Find the best coach to help you achieve success, progress, and well-being is important to your personal development. In this presentation, you will find common myths in choosing the best coach for you!

1. CHOOSING THE BEST
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2. PAUSE
Life is busy we all know it. The more you achieve, the more addictive
the cycle of outperforming yourself becomes.
As the pace of business and life in general continues to increase, how do
you pause and ensure you are putting your energy and attention on the
areas that will achieve the best results for you?
How do you step off the treadmill long enough to make sure you are
addressing the real questions in both your personal and professional
life?

3. MYTHS
Today more and more people choose to work with a coach, giving
themselves dedicated time to pause, space to breathe and time to think
so that they can refocus on their most important leadership questions.
The question is, with so many coaches available, how do you cut
through the crowd and find the best one for you?
Over the next few pages, we dispel some of the most common coaching
myths and offer simple tips to help you choose a coach who is the
perfect for you.

4. DISPELLING THE
Myths

5. “I SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK
EVERYTHING OUT MYSELF”
MYTH 1

6. When you pause, step back and
observe your actions, it allows you
to move forward more assuredly.
You are more powerful when the mirror is
held up to you.

7. “I MUST HAVE A PROBLEM
BEFORE I HIRE A COACH”
MYTH 2

8. Making your strengths and values
more conscious, allows you to lead
and live with greater confidence
Find a coach who can balance working on
your development areas with enhancing
your strengths

9. MYTH 3
“I MUST KNOW WHAT I WANT
TO ACHIEVE BEFORE I BEGIN”

10. Not knowing allows the unseen
to be seen, and is the perfect
starting point to any coaching
conversation
Relax your need to know and be in control,
stay curious and let the conversation guide
you

11. MYTH 4
“A COACH MUST HAVE
EXPERIENCE IN MY INDUSTRY”

12. Don’t let industry limit you,
a good coach is adaptable and
coaches the whole person
In your initial conversation observe if the
coach has a natural way of understanding
you and your world

13. MYTH 5
“I NEED TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TYPE OF COACH”

14. Chemistry counts, choose a
coach you feel a connection
with in the first instance –
the rest will unfold
Have chemistry sessions with as many
coaches as you need to, until you find the
one who clicks for you

15. MYTH 6
“MEETING IN PERSON BUILDS
GREATER TRUST”

16. Ask yourself how honest you
can be with this person, it is
safety that builds trust rather
than being in the room
Consider how bold and how vulnerable you
could be in conversations with this person

17. MYTH 7
“MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY CAN
COACH ME”

18. They may have good
intentions, but your friends
and family will have biases
that influence them
A coach can provide you with an objective
perspective by highlighting multiple
positions for you to consider how bold and
how vulnerable you could be in
conversations with this person

19. MYTH 8
“IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE
SCIENCE OF COACHING”

20. Worry less about the science;
consider if it is a thought
provoking, stimulating and
insightful conversation
Coaching is a powerful dialogue between
two people; choose someone who leaves you
with brand new perspectives

21. MYTH 9
“I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME
FOR COACHING”

22. The more resistance you feel
towards coaching the more
likely it’s time…
Ask your coach to set a regular rhythm
with you; this is key to enabling it to
become a natural part of your routine

23. MYTH 10
“I AM UNCOACHABLE”

24. You can anticipate feeling
challenged during your coaching,
but it’s highly unlikely you
are uncoachable
Coaching is a mutual conversation that
requires you to show up and play your
part

25. MYTH 11
“COACHING DOESN’T WORK”

26. Studies show you are more
likely to success if you have
a specific accountability to
another person
Choose a coach you respect, and who has
your well-being and success (not their own
ego) as their primary focus

27. JODIE L. GRAHAM
Mindful Matters Personal & Professional Coaching
As an Executive with over 20 years of proven leadership in the
world of finance, Jodie wants to work with individuals and teams to
discover a partnership that will answer the most difficult personal
and professional challenges. Through a method of inquiry, goal
setting, and strategic actions to support, encourage, and elevate
individuals to new heights in the discovery of their full potential.
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According to Jodie, most of the time, what prevents an individual from reaching his/her full potential are
the limiting beliefs that they hold within. As a professional coach, Jodie will work one on one to identify
the areas of your professional life that you would like to improve to help achieve your career goals and
aspirations. Through a process of asking questions, setting goals and determining the barriers, she will
assist you in developing strategies that can be implemented to achieve those goals. Through this
engagement, Jodie will act as your thinking partner to help you think beyond your current beliefs and
actions and start taking steps to move you forward and elevate you to new heights in your career as well
as your personal life.

28. “A coach is someone who always makes
you do what you don't want to do, so you
can be who you've always wanted to be.
There is no glory in practice, but without
practice, there is no glory." ~ Unknown
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