Performance Coaching: The Superior Choice Over Life Coaching
In the bustling modern world, the pursuit of self-improvement has become a priority for many individuals. Among the myriad options available, coaching stands out as a popular avenue for personal and professional growth. While life coaching and performance coaching both aim to enhance one’s life, performance coaching is often the superior choice, particularly for those […]
Five Signs You Need a Career Coach
When we’re confronting change or struggling where we are, it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish what we want from what we need. Particularly when it comes to your career, you might know what you want to accomplish; but what you need is help to get there. The person trained to deliver exactly the help […]
Does AI Pose a Challenge to the Human Touch in Career Coaching?
One search term has dominated the internet in the past year: AI. Brittanica defines AI as the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings. The definition is important because most of what we read about AI are polarized views of it. As with most things in […]
3 Ways to Supercharge Your Career with Coaching
Steve Jobs had the following memorable line: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” Great work means different things for each of us at different points in our lives. What was great work for me when I came out […]
What are the different types of coaching?
At ideamix coaching, we divide coaching into three broad categories: professional enhancement, personal enhancement, and business-related coaching. Professional Enhancement This type of coaching is oriented towards those working within an established organizational structure. It can be effective in both individual and team settings. Executive coaching (C-suite): For senior-level leaders in organizations designed to help them […]
New Year, New Career? Coaching Can Help
At the start of every new year, people take the time to reflect on their lives and question their personal status quo. This questioning can often lead them to wonder if their current job is the right fit for them. Moreover, there have never been so many people rethinking their careers in general given the […]
The War For Talent: Large Corporations vs. Small Businesses
A new problem has emerged within the past year for small businesses and larger corporations across the country: employees are needed everywhere, but -there are more vacant jobs than available workers. The “Great Resignation” of 2021 was essentially the mass voluntary exit of approximately 47 million Americans, largely prompted by Covid-19. As we get to […]
What are the different types of coaching?
What is coaching? Why should I do it? Think of coaching as an effective hybrid between counseling and therapy. Coaching is goal-oriented, and the goals defined up-front serve as the basis for everything that follows in coaching. Like therapy, coaching tends to delve into some of your past, but it is more forward looking and […]
How Coaching Can Help You Make a Career Pivot
Sometimes when people are struggling, it can be difficult to distinguish what you want from what you need. Especially when it comes to your career, you might know what you want to accomplish, but what you need, is help getting there. The key to getting that help is a career coach. In her article titled […]
The Online Coaching Industry Boom
The pandemic caused a shift of our lives online to comply with social distancing guidelines. This shift affected every industry for better or for worse, including the coaching industry. In his article titled The Flourishing, Surprising, Badly Needed Market For Online Coaching, Josh Bersin explains how the online coaching industry exploded due to multiple side […]