Martin Kouba is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with him. He impressed us with his wisdom and expertise.

His coaching programs cater to those eager to expand their businesses and achieve unprecedented success. Through a hybrid approach of online and in person sessions, Martin innovates to ensure the best possible coaching experience for his clients.

His diverse background, spanning business, technology, psychology, and spirituality, enables him to approach challenges from various angles, providing a unique coaching style that leads to remarkable transformations.

With a passion for helping others overcome obstacles and seize opportunities, Martin Kouba’s coaching is a beacon of guidance in these fascinating times of change. Here is what he said.

Meet Life Coach Martin Kouba:

Name: Martin Kouba

Pillar: The Mind

Who is this coach for: Anyone who wants to expand their business and reach new levels of success.

How they can help: Through various coaching programs.

First of all, how are you and your family doing after these Pandemic times?

While there are a few things around the pandemic I can’t approve, in general I was able to enjoy the unexpected halt the world was put in.

For a few days I felt like taken back some 30 years.

Few cars, now planes, blue skies.

How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?

Since some of my clients had to close their business, this did also affect me.

Though I also have some IT projects that kept me busy.

What are the biggest lessons that you learned in this pandemic?

You can’t predict your reaction to a particular situation until it actually occurs.

With the recent events we have seen the formation of dividing lines that go to through families and all sorts of associations.

And it’s not just the pandemic, I believe we’re living in an era where technology and AI has significantly impacted the credibility of information.

Consequently, it’s increasingly important to dive deep within to discern what we choose to believe.

The Origin:

Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?

Some 25 years ago I started out working in IT.

Worked as a trainer and tech support, helped start a new media agency and did software projects.

At some point I realized that there was something fundamentally wrong in the way we are doing business and I got into finding ways to do business different.

2013 I went back to university to learn more about personal and business development specifically in the field of leadership and management of complex systems.

My first coaching client was somebody I already worked with in the IT field.

He was struggling with the growth of his company and I suggested that he could benefit from business coaching.

In our first session he was surprised to find himself so well understood.

We agreed to work together for a year and got into process modeling, organisational roles and job descriptions, leadership and other topics.

It was a very fulfilling journey for all of us and after the year I was happy to see him go beyond his previous limitations.

What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?

I guess there are quite a few hurdles that shaped me and had impact on my life.

Over time I have learned that apparently this is how you grow and that it hurts a little less if you take the obstacle with a smile.

My most recent crisis made me relocate to Salzburg and I really like it here.

The Coaching Style:

How do you innovate with coaching your clients?

I favor a hybrid approach, incorporating both online and in person sessions.

I am constantly trying to improve the online experience with self study parts and ways to interact with me and other students.

There are certain experiences that likely can only be achieved through in person sessions.

What’s unique about your coaching approach?

I usually get an idea very early on what the potential of a person is and what it might take to get it out.

With my interest in many things, my experience in business, technology, psychology and spirituality I have quite a diverse background.

That allows me to look at challenges from various angles.

What benefits do your clients get after working with you?

This depends on the program the client enrolled.

Coaching clients get access to all training material that were used during the coaching.

For other programs we have a closed group where students can exchange experiences.

Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?

As a tech enthusiast, I like to play around with new tools and integrate those that are helpful in our platform.

The Impact:

If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Let’s make it a nice one.

What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?

God is love.

At some point I took the interaction with difficult people as exercises in unconditional love.

Love can take different forms, a truth understood by anyone who has parented a teenager.

True love persists even when faced with animosity or rejection.

Your final thoughts?

I enjoy helping business owners overcome obstacles and guiding those who aspire to change the world but lack a starting point.

We live in fascinating times of change with unprecedented opportunities.

Where Can You Find Martin Kouba?

If you liked this interview and if you would love to see how Martin can help you, go to purpoze.com and discover your next step.

If you would like to connect with him more personally, you can do that through LinkedIn or by sending him a message on his Email martin@kouba.at. It was an honor having this interview with him.