Clients’ Goals

To give you an idea of what is possible through coaching, here is a list of some of the goals that I have co-created with my clients. You may wish to have a look through this list and see where your focus would be if you were to embark on a coaching programme. Feel free to drop me an email at Karen(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)wow-coaching.co.uk to let me know!

Business Goals:

Build an exciting, creative, dynamic business that easily makes £1 million profit every year
Feel totally proud of the team I have created
Be able to say “my self-running business makes a £million every year”
100% confident that my first business decisions are absolutely right to succeed in business
Create a successful 21 C standardised future-proof model that works without us
100% autonomy running my own financially secure business
Make at least 10% profit every month and enjoy doing it
A capital gain of £2 million net
Sell my business
Totally respected in my fulfilling new role
Be known as the best franchisee in the XYZ group
XYZ is SW London’s Harrods equivalent
Be a leading light in international architecture
100% confident about my new business
Be a great CEO
Build a High calibre, vibrant, 4 strong, senior management team
Our new hotels open smoothly, on time, and on budget and our planning applications go through easily
Turnover at least £120K with my new winter idea, £100K for the summer, and have time for me
Make a profit for the first year ever in an exciting and productive way
45 covers and a bar with the consistent support and energy of my team and strong positive feedback from my clientele
At least £1/4 million net profit and growing and feeling satisfied
My business vision gives me the freedom to do whatever I wish
Achieve and sustain minimum reserves in XYZ of £200,000 and personal reserves of £100,000
On track to sell my business, and feeling happy, comfortable, and in control as I do so
£15K gross per month on average
£180K every month
Even happier and more profitable than I was 2 years ago

Leadership:

Be a visionary, creative, and inspiring leader
I am a confident, inspiring, true leader; positively and effectively facilitating peoples’ lives and businesses
The confidence to say what I think whenever it’s appropriate—and for my communications to be well received
Communication effectiveness doubled in 12 months
Calm under stress and able to avoid stress
Finish the “Dream Team”
As confident as when I was President of X
Recognised as a Master of Start, Middle, and End
Feeling that I am successfully handling challenging situations
Feel and act on the confidence that others have in me
Develop and implement effective strategies to clear my mind when I need to
Feel happy and authentic being me as an MD

Work/Life Balance:

Love every single minute of my job and have time to play
I am a “master of efficiency” and have plenty of time to play
Hit breakeven with my ideal work/life balance
My ideal work/life balance to be happy with life and happy at work
A successful laid back lady
Time for fun at work and play
Commit to my personal life as I do to my work
Find my ideal work life/balance
Becoming the most efficient person on the planet
Feel like I am managing my work load well giving me plenty of time to play

Career Goals:

Find my purpose
Find my ideal role
Respected by senior management earning at least £70K in my new director role
Enough for a pay rise of £5K
Complete one writing project that I am happy with
£100K in the bank working 4 days a week
Promoted to Director
Easily transition into MD par excellence with balance
Build a £5K nest up
First female director of The Catering Company
Time to be The Operations Director and The Head Chef
I love my international role within a meaningful sector as a key part of a supportive Team earning at least £45K per annum
Even more fulfilled than I ever before

Personal Goals:

Be able to say “my finances are very stable”
My relationship with my mother better than its ever been before
Allow others’ emotions to be theirs whilst still being available for support
Completely meet the needs of the family
Totally feel that my dad believes in me
My relationship—better than it has ever been
Develop a core group of long lasting friends
Sustaining my flourishing relationship with Stacey
My relationship: better than ever
Get my best friend back
Feel happy with how my daughter relates to Mummy
Believe that my daughter is happy with the time we spend together
Infinite patience with my children
Create inspiring time with my family
In an inspiring, consistent, mutually beneficial relationship with shared values
Restore the love and trust with my children
Meet someone to share my life with (and be happy whatever happens)
My relationship with my brother and his family, as good as before my mother died
My relationship—closer than ever before
Richer relationships with my friends
Happier with the relationship dynamic with X
Debt free
Feel fully rested after a natural nights sleep
Happy with the decisions I make around my marriage
Get back into the “slightly dangerous sports club”
Fully embrace my femininity
Sketch out my ideal life
Happy with my decision
Find something creative that I really enjoy
Play football
On everyone’s party list
Laid back and fun loving mum
Relight my fire
New ground in my relationships with my children
Satisfy my creative needs outside of work and clear my mind in the process
Marry the love of my life
Have the energy levels of my 20’s
Look and feel as good as when I was in my late 20’s/early 20’s
Light my creative fire
Steady the ship
Having fun loving what I do
As inspiring as Danny Mayo
Fit and Healthy
Sunday: rest till midday, then fun for all of us
Help enable my daughters to develop socially and academically
Psoriasis free
Plenty of time for my family, friends, and golf
As healthy and fit as my early 20’s
Behave as if each day is my first
Live our individual and joint lives to the full
Design and realize my ideal future
In charge of my destiny
Look and feel happy, energised, and respected in my business suit
My home is an extension of my inner life

