Learn to love your calling!

You've attended trainings, retreats and workshops that promised to help. You've learned a lot, but you still worry that you're not quite fulfilling your potential.

You wonder: is this really what you were born to do? And is this as good as you're going to get at doing it? You've lost that sense of excitement and unlimited possibility you had when you started.

No one ever succeeded in fulfilling their true calling without a great deal of personal growth, trusted guidance and an ever-growing sense of perspective.  This is where coaching makes all the difference, by helping you fully embody and practice what you've learned.

As your coach, I can help you learn to love your life's work again, and be even more
effective, inspired and engaged.

Coaching FAQ

1. What is coaching?
2. What kinds of results do Jill's clients get? What can I expect from coaching?
3. Am I a good candidate for coaching?
4. How is coaching conducted?
5. How can I find out if Jill is the right coach for me?

What is coaching?

Coaching is a professional partnership that provides social-change leaders with structure and support for learning, visioning, goal-setting and accountability for greater success in truly knowing and fulfilling your true calling in life.

As your coach, I will not only help you gain perspective, strategize and problem-solve, I will focus on helping you refine your ability to gain perspective, strategize and problem-solve in the future. I will help you see the roadblocks you put in your own way and learn to remove them, and stop putting them there in the first place!

In short, together we focus on the "content" of your work and goals as well as the "process" with which you approach your life and work, for long-term change and perspective.

What kinds of results do my clients get? What can you expect from working with me?

• Greater mastery and confidence with your calling
• More developed and sophisticated leadership skills
• The sense that you are truly doing what you were born to do
• Increased ability to understand, analyze and influence the political landscape in which you work and live
• Learn how to use your influence and personality to meet your mission and really make a difference
• Create and maintain better relationships with your direct reports, your colleagues and your own manager
• Feeling inspired and satisfied at least once a day
• Seeing that your beliefs and choices make a big difference in your quality of life
• More proactive strategies for meeting the ever-changing demands of life, less of a sense of overwhelm and defeat
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Am I a good candidate for coaching?

If you are ready to figure out how to stay connected to your calling AND feel satisfied and happy in your work and personal life, coaching can make all the difference. However, you must be prepared to be uncomfortable at times - this is honestly the only real requirement for change.
To get the most benefit from your coaching, you need be "coachable," which means you are:

• Willing to be uncomfortable sometimes to get what you really want
• Generally a self-aware person, interested in what makes you, and others, tick
• Open to receiving candid feedback and guidance
• Not afraid to tell the truth, even if its painful
• Willing and able to invest time in yourself and your development
• Open to intimacy
• Open to new ideas and ways of thinking, and willing to try new approaches
• Willing to accept responsibility for your life and the decisions you make
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How is coaching conducted?

Coaching is conducted through structured, insightful, and supportive conversations. While I do the majority of my one-on-one coaching over the phone, in-person sessions can be arranged with clients who live in the Seattle area. In each coaching session I listen, ask questions, contribute observations, offer guidance, and help you apply practical tools and techniques to clarify and focus on your vision, goals, strategies, plans and solutions.I also offer relevant resources, assessments and tools to help you reach your goals and deepen your learning.

Between coaching sessions, you will be completing assigments such as trying new behavior, keeping track of results, reading and asking for feedback. My clients also frequently email me between sessions to ask for advice or get encouragement and perspective.

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How can I find out if Jill is a good coach for me?

If you've already read through my website, the only real way to know if we'd be a good fit is to email me or call me at 206.328.4281 to set up a complimentary initial phone conversation.

When we talk, I will ask you some key questions about why you're seeking a coach and your personal style. You can ask me any questions you like about my background and approach and get a taste for the power of coaching firsthand. My real objective is to make sure you get the resources you need, so if I don't think we're a good fit I have colleagues I trust and respect to whom I can refer you. (back to top)