The bottom line: The ripple effect

Mirus Coaching is a social enterprise offering high quality, affordable coaching to people involved in social change.

Coaches work with individuals who are motivated by a global or community vision, or a social agenda. Marianne Craig and Alma Neville created Mirus Coaching, recognising that they wanted to make a difference on a personal and social level.

Co-founder Marianne Craig said: 'We were inspired to set up Mirus because, although we were very happy in our coaching businesses, we felt there was something missing. We had a light bulb moment when we came up with the idea of offering coaching to people involved in social change.'

The Latin word Mirus was chosen for the organisation name because it means wonderful, extraordinary and astonishing, which is the belief they hold about the individuals that Mirus supports.

Alma said: 'We focus on social entrepreneurs because they are really on the chalk face working to make a difference in their communities and often globally.

'We know that coaching is effective for executives and leaders and we felt that it would really benefit social entrepreneurs and others involved in social change. We believe that fees should not be a barrier to working with a coach and we wanted to bring affordable coaching to social entrepreneurs who may have restricted funds.'

Working in the field of social change can be challenging and exhausting, life balance may go to pot. Being a social entrepreneur can be isolating and you may feel unsupported and ground down. Perhaps you feel worn down by bureaucratic demands and funding applications.

Working with a Mirus coach means you get to take some time out to focus on what's important for you and your work.

What Mirus Offers

Mirus offers six coaching sessions. All Mirus coaches are trained and qualified coaches and members of a professional organisation.

The power of coaching can enable you to fulfil your individual and social potential. Coaching can support you to make a difference that will have a ripple effect, motivating others in your community and beyond. Working with a Mirus coach can assist you to expand your vision, achieve your goals, and increase your effectiveness in the community and in society as a whole.

Taking time out to explore issues, plan goals and think aloud using your coach as a sounding board is a powerful process. Your coach actively listens to you, supports and challenges you, shares their perspective and makes suggestions.

Homework is agreed at the end of each session and it is the action taken, combined with accountability, which makes the coaching process so effective.  Look on our website to see how others have benefitted from coaching with Mirus.

The benefits of the Mirus Coaching programme are essentially about developing your leadership and enterprise skills and increasing your personal effectiveness and capacity to take action.

Find out more at www.miruscoaching.org or email us at info@miruscoaching.org