Is your goal to get out of debt? GROW Coaching
HOW ams COULD grow coach YOU TO BECOME “DEBT FREE”
Hi Nic Eatch here one of the Directors of AMS and co host from the AMS Debt Doctor Team. Today’s show was all about GROW coaching. As we often say on the radio our primary aim is to get our clients out of debt for the least amount of money possible. However we are very much interested in the long term wefare of our clients and want to develop long term sustainable relationships. To that extent we like to get involved in the life coaching and counselling part of our role and help our clients get to some of the causes of their financial issues.
A few years back I spent a vey intensive 6 months with a coaching company headed up by Olympian (and Gold Medalist) Adrian Moorhouse. One of the techniques that I mastered whilst with Adrians team was a coaching technique called GROW coaching. This is a great technique for helping with financial goal setting.
The G stands for goal “What would you love to achieve in your life with regard to your financial affairs?Why is that important to you? Is there anything that would be more important to you within this area of your life? Should that not be your goal? How would the attainment of this goal make you feel? (THESE ARE ALL QUESTIONS RELATED AROUND THE GOAL)
The R stands for reality “Where are you right now in relation to achieving your financial goal? What barriers are in your way? What have you tried to date? (THESE ARE ALL QUESTION RELATE AROUND THE REALITY OF THE CURRENT SITUATION)
The O stands for options ” What could you do to achieve your financial goal? What else could you do? What other things could you try? What are the 2 best things you could do? Who could help you achieve your goal? If you were 10 years younger what would you be saying to yourself right now? If you were 10 years older and you were looking back what would you be saying to yourself right now through the eyes of experience? (OPTION QUESTIONS – SPEND A LONG TIME IN THIS AREA – POWER COMES FROM WITHIN – AS THE COACH YOUR JOB IS TO FACILITATE – TO ASK THE QUESTIONS (OPEN) THAT HELP THE COACHEE COME UP WITH THEIR PLAN)
The W Stands for Will to do it – “How committed are you to achieving this financial goal? On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being this is ;rate yourself? What would you need to do to take this up another notch / couple of notches? What will stop you from achieving your goal? What will you do to make sure that does not happen? ( W QUESTIONS ARE ALL ABOUT THE WILL – THE COMMITTMENT LEVEL. GETTING THE COACHEE TO UNDERSTAND THAT “IF ITS TO BE ITS UPTO ME !!!” – NO MORE BLAME CULTURE – 100 PER CENT PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY – “Scarey Freedom as I like to call it ! )
So if your looking to achieve something in your personal or business life – like having “£100,000 in the bank” or simply being “free of debt or debt free ” then GROW coaching could be exactly the right type of debt counselling you are looking for and we would be delighted to help you achieve your personal goals – until next time Nic Eatch on behalf of the AMS Debt Doctor Team
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