SO WHAT IS IT? IS CHANGE IS EASY OR HARD?

When I read the field of Coaching, there seems to be a debate, or at least a difference in opinion, between the positions about the difficulty or ease of change. Some view change as hard and difficult and taking a long time and others view if as easy, as something that can occur quickly. So what’s the reality? Does change take a long time and does it require lots of pain or is change easy and painless?

Well, of course, as with many things, it is both. It depends on the kind of change under consideration. For remedial or therapeutic change, change can be difficult and take a fairly long time. But for the coaching population where there are people anting to change, change is not hard, or difficult, or painful. And this is especially so if you know how change works and have developed the skills to facilitate it. If you choose to make a change and if you have the right tools, change can be facilitated in a very efficient way.