Change is a challenge, and coaching keeps you focused on overcoming the challenge.
We facilitate this positive change by improving thinking. We help you close the gap between where you are now and where you want to be in your personal or professional life.
About Coaching With Us
Coaching is the sort of help you reach for when you don’t need more information, but you need to get your thinking clear; or you need some support to set strategic goals and make the changes needed to achieve them. In other words, it’s change directed and decided by you.
Strategic coaches (which is what we are) are just like sports coaches. We focus on you and your goals, and we are supportive with high expectations. We’ll ask you questions to help you see new ways to achieve your goals and develop clear thinking and informed planning.
The coaching process starts by investigating where you need change or want to focus your efforts – then we set inspiring and measurable goals. So, for example it might be to work 50% less, or achieve 30% more profitability, or increase monthly income by $1,000, or halve your debts. By going for big, inspiring goals you establish a commitment and set your attention and focus on achieving them within the timeframe of the coaching series.
And just like a sports coach or personal trainer we’ll set up a framework for you to work with, to ensure the work you put in is focussed on the right areas, at the right time, to ensure success.
Regardless of your time, goals, budget and location, we can work together on implementing change in your life or organisation – online or in person.
Meet Our Head Coach
Tania Jones
B.Soc.Sci, B.Ed, Dip Tchg (Secondary), M.Ed, PGCert EdTech, Cert Coaching Skills.
Coming to the table with over 20 years’ experience in governance, project leadership and management, economic and community development, organisational and strategic planning in tertiary education as well as business and not for profit sectors – I’ve learnt that a good idea has the power to change attitudes and behaviour, and I love the challenge of making ideas come to life and work in the real world. I’ve also learnt that one individual, on their own or within an organisation, can make the difference if they focus their authentic efforts.
I came to coaching after redundancy forced a life refocus. Sifting through what excited me the most out of all the things I had done in previous roles – developing ideas and people is what came out on top. I completed my coaching training on the day of the first Christchurch earthquake in September 2010 (sending us Christchurch residents reeling) so I jumped straight in to my new vocation and ClearThinking Coaching was born…created to help people focus their thinking and planning no matter what their current situation.
I am a clear, confident advocate for collaborative processes, strategic planning and accountability. I enjoy guiding projects through from conception to completion and strongly promote results-focused action coming from consultation and planning. I have specific interests in helping individuals and businesses engage with their communities in a positive, meaningful and strategic way; and helping enterprising people create new ventures!
The coaching process works to transform lives and I am committed to clients willing to make the effort to focus, change and achieve by changing their thinking.
I believe:
- That no matter what you’re doing, if you want to achieve great things
- You should start with a well thought out plan
- You need to believe in your ideas
- You must have solid targets, and a pathfinder to guide the way, and
- The only way to get things done is to do it.
- That the situation you walk past is the situation you accept.
- What you do impacts others, so do it well.
So, come with me – one step further than you would on your own.
To strengthen the work that I do, I collaborate with a very clever on-demand team to enrich your experience with ClearThinking Coaching. When I can persuade them, you might see them at a workshop or catch them on the end of the phone or an email.
