Okay, so you expert life coaches got me; life coaches don’t actually solve problems, but they do facilitate goals, and motivate individuals and teams by providing an impartial ear and accountability to their clients.

Life coaches, business coaches, executive coaches, spiritual coaches–whatever name they go by, provide an opportunity to anyone who needs a little boost in an area of their life. Here are 12 situations in which a life coach can provide insight:

  1. Reducing job stress and increasing job satisfaction – many life coaches operate solely in the business world, helping people pick apart and remedy what frustrates them at work. These breakthroughs also generally lead to increased productivity and better time management.
  2. Increasing job performance, and working towards a promotion – coaches help their clients target their work goals and map out steps to help them move up to the next level.
  3. Changing jobs or careers all together – life coaches work with newly graduated high school or college students, and established professionals looking for a change.
  4. Team cohesion in the workplace – some coaches work with teams in the workplace to make them as strong and productive as possible; coaches help keep communication open and develop systems and strategies to maximize the team’s success.
  5. Developing leadership skills – leadership coaches specialize in leadership management and can help their clients develop the tools and skill sets of,well, a leader.
  6. Finding a good balance between work and life – this goal is common with clients who hire a life coach for either help with their work life or their home life; often one is so closely tied to the other, it is the need to strike a better balance that becomes the solution.
  7. Starting a business – coaches can help with generating ideas, forming a step by step plan, and keeping motivation up to help their clients achieve this major goal.
  8. Encouraging creativity and helping artists maintain focus – many artists turn to life coaches to assist them in giving structure to their creativity and process.
  9. Setting and achieving personal goals – want to organize that closet? how about bungee jump off a bridge? Feel like life is just too busy as passing you by? Life coaches are trained to help you breakdown life’s more complicated issues as well as the seemingly little ones and find ways for you to feel in control and back on track again.
  10. Seeking spiritual goals- two niches in life coaching include spiritual coaching and christian life coaching. Both aim to help people with personal spiritual questions.
  11. Health and wellness goals – unlike a trainer who is only there at the gym, a health and wellness coach keeps you accountable 24/7. Whether it’s a healthier diet, losing weight, toning up, or training for an event like a marathon or triathlon, there are coaches ready to help you work.
  12. Relationship goals – whether with family, a significant other, children, or even friends, life coaches can help you explore and strengthen these relationships.

Notice a lot of goals in there, did you? Unlike couselors, therapists and even mentors, life coaches work with their clients to focus on facilitating the formation of objectives and plans to achieve them. Life coaches do not deal with the past, but rather work with their clients’ present and future. Now what do you think a life coach can help you with?

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