The benefits
We see the benefits to you of the Mirus Coaching gprogramme as essentially developing your leadership and enterprise skills and increasing your personal effectiveness and capacity to take action.
The benefits include:
- personal development/boost in confidence
- better work/life balance and increased awareness of self-care
- expansion of your vision and clarification of your mission and purpose
- alternative perspectives that are challenging and stretching
- a sounding board, offering support and encouragement enabling you to achieve your goals
- a safe environment where you can focus your effort, assess your progress and plan what to do next
Testimonials
"When you are at the start-up phase of any
Enterprise, one of the hardest things to find is not advice in our increasingly information rich world, but someone with which you can sound your ideas out with. As well as simply talking about your hopes & fears.
Paranoia can grip the calmest of minds, when trying to access information that may be relevant to the vision that you are trying to bring into focus.
Finding a friendly ear at home, can also be problematic due to the very fact that loved ones suggestions appear to be ‘critical’ when often all they are trying to do is ‘protect’ someone that they care about.
I have found that the Mirus coaching sessions that I undertook with Marianne Craig on the telephone over a period of 3 months, to be an invaluable method of being able to look at the development of my ideas, free of the negative emotions that have so often accompanied the implementation of projects where being in charge of a roll-out program, has become a ‘burden’ instead of a chance to positively ‘broaden my experience’.
The whole exercise has helped me to move on from situations that were time-consuming, restrictive, and potentially injurious to my personal & financial development. I would recommend that anyone who may be involved in the world of Social Enterprise consider Mirus Coaching as an effective means of reconnecting with the ‘fundamentals’ of an idea, if they find themselves isolated within a well meaning crowd more concerned with spouting dogma, than addressing you as an Individual."
Garreth Roberts
Craigmillar Self Builders
Edinburgh, Scotland
"A huge thank you to you Alma, I don’t know how to put into words how much I have valued our sessions together that have helped me take Brilliant Futures to another place and importantly, helped me to do it in a way that really fulfils my values.
I’m in a very happy, calm yet exciting place at the end of this journey – so THANK YOU!!!
When I began, I was feeling overwhelmed and disillusioned and couldn’t see how I would combine my business life with a family life. Over the course of the coaching I have felt a lot calmer about everything. I now feel really ready to enter the next phase of brilliant futures and have found a way to take brilliant futures forward with me still involved, but not totally dependent on me. I feel really clear about what I do and don’t want to be involved in, within the business.
After 3 years of getting Brilliant Futures to where it is I really felt like it hadn’t moved on and I hadn’t achieved much, but this coaching has really helped me feel proud of what I’ve done and really how far I’ve come and how much I’ve achieved. Realising not all business success needs to be measured financially
I have become a social enterprise leader who is ready to combine being a happy, loving mother and wife with having and enjoying a successful business that makes a real difference to the people I work with and for. So Thank YOU!!!"
Sarah Cork - Brilliant Futures
"Working with Marianne was a wonderful opportunity to discuss issues with someone who shared my values and beliefs. Sharing a common ethical framework meant there was an understanding between us of the motivations for making decisions and choosing certain pathways.
My time with Marianne was split between discussing complex problems at work and planning changes I was considering making in my career and life. She was invaluable in proving an outside perspective on the work situation, and encouraged me to think of and reach my desired outcomes.
When considering larger life changes she always encouraged me to be unafraid and seize opportunities as they came. I only wish it was possible to have a coach beside you always in life!"
Camille Warren Women Working Worldwide
"My work with Marianne Craig was a life gift.
It taught me courage, which I thought I had from years visiting war zones. The biggest war zone was still to come, when I had to face and fight my fears, prejudice, old beliefs, and the saboteur inside, saying ‘this is not possible, this is not safe’.
Marianne taught me about standing up for your dreams, regardless; believing in the inner wisdom and the inner sunshine in the face of the thousandth gale; be on the look out for that light beyond the horizon, always; to show up for myself first, so I can be able to show up for the others; to never give up; to remember the real reason for being here and now, in these times; dare to dream; to be fierce and visionary, to give fully, to believe deeply.
My coaching work with Marianne was a life changing force.
