Are there any universal coaching tips? Is there one coaching strategy you can use for just about anyone? If you are asking these questions, you are probably looking for some sense of certainty. Certainty is also related to comfort and safety. And you will naturally attract people who are similar to you in some way; probably because they are looking for certainty as well. And let’s face it; most people don’t feel safe enough to make changes until they at least have some sense of certainty. So a solid coaching strategy and a few coaching tips will be able to get most people moving forward toward their goals.

Without a Coaching Strategy, Coaching Tips are Practically Useless

Why do we need a coaching strategy to help our clients get more certainty? How do you feel when you are hoping that something will happen? What coaching tips are you willing to take? Are you hesitant? Most likely, you are not going to get momentum until you get past that hesitation. I know from my own experience, that as the days get shorter and nights get longer I can become really committed to having more comfort in my own life. And the last few people I’ve enrolled have been very certainty driven. One even admitted that she has always been a “Certainty Kind of Kid.”

Make Certainty Your Coaching Strategy

The most straightforward coaching strategy to move forward is to change your mind state to that of someone who has total certainty that they will succeed. This can be done by taking your client through a series of coaching tips to get them into a physiological state of being that allows them to literally feel that feeling. All of our memories are stored in our subconscious; right down to details of sight, sound, taste and feel. These memories can be used again and again if we choose.

Alternately, Some Coaching Tips Get Away from Certainty Altogether

Another coaching strategy is to help clients learn to love time away from certainty. Too much certainty is not going to get people out of bed, let alone to the next level of achievement. Give your clients some coaching tips on how to use that feeling of uncertainty to identify possible obstacles or threats to their success for a limited period of time (a half hour, for example). Then get them to move back to a more empowered state of mind so they know they can handle those obstacles.

And the best coaching strategy to help people gain certainty is to get them enrolled in some type of coaching program so they will have support to move past their fears. All the coaching tips in the world won’t do a bit of good unless they’re applied to a real coaching program