Importance of ‘awakening the coach within’ highlighted

A seminar was organised for personal training for growth and success” by the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA), Karachi, where the importance of positive behaviour and the need to “awaken the coach within”.

The seminar was attended by officials of all the three units of the force, the Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC), Special Investigation Unit (SIU) and Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC). The lecture at the seminar was given by Hira Ali, who is a leadership trainer, motivational speaker, writer, professional coach and a licensed NLP practitioner. 

Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Jameel Ahmed said Hira Ali over the past decade had had the privilege of training and coaching hundreds of people belonging to various professions, cadres, ethnicities and across a wide range of industries with a 98 per cent above average rating review. 

From teachers to students, from corporate leaders to police officials, from business owners to students, her target audience has been quite diverse. Hira attributes her success in training and professional coaching to her intense belief in infinite human potential and the ability to adapt and relate to individuals from diverse backgrounds at an intellectual and emotional level. Genuine interest in people complemented by lightheartedness and candor enables her to reach out to people and impact them positively.

The seminar told that coaching skill was considered as one of the top skills required by managers in a fast-paced business environment of today. “You can’t be a great manager if you’re not a good coach.”

“Awaken the coach within” was said to be the ultimate self-coaching guide for achieving positive behavioral shifts using a three-wheeled self-coaching model and was backed by proven psychology and neuro-science principles.

The need was stressed for being self-aware of “your emotions, thoughts and feelings, providing yourself with increased accountability to achieve your goals, encouraging your self-refection, problem-solving and self-reliance, boosting creativity and ability to look at things from a fresh perspective for self and others, empowering you self-confidence, self-esteem and motivation and maintaining control of your own success”.

The seminar was further told that self-coaching was based on the premise that “no one knows you better than yourself. You are an expert in your own life and work and you are both creative and resourceful. Given the right tactics you can elicit your own self-discovered solutions to your problems and your team’s too! More and more successful people are now increasingly considering self-coaching skills as a vital addition to their personal effectiveness tool box.”