Business and leadership coaching.

Time is money, as they say, so we understand it can be difficult to find time for your own development and growth when you’ve the all-consuming responsibility for running a business whilst leading your team - and being seen to do so.

We’ve been there ourselves, but spending time improving yourself and making time to achieve your own personal successes - or those related to your career or enterprising ambition - is an important milestone on your professional journey, whether you’re simply trying to get through the day or you want to progress to bigger and better things.

It’s also a practical way of maintaining your own resilience, particularly when you’re expected to carry the weight of other people’s problems as invariably occurs when good leaders seek to support their teams. At Aruga, we call it “bandwidth” and everyone has a limit before things start to slow down.

It’s never been more important to think about your own wellbeing and to factor chances for decompression. Being the boss can silently take its toll when you’re all things to all people.

Rewarding yourself with time for your own reflection can give you a better perspective, recharging you for the next set of challenges that lie ahead. Whether you build an hour into your working week, or take time away from the office, it’s always “good to talk”, especially when you know the other person is listening.

Be in no doubt, the process of identifying and setting yourself realistic goals before setting out to achieve them, is an empowering feeling. Helped by a coach who steers the conversation to maintain focus, providing a layer of accountability to getting things done between sessions, you can be sure to make noticeable progress in the direction you want to take.

Finding the right coach who creates a safe space to confidentially share thoughts, reflect on challenges and discuss ongoing issues, can elevate your thinking, improving your clarity and decision-making to help you reach your goals. Knowing that someone is listening, and has probably been there themselves at some point is often a welcome signal that you’re not alone in your experiences - it’s not just happening to you!

As well as fuelling your self-motivation, many thousands of leaders who participate in some form of professional coaching each year discover their confidence is boosted, with critical-thinking and communication skills better as a byproduct of frequently verbalising their thoughts, ordering them, then arriving at sound conclusions about what actions to pursue.

Most people are reluctant to ask for help, particularly if things seem to be going well already. In adopting the view that you don’t currently have any problems to solve, you’ve already talked yourself out of the potential for preparing ahead.

People seek coaches for many reasons. From novice professionals with big career aspirations; or competent role-holders looking for the confidence to make a change; through to experienced managers hoping to hone existing skills; or senior executives navigating complex strategic issues via an impartial sounding board to challenge thinking. And many others in between.

What many have in common is a desire to learn, grow and be better - greater self-awareness brings many dividends. Some already have a clear set of goals, whilst others are not sure where to start with their quest. Coaching sessions can form a routine structure to get things done to a timetable, or instead for reflecting on the week just passed to consider how else we might have approached things.

One universal trait is that, perhaps despite initial perceptions, misgivings, or reasons against, those people of all backgrounds and experience reached out to someone to explore whether a coaching relationship would add value for them at whichever point they found themselves.