When it comes to change, it is useful to recognize that there will be some emotion attached to it and some different emotional responses that people go through. But overall, people do acclimatize to the new reality. So that’s also useful to recognize. As coaches, we can do good work just in reassuring someone that these are quite normal emotions to feel when going through change. Not as glib as ‘this too shall pass but recognizing that it is a stage to go through and that hopefully things will improve.

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So, we can help with:

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• normalizing the emotional reaction to change for people

• some perspective taking

• recognizing why the change is happening from the organizational perspective,

• what it means for the people around them,

• how they might reframe it more positively

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Quite often when people come for coaching there is some big change happening. This is often a great opportunity to think about what’s important in your life, to reconnect with your values, and actually to think.

 

What do I want to do with the time I have left in my life?

What’s the new direction for me?

And to find some new perspective and to explore possibilities.

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Coaching is a lovely 

One side of change is definitely coming to terms with that change. Another side of change is where a client wants something to change. They might not recognize that it is change at the outset. They might see it a problem that need’s fixing. 

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​Change isn’t easy. Certainly, if it’s being done to you, there’s a degree to which you have to work to accept it. If you’re wanting to bring about change, then the work is around what you actually want to have happen, and then the steps that you’re going to take, the options you’ve got in order to make that happen, and then the steps you’re going to take to move forward on it