What is Peak Performance Coaching

Peak Performance Coaching is a combination of many coaching principles combined with positive psychology. The goal of peak performance coaching is to create the space and supportive relationship that allows for individual(s) to flourish in their unique way. To achieve optimal performance in what they do while at the same time having high degree of wellbeing. By leveraging elements from the fields of coaching psychology and positive psychology we are able to achieve this combined goal versus having a focus on one at the expense of the other.

What is Coaching Psychology

Coaching Psychology is helping individuals reach their goals using theoretical grounded and scientifically validated techniques. There are several coaching models that have been created over the past few decades. John Whitmore was credited with being the founder of modern coaching in 1970s and co-creator of the GROW model. As part of the coaching I provide, to you or your team, I will leverage a variety of coaching skills (i.e. active listening, cognitive empathy, metaphors, thought provoking questions) and a combination of well tested coaching models (i.e.  TGROW, Co-Active, Clean Language, Positive Intelligence, etc).

What is Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology is the study of what makes individuals and communities flourish rather than languish. Positive Psychology has a lineage that goes back thousands of years to Greek Philosophy, however it first became recognized as a field in the science of psychology in 1998 by Martin Seligman, who is considered the founder of Positive Psychology. The field of Positive Psychology offers many tools, such as positive interventions, and significant bodies of empirical evidence from researchers, clinicians and thought leaders on what is needed to flourish. One prominent example that I leverage in my work is the concept of Flow which was first introduced by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1970’s. This short youtube can provide you with further insights on what is FLOW.