I am on the way of realizing one of my ‘impossible’ dreams. With Marianne’s encouragement and coaching it suddenly all seemed possible and real, right here and right now, not in some dim and distant future. If I could describe the essence of what I am taking away from being Marianne’s client, it is best expressed by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of “Women Who Run With the Wolves”: “When a great ship is in harbour and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for. Marianne, thank you for the wind in my sails."
Mariana Katzarova
Adviser on Trafficking to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights & Founder of RAW, Against Violence against Women and Girls in War.
"Alma is a very special coach. She asks beautiful questions, creates an incredible space for reflection, and offers insights that are perfectly timed and pitched. The impact of her work on me has been, more than anything, a new depth of awareness – about myself, about others and about the world around me. This is something that I know has already taken root in the DNA of who I am and something that will last and create impact throughout the rest of my life. Thank you!"
Richard“My coaching experience was an experience I would recommend to everybody. It was given to me in a time that I needed it the most when everything in my life and my organisation was in a mess and just developing now after my coaching sessions I have been able to achieve all the organisation goals that I set in the beginning which has given me confidence and experience of tools that I can use in my everyday life to become productive. I would like to thank Neil for his support and encouragement through coaching.”
Ruth Mordi - Restoring Lives“The coaching has given me strength and confidence through the facilitation of a focused inner dialogue. Now I feel clearer and confident with regards to what it is I can offer and what it is I want to achieve.”
Marcus Morrell
“The coaching I received from Alma at Mirus over the past few months has had a very positive impact on my life. It has given me a fresh perspective on the way I work, and live- a perspective I doubt I would have gained anytime soon without having been coached. I’ve made simple yet powerful changes that have left me feeling motivated and re-energised with greater enthusiasm for my work and a greater appreciation of my own skills and abilities. I’m less stressed, more focused and my performance at work has improved. The tools I’ve gained through being coached have proved invaluable.”
Ramona Doherty - QSA“I didn’t know this kind of service existed. What a treat it has been! A valuable experience and opportunity to channel positive thinking and practical solutions into life’s occasional daunting periods. This has been a helping hand, or step-up, over an insecure period. Just what I needed. No need to battle alone. Take help, find the right path, and move forward.”
Nicola Ranjit “Career coaching with Marianne Craig is a hugely empowering experience that has helped me to appreciate my achievements, understand what I have to offer and envisage a future career direction that takes account of my passions and personality as well as the constraints in my life. An invaluable antidote to sitting around wondering what to do!”
Tom Beardshaw
If you think you can benefit from Mirus coaching, contact us today."I would suggest anyone who is looking for a coach to help them to contact Alma. Why? Because she will help you, it is that simple. It is not often in the world that yu comeacross people who know their tradeas well as Alma does."
Sandra Tivan - Escape"As a first time mother coaching has been invaluable in finding my feet again. It had been very challenging for me to define who I wanted to be in the world after having been a full-time mum for 2 years. My coach very clearly mirrored back to me who I am and what my core values are, which has enabled me to create a new vision that I can now work effectively and passionately towards implementing."
Franziska Neumann - DEco Domain“I found that my coach provided a useful space to think through current issues dilemmas.”
Katie Cohen - UnLtd.“Through the Mirus Coaching service I have found fantastic support just when I needed it. Marianne has enabled me to talk out what I am experiencing, the challenges I have faced and be honest about how I am getting on. She has helped me to focus on the things I can do and am doing well as well as giving me some structure to what I need to do. I wasn't convinced that telephone coaching would work for me but with the preparation I do before each call and Marianne's gentle guiding of the hour we have available I think I'm getting more value from it that a face to face meeting at the moment. The service isn't free but the first 6 sessions are at a very low rate and I would recommend anyone who feels they may benefit from a coach to try it. It is a low cost way of getting exceptional support and I must admit that the fact my trustee board have agreed Reach will cover the cost means I make sure to get the best from each session.”
Sarah King - Reach"Mirus coaching has been very helpful to me, to grow in confidence and understand myself a lot better. I found it very difficult to deal with certain tasks I needed to fulfil, and with the help of a coach I was able to explore the reasons why I found it difficult and change the thinking behind it. The sessions have been immensely beneficial and I am very grateful to the coach and having the opportunity to have Mirus coaching."
Bex - Trappednowfree