No change is too small or too big to tackle with a coach.
Change happens all around, all day, every day, all day long. Weather changes, relationships change, furniture changes, jobs change, we get bangs. Some changes are easy to flow with and we process unconsciously, others - no matter the size - can throw us off. Transition coaching is less about the change (if it’s about a haircut or moving to another country, a happy promotion or a devastating relationship loss) and more about YOU. Hiring a transition coach is a great idea if you want a partner in these questions:
What will you let go of in this transition, and how prepared do you feel to do that?
What do you really want for yourself next?
How can you begin building your aspirations for the future into your present?
TWO: You are the leader.
EVEN when you’re feeling lost, stuck, overwhelmed and tired…a great coach remembers and helps to remind you that you are the expert in your life. Sure, it might take a bit to shift through the BS of “rights and wrongs” “shoulds and shouldn’ts” but ultimately, you can get to your core values, instincts and sense of purpose to get unstuck. In transition coaching, you’ll find a partner to help you regain your leadership in your life, not one who will tell you the answers.
THREE: Let’s call it 20% revelation and 80% perspiration.
Coaching sessions often happen weekly and in a short period of time, we can dig really deep; uprooting connections, tensions, and key alignment for you. After your coaching sessions those revelations turn to transformation through YOUR action. A great coach will help you create experiments, plans, or routines to put in the meaningful perspiration work to get closer to your vision for success every day.
FOUR: It’s about planning AND feeling.
Transitions are often time-period bound! We have something, we let go of something, we get something else, we get used to it. With something so chronological, it’s easy to get into planning mode with benchmark goals, steps, and trackers. But the truth is - if transition were just about planning logically, we’d all be a lot better at it. Transitions also bring up feelings, and to take any meaningful step, we’ve got to tackle those too. It’s normal to come to a transition coach wanting to make a technical change like, find a new job, and spend more time talking about confidence, imposter syndrome, boundaries, and values.
FIVE: You’ve got the opportunity to find a bonus: transformation.
This is the good stuff! Transitions, while they require work from the inside out, can still leave you focused on an external result, object or relationship (a job, a salary bump, an engagement). If on your own, or through coaching you get that external result, more power to you! But if you walk away ONLY with that, the current result… you’ve left your money on the table. Coaching at its best can open doors to better understand yourself, connect to your values, know and love who you are ALWAYS, no matter what, and make choices accordingly. That’s where the transformation is; in that life-long security in yourself.
Sounds good, right? Schedule a strategy session with me when you want to talk more about what this would look like for your beautiful self.
