There are loads of people who get hired or promoted to really good jobs because of their skills and capabilities.

Yet surprisingly six months later these same people are floundering and don't appear to be up to it all.

You may be one of those people.

Or indeed you may be someone who manages one of those people.

If you were a sports person, you'd know without thinking exactly what to do.

You'd have a coach who'd work with you on your fitness, your training regimes, your attitude, your goals.

You'd be supported by someone who had your best interests as a priority.

Even if you're not a sports person, you can hire a personal trainer at the gym to help you get in shape and motivate you to excel.

Some people work for companies that have mentoring or coaching programmers for their employees, where they have good access to support and encouragement.

If you work for one of these companies you are lucky because most don't.

There are even people who, although they may work for such a company, feel uncomfortable or embarrassed about asking for support, and so they go without.

But we, all of us, need support and motivation at different times in our lives.

Someone to 'coach' us into the corporate equivalent of swimming those extra laps or helping us make those crucial adjustments to our golf swing.

Good coaching is unbiased, objective support that sees and identifies the best of your qualities and abilities and helps you develop them

A good coach sees and identifies which hurdles are hard for you to get over and finds ways to get over them or circumvent them when appropriate.

Good coaching is someone on the sidelines who has your best interests as a priority.

Coaches provide motivation and inspiration and help you find ways to deal with immediate difficulties as well as helping you plan a long-term career strategy.

In short their job is not to do things for you, but to help you find the resources within yourself to set goals and achieve change that had eluded you up until now.

Please review the mentoring page for details of my career and specialization. Further details are available on request, email or phone 01743 249737.