Could Peak Performance Coaching Make You Even Better?

Article featured in ‘London Business Matters’ the London Chamber of Commerce magazine September 2003

By Jonathan Bowder, Director of Isis Executive Coaching

Talk to senior business people about what the biggest barriers are to efficiency and profitability and you will often hear about external factors such as interest and exchange rates and other macro economic indicators. Other executives are increasingly acknowledging the role that stress and burnout play in eating away at an organisation from the inside by undermining its best people.

The current proliferation of executive coaching companies reflects the increasing tide of London’s elite who are seeking out people to assist them in becoming even better. The coaching community regularly hear from executives who have temporarily lost sight of their goals, have developed limiting beliefs about their own abilities as well as losing confidence in themselves and those around them. Other busy people seek coaching because of an imbalance in their lives where work dominates to the detriment of everything else.

Peak Performance Coaching is a powerful new paradigm that utilises the latest advances in behavioural and cognitive psychology. Techniques such as Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Time Line Therapy™ are used in order to enhance all areas of the client’s busy life.

NLP is a body of knowledge which has risen to prominence over the last 20 years that explains the language and thought processes of the brain. These discoveries are then used to assist the client in a number of situations whether it is stress management, breaking down fear and limiting beliefs or eradicating unwanted behaviours.

Time Line Therapy™ grew out of NLP and works by assisting clients in letting go of negative emotions and limiting decisions as well as putting compelling goals into the future. These processes are used by achievers around the world from Olympic gold medallists to prominent business people. The ‘money programme’ recently ran a feature on the UK Director of savings from one of the top four high street banks experiencing Time Line Therapy™ to let go of decisions and negative emotions that were holding him back. His employer is grooming him for the top of the organisation and Peak Performance Coaching is seen as an integral part of his development.

The sessions work by using advanced questioning techniques to reveal issues that are having a negative impact on somebody’s life and business. Once identified these obstacles are removed and new compelling goals are set for the future. Ongoing tasking is given to ensure that new success strategies are maintained and goals achieved. Clients usually meet with their coaches for between 1 and 2 hours every fortnight. In the case of major obstacles to progress, an intensive day long breakthrough session is also available. This is designed for executives who have come up against a major obstacle in the development of their career, organisation, or in their private lives.

Both Olympic athletes and senior business professionals are often surprisingly unclear about their outcomes. Peak Performance Coaching brings goals to life and engenders a sense of clarity and believability that make the severest challenge seem possible. Executives who utilise Peak Performance Coaching often feel that they have new perspectives on old problems as well as increased energy and efficiency levels. Other achievers have commented that it has allowed them to improve their work / life balance and re-evaluate success as being something that can be measured inside and outside the office. Ultimately, by investing in themselves, successful people realise that they are investing in the profitability of their business and in the enhancement of their lives.

Contact: Jonathan Bowder at Isis Coaching on 07779 016110 or email info AT isiscoaching DOT co DOT uk. Isis provide Peak Performance Coaching to high achievers that utilises accelerated change technologies including NLP and Time Line Therapy™.

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