When I think of coaching, a locker-room with ball players comes to mind. The coach’s job isn’t just to teach the players how to play the game---but rather the coach encourages, guides and helps the team to focus the talents and energies that are present---with one ultimate goal---win the game. Angela Neil is that kind of Coach.
In my very first session, it was clear that Ms. Neil is a skilled, no-nonsense professional who possesses an authentic interest in human excellence. She has a smooth, conversational and confident style, and she made the coaching experience a rewarding and memorable journey that has enriched me more than I can say.
Each session was concise and focused, and Ms. Neil asked all the right questions. We set goals that were realistic, and using her coaching techniques, she gave me safe space to speak honestly and freely about my career transition. Coaching is not therapy, but the opportunity to unpack, understand, and organize your thoughts. Ms. Neil held the mirror up for me to see my fears, and recognize the strengths that have carried me to this point in my career. By questioning and listening, she allowed me to unearth tools that are already in my possession to help me view my clients in a new light; to deal with conflict in a new way, and to realize that even my mistakes are opportunities when the lessons are learned.
I have grown as student, as a professional, and as a person as a result of the coaching experience. Ms. Neil served as coach, and sometimes as cheerleader when I hit milestones in my schoolwork, and when I made breakthroughs in my professional life. I will be forever grateful for her wisdom and expertise. I have added the foundational principles she shared with me to my professional tool kit, and will gather strength from them as I transition to another stage in my career and start my business.
Whether your locker-room is the boardroom or the classroom----whether you are in a life or career transition---or you are simply ready to be a better version of yourself, I recommend the coaching experience--- and I enthusiastically, without reservation, recommend.
