She was constantly racing to get from appointment to appointment, always feeling like she was behind the curve and never caught up, Mahalik said. Thomas Leonard , one of the founders of the coaching movement and president of a virtual coach training school called Coach U , has predicted the number of coaches will double this year. By the year 2000, coaches will be as common as personal fitness trainers, he said in a press release. Leonard, who now coaches via a personal computer from his recreational vehicle, is a former accountant and financial planner who said he fell into coaching because his financial clients came to him for help defining their life goals. Hess like other professional coach es, helps her clients in both the business and personal arenas of their lives.
People are more willing to make change.
Hess and Cohen are both former certified public accountants who turned to coaching two years ago after attending a seminar. They now have about 40 clients between them whom they counsel over the telephone through weekly half-hour sessions. Some clients are in Las Vegas, but others live in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Colorado and Idaho. Their job is to help clients define their goals, establish an action plan, and then aid them in achieving their objectives by providing constructive feedback and structure, Cohen said. It's helping them see blind spots.