Whether or not they can answer “what is coaching?”, every student at the Coactive Training Institute (CTI) begins just like everyone else: in Fundamentals. Walking into the classroom is your first test of strength and open-mindedness. The room is comparable in size to a small stage but is barely full. The new students’ eyes narrow and drift suspiciously to the circle of chairs on the furthest side. This circle is only adorned by a few diagram posters, hung with blue putty (“tacky”), and … [Read more...]
The Business Coaching Skills You Need to Succeed in Your Coaching Practice
Do you have the business coaching skills to help your clients succeed? If your answer is No, then I hope this article will provide the information you need to improve your effectiveness as a business coach. Coaching as Defined by The ICF The International Coach Federation (ICF) defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. In business coaching, the coach works with … [Read more...]
Find Your Learning Portal: Where to Learn Life Coaching
The dream of becoming a life coach is no longer elusive and the first step to becoming a coach is to find out where to learn life coaching. Where to Learn Life Coaching The World Wide Web boom has brought coaching to your keyboard. Online coaching courses offer great conveniences, flexibility, and a quality education brought to your computer. If you are wondering where to learn how to life coach online, here are two places where you can kick start your coaching education: Online … [Read more...]
How Does a Life Coach Get Paid: Eight Ways to Make Money as a Life Coach?
How does a life coach get paid? How a life coach gets paid, all depends on several factors which include the type of services they offer their clients. Additional Streams of Income For The Life Coach Life coaches can generate diverse streams of income in various ways. I am yet to know of any full-time life coach who generates income from individual or group coaching sessions alone. I am not saying it is not possible; I just haven’t seen it. Most life coaches tend to seek out alternative … [Read more...]
Learn How to be a Coach: Overcoming Learning Barriers
How do you get past major learning barriers when you learn how to be a coach? Imagine these scenarios: Derek stepped into the training room, but from his perspective, it might as well have been a jail cell. He felt like a prisoner in his own workday. Why? The PowerPoint slide projected on the screen said it all: Welcome to a Coach’s Refresher Training. The refresher training might be needed for some people but Derek already knew all this material . . . but the training was mandatory. … [Read more...]
Learn to Life Coach Using Tips from The Success Journey
In a world where you are inundated with information, how do you learn to life coach? One way is to learn from books and here are some principles from John Maxwell’s book, The Success Journey that you can apply in your learning process. 1. Choose a Life of Growth When you sincerely dedicate yourself to continual growth, you keep moving forward. As soon as you think you can coast or rest or just maintain what you have already achieved, that is when you start sliding backward. 2. Grow … [Read more...]
Twenty-three Basic Life Coaching Questions That Will Help Your Coaching Practice
Every two to three months my basic life coaching questions list grows. The more I coach, the more questions I develop to help my clients. There are numerous coaching questions you can ask your client but in this article, I am going to highlight twenty-three of them that will positively impact the way you do life coaching. What is Life Coaching? In a nutshell, life coaching has to do with helping others achieve their desired goals. The unique thing about life coaching is that it is strictly … [Read more...]
Twelve Basic Life Coaching Principles Every Life Coach Should Know
As a life coach, it is important to always be mindful of the basic life coaching principles. These are principles that every life coach should know and implement to effectively impact clients. Life Coaching Definition Life coaching focuses on solutions by which a client seeks to achieve their desired results. It is not therapy as many people unfamiliar with life coaching would think. Therapy focuses primarily on a person’s past; trying to look for the causes of the failures and trauma that … [Read more...]
A Question to Ponder – How Do You Learn to Coach?
If you are in any normal pursuit, you probably read a book, or take a course but how do you learn to coach? Maybe you check out some journal articles, should you have access to materials at a university. Possibly, what you want to learn is on the Internet, so you trawl through expert websites to get up to speed. In a few rare cases, maybe you are lucky enough to have access to a topic expert and you ask them for information. Now… how do you learn to coach? This is a question that is … [Read more...]
The Basics of Life Coaching in a Nutshell
New to life coaching and want to know the basics of life coaching? Essentially, life coaching is all about helping others overcome barriers and steering them towards achieving success in life. For someone who would like to get a grasp of the basics of life coaching, here are a few things to know. The Basics of Life Coaching There are times in a person’s life when they may be in a situation that is making them unhappy but they lack the motivation or extra push they need to help them create … [Read more...]
