Although, friends and family can be very supportive to anyone working on significant personal change, they may sometimes also have a real investment in maintaining the status quo, and may resist, or even sabotage an individual’s efforts at new positive behaviors, particularly, if it points attention at their own need to make changes. (Think "drinking buddies", or, sedentary friends.)

These are areas where a personal life coach or executive coach can be invaluable. By creating a safe place to explore options and utilizing a defined structure for the change process, including helping the client with setting clear and measurable goals and developing a detailed plan to accomplish them, a skilled coach can set the stage for success and prevent disheartening multiple failures. Most importantly, a coach can champion the client, regardless of any missteps, fears or setbacks by providing the unfailing support and encouragement that many people find hard to come by, and, the regular and frequent accountability to the client’s self-determined goals, the coach is able to give the client exactly what they need to keep them positive and moving forward.

Are you happy with where you are going, and, could your goals use only some minor "tweaking" and polishing? Or, do you need to make some serious changes in order to maximize your potential in your leadership role in the workplace, or on a more personal level? Either way, make sure this year you incorporate the critical concept of stages of change, and take the steps needed to create real, sustainable and powerful change.

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