{"id":2300,"date":"2022-01-28T14:42:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T14:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2022-01-28T14:45:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T14:45:15","slug":"thought-for-the-week-what-is-real-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/2022\/01\/28\/thought-for-the-week-what-is-real-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought for the Week \u2013 What is REAL Empowerment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2303\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/2022\/01\/28\/thought-for-the-week-what-is-real-empowerment\/empowerment\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/empowerment.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"empowerment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/empowerment.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2303 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/empowerment.jpg\" alt=\"empowerment\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/empowerment.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/empowerment-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/empowerment-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In last week\u2019s Thought for the Week, I told you about how was about how \u201cMy Boss Changed my Life\u201d! You can find previous posts here in my Blog.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2301\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/2022\/01\/28\/thought-for-the-week-what-is-real-empowerment\/do-what-you-love\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/do-what-you-love.png\" data-orig-size=\"210,131\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"do-what-you-love\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/do-what-you-love.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2301 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/do-what-you-love.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"131\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because my boss at that time, Carolyne listened to me, believed in me, empowered me and made me feel like an equal, I am now doing what I do all these years later and for me, I am blessed to feel like this \u2026<\/p>\n<p>As you know, I work with Business Owners and Leaders and empower them to communicate authentically so they have more impact and thrive in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>So, HOW do I help them to achieve that?<\/p>\n<p>Through personal development and coaching.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I want to dispel a <em>myth<\/em> about Coaching and this is important because this is how my ex-boss Carolyne made such a difference to me \u2026<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The successful manager as coach, doesn\u2019t do the work for the client. They allow them to do the work, so they build their understanding, self-awareness, confidence, and self-esteem.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The successful career coach doesn\u2019t write a resume for their client &#8211; instead, they ask their client to write a history of their professional accomplishments.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>This takes longer, and it&#8217;s more challenging in certain ways. But what this approach does is it actually <em><u>empowers<\/u><\/em> the other person more.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This<\/span><\/em> is <em>Coaching<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So, you may well ask;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, if a Coach isn\u2019t going to tell me what to do, why would I have coaching then?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, let&#8217;s look at what Mentoring is &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the difference between Coaching and Mentoring?<\/p>\n<p>We would have a mentor if we need guidance on what we should do. This may be when we are new in a role, or we want up scale-up a business for example. Then we would have a mentor who is an exert in that specific field and they will tell us what to do.<\/p>\n<p>So, you can see the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, I left you with this quote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;Good Leadership is an opportunity to bring someone back to their own mind, to show them how good they can be&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">-Nancy Kline-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And here is an excerpt from another piece that Nancy Kline wrote about Coaching \u2026<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>\u201cMany coaches say that the purpose of coaching is to take clients from where they are now to where they want to be.<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1em; font-family: var(--font-base, 'IBM Plex Sans', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif);\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>Many say in the next breath that, in organisations, the purpose of coaching is to take clients from where they are now to where the sponsor wants them to be.<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1em; font-family: var(--font-base, 'IBM Plex Sans', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif);\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>Hearteningly, a few say that the purpose of coaching is for clients to think.<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1em; font-family: var(--font-base, 'IBM Plex Sans', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif);\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>Given that the quality of everything our clients do depends on the quality of the thinking they do first, generating a client\u2019s finest thinking is surely the point of it all. I would go further, though. I would say that the purpose of coaching is for clients to think \u2013 for themselves.<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1em; font-family: var(--font-base, 'IBM Plex Sans', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif);\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>For themselves changes everything. <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>For themselves requires new expertise. <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>For themselves startles us into seeing that if we look in the wrong place, we find the wrong thing.<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1em; font-family: var(--font-base, 'IBM Plex Sans', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif);\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>Second by second as we coach, we could hold in our minds the question \u2026<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1em; font-family: var(--font-base, 'IBM Plex Sans', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif);\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>\u2018How far can this person go in their own productive, original thinking before they need mine? And how much further than that? And how much further even than that can they go for themselves before they need my thinking?\u2019<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>And, we could decide to hear the answer to; &#8216;How far can they go?&#8217; Far. Far&#8221;.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By the way, if you would like to sample Coaching for yourself, you can book a completely complimentary Coaching Session <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/korinne\/30min\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>\u201cAfter my first session with Korinne I identified what my key message is and where I want my business to go. She has a natural ability to connect with you and asks the right questions to find out what you are hoping to achieve. Her coaching skills are brilliant and I highly recommend her. Thanks, Korinne, you have really made a difference in my life!\u201d<\/em><\/span><em style=\"color: #ff6600; font-family: var(--font-headings, 'IBM Plex Sans', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif); font-size: 0.83333em;\">\u2013Ali Monjack \u2013 4TheNow Media Nov 21- Website:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.4tn.co.uk\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">www.4TN.co.uk<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>I have a Coach myself and every successful Business Owner and Leader will do for the reasons I have given. And every one of us will say it really has changed our lives and continues to do so.<\/p>\n<p>As always, I will leave that with that thought.<\/p>\n<p>With best wishes for your success,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Korinne<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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