Have you ever had a friend call you and ask you for help? Coaching help? And as hard as you try… …your coaching doesn’t work? Why didn’t your amazing coaching ‘work’ on your friend? It probably has nothing to do with… Your coaching skillsYour friend being ‘uncoachable’Your friend’s circumstances The reason I can say this with such confidence? The same thing happened to me… …and I’m no slouch with my coaching skills. A friend of mine, Amy, called me 2 weeks … [Read more...]

What’s the best way to sell coaching with integrity? You have to believe in the product. I used to sell coaching by “paying it forward”. Coaching gave me my own personal breakthroughs… ...and, in turn, I’d tell everyone how great coaching was… ...that coaching could make breakthroughs possible for them as well. But I started to have doubts… ...when my husband and I divorced after 19 years of marriage. I was supposed to be a coach… ...but I couldn’t even save my own … [Read more...]

Every coach should be concerned with best practices for coaching. But, you ask, what is a best practice? Best practices are techniques and methods that have shown to be practical and effective when applied to specific coaching scenarios and contexts. The Five Fundamental Best Practices for Coaching Building Your Coaching Business Selecting a Winning Mix of Coaching Strategies Selecting the Right Coaching Media Client-centric Practice Measuring Success (and Failure) Building Your … [Read more...]