This is a great question to ask yourself before starting any work with a leadership coach. I can tell you how awesome coaching is all the live-long-day, but the fact is, it's REALLY good when you're ready for it. 

As your coach I'll ask you loads of questions that will help to stretch your thinking to places it's never been before. Here's a few that you can try out now on a piece of paper, in your mind when you're out for a walk, in the shower later etc:

Questions to explore if this is the right time for coaching?

• How would I feel if everything stays just as it is over the next few months?

• What recurring thoughts am I having lately that are taking lots of my attention? And, what are these thoughts really telling me?

• If I had a magic wand, what's one thing that I'd improve right now?

• When I think about the area where I'd like to see improvement, what things have I already tried?

• What could I try next?

• What else?

• What else..... and so on....

If you work through these questions and come up with lots of ideas for improvements, great! It sounds like you've got what you need to create some change - go hard my friend. 

If however you hit a bit of a road block, it might be a sign that you're probably not going to shift your own thinking with your own thinking. That's fantastic because you're in the coaching sweet spot where you've got something important worth exploring, but you don't want to sit around hoping things will magically happen.

Important side note: If you really really struggled with question one it could be a sign that you need a bit more than coaching. Check out Te Whatu Ora Wellbeing Services for a range of clinical support agencies.