Stress, Confidence, and Handling Emotions:

Feel that I operate at a very high standard and get motivated
Feel positive at least 70% of the time
Feel totally re-inspired and positively changed by my business
Feel stimulated, happy, being the best, helping others, loving what I do, modelling David Peckham’s positive qualities in my chosen field
Feel stimulated, happy, focused, and respected
Excited about every working day
Happy and challenged being the ultimate businessman—inspiring others and feeling proud of my life
High energy, low stress
Be able to say I am totally open, relaxed, assertive, and creative—and be happy with it
Happy with how I feel/how I am
Run into work
Feel full of energy and radiant health every day
Look and feel strong
Wholeheartedly believe in myself and my capabilities and have the confidence to go with it
Consistently 100% confident about the things in my world
Feel totally refreshed and energised
Liberate the story that is within me
Totally believe in myself
Be totally in charge of my emotions
Confident with my ideal creative “what’s next”
Feel totally at one with myself
Allow myself to be me whenever I choose
Feel fantastic about and excel in my new health related activity
Feel as relaxed and energised as when I was at (named company)
A successful laid back lady
Vibrant health
Sustain a state of inner peace
Control my emotions
Be able to say nothing can stress me out (and still be ambitious!)
Gain mastery of my emotions
Cool in the hot spot
More positive, energised, and pain free than ever before

“I have found Karen’s coaching has helped me enormously. It’s as if she’s helped me unlock a key inside which has allowed me to react to the world in a new way. The effects of this on my home life, my mood, and my business have been spectacular.”

Chris King
Owner, Kb49 Ltd
“I am going through a business coaching process with Karen. We are implementing changes in the business which will increase profitability and significantly improve my quality of life. Karen’s patient, methodical, sympathetic and encouraging approach is recommended to anyone seeking change in their business and personal life.”
Ian Marlow
Managing Director, HfM Tax & AccountsSolving the Business, Tax & Accounting Problems of Individuals and Small Businesses
"Wow, what a journey I have had this last year; it has been life changing. My approach to both business and personal issues is now very structured and objective. Thank you for taking me through this journey and I look forward to our meeting in September.”
Kevin Godden
Director at FMG Consulting Ltd
“I have really benefited from coaching; I have a stronger company, and a better idea of my own strengths and how to use them effectively. Karen has helped put me in touch with my creativity and how to use it practically. I now feel much more confident about the future."
Maggie Banks
Managing Director, Co create
"Karen challenges a coach to become even better and achieve even higher standards of performance with their clients. Supervision is a useful coaching tool and Karen an excellent example of the value an effective supervisor can add to a coaching practice.”
Martin Goodyer
Expert Business Coach & Coach Trainer
“Karen was excellent at making me sort out the Important from the urgent, setting correct priorities and holding me to account for following through on the tasks we set. I would highly recommend Karen to anyone who is thinking about using a business coach.”
Nigel Lambe
Sussex based entrepreneur
“Coaching? I was unsure about it before I started – the cost, the time, the results. But it has been easy, enjoyable and most importantly I have achieved the goals I focused on. Karen was a steady hand and I would recommend her as a coach to anyone.”
Paul Miller
CEO, Digital Workplace Group London | New York
“I used Karen to help me with business planning and personal issues. In just two sessions she coached me to achieve valuable results which have helped me immensely in all areas.I recommend Karen as someone who will get you where you want to go.”
Raz Khan
Owner, Cobalt Sky
"I have come far since meeting Karen. Her background in marketing and her generous spirit have guided me to a confident and powerful position. Although we have focused on business matters, I have noticed that my personal and home life have also improved. I can only see success ahead.”
Renee Edwards
Film Maker
“The coaching I had with Karen was life changing for me. She helped me see things in a different way and boosted satisfaction with my life and work . I am overwhelmed by the difference she has made to me personally and professionally – thank you."
Ruth Smith
Managing Director, P M Management, HR and Marketing Consultancy