What is Professional Life Co-active Coaching™?

In professional coaching, the trained coach taps into the wisdom of the client. You, the client, are naturally creative, resourceful and whole. At times you may become stagnant, stuck, or in a rut. When wanting to reach your goals and dreams, what stops you? Believing in yourself? Perhaps fear or your inner critic takes a hold on you and keeps you from moving forward. The coach is a guide to facilitate your process in discovering what you want in YOUR life.

As a Certified Professional Co-active Coach, I provide professional coaching in creating the momentum you need to produce life-changing results. Together, we work as a team I use the co-active model which includes a holistic, interactive team approach. Coaching will impact your whole life, not just one area.

As your coach, I use intuition, active listening, create awareness by asking curious questions. In addition, you the client is completely heard and supported while being held accountable throughout the coaching process. I coach you to notice perceived blocks and become aware of different perspectives, as well as encouraging you to see all the choices around you. I will help draw your own creativity from within to find your own answers. You will not only move forward in life, but deepen your learning in the process.

As a certified coactive coach through The Coaches Training Institute, I align myself with their philosophy in coaching. Below is a segment that truly speaks to how being impacts the action my clients accomplish in their coaching.

Being involves clarity of intention, vision, calling, motivation, and inspiration. It requires being truly present both with yourself and others, and noticing the rich unspoken information "between the lines" and in the space. Doing includes techniques, processes, and actions. Once you are grounded in the deep and rich context of being, your doing has much greater impact. We hold both as equally important and enable you to harness the power that comes from integrating the two. --- Coaches Training Institute

How We Coach

Coaching is a partnership that requires your active participation. With Leslie’s help, you will:

• Identify your strengths, values, and passions
• Formulate goals and develop a written action plan
• Take the steps necessary to implement the plan

As your coach, Leslie acts as an objective observer who will:

• Provide motivation, encouragement, and continuous feedback
• Keep you accountable
• Keep you focused on the tasks necessary to achieve your goals
• Help you experience more clarity

Describing her coaching approach, Leslie says, “What I do first is help people to identify what they feel is most important in their life. Then we work together to develop goals and create more balance. I walk with and support each person along the way so that they can stay motivated and focused to reach a higher level of inner peace and accomplishment.”