CLIENT STORY:
From Scotland to England

Meet Sheena Mason,
Executive Coach:

Q: Why did you hire a coach? What did you want to see happen in your life at that time?

A: I hired Kristin to help me find out how I could move from Glasgow to London. I needed to create the strategy to make that happen.

My main goal was to:

• Move from Scotland to England.

Q: What was memorable or meaningful about your coaching experience with Kristin? Would you change anything?

A: For me, the most memorable aspect was discovering that I could do anything I wanted. I also found that I was tolerating too much in my life and tolerations (energy drains) are a negative force in life. Removing my energy drains helped me move on with my life.

Q: Why do you think coaching works? What about it worked for you?

A: It works for me because I knew I had to be accountable and it gave me focus.

Q: What are Kristin's strengths as a coach?

A: She doesn't stand for any nonsense. She really brought focus to my life and helped me find my authentic self instead of the difficult and negative person I had become.

Q: Do you feel your coaching dollars were worth it? Why or why not?

A: Yes! Although I had quite a lot of debt at the time, Kristin helped me find a way to go back to running my own business in the learning and develoment field. I always wanted to coach senior executives in Fortune 500 companies and thought this was probably impossible. But hey, I did it, and with my business partner now we have a client list to die for.

Q: What are the tangible results of your coaching experience?

A: As a result of working with Kristin, I was able to set myself up as a freelance executive coach and very quickly won work with Marks & Spencer in London. As a result of winning that work, I saw an opportunity to build a tracking tool to measure the effectiveness and return on investment of executive coaching. I joined forces with Gordon Dunn, my business partner, and created a company of our own. Our next step is to venue globally and start working with the really big boys!

Q: What are the intangible results of your coaching experience?

A: I think the impossible is possible. I'm also aware of the laws of attraction and use them a lot. It maybe doesn't happen quite as I imagine, but the results are always a great gift. For example, I seem to remember always wanting a man but never being able to find the right one. As my thinking improved, and without even looking, I met a wonderful man and he has changed my life.

Coach's Comments

Sheena represents one of the many clients I've coached outside of the United States. When she initially contacted with me with the desire to strategize ways to move from Scotland to London, I was very eager to help. I have an affinity for London, after having lived there myself for a year while I was in college.

I understand the culture and always enjoyed coaching people from the U.K., as well as other countries. Sheena was clearly highly educated and talented. However, there were several things weighing her down which prevented her from effortlessly moving to London.

One question that came to mind was this: "What's preventing your dream of moving from occurring naturally?" In other words, what's getting in the way? Sheena's answer echoed the same answer I've heard hundreds of times from other clients -- debt. Debt and lack of clarity around the "right path" for her career.

Sheena owned her own business and was reluctant to close it down. However, sometimes that's the way to go. In doing so, this gave Sheena the freedom to accept a position in London. Closing down her business was no easy feat, however. There was an overwhelming amount of documentation and paperwork that filled an entire room. These are the types of details that stop people in their tracks.

My theory is this: You need to blast through anything that weighs you down. So we brainstormed ways to easily do that. The solution was quite simple. Rather than spending the next four weeks becoming well acquainted with her shredder, we decided it would be much more efficient to simply hire the professionals to get the job done. I'll never forget the phone call from Sheena giggling while the team of professional paper shredders were there in action. She was so thrilled to have found an easy solution to a menacing problem.

I believe this was the beginning of a new way of thinking for Sheena. Now she looks for ways to lighten any situation rather than making things too difficult. As a result, Sheena was ultimately in a position to pursue her dream career full time. Today, she owns an executive coaching company.

Getting to this point required Sheena to take several steps, such as closing down one business and accepting an employee position. Everything was a stepping stone and Sheena joyfully accepted that and went through the process.

Today, Sheena is an entrepreneur again and is enjoying a high level of success and fulfillment.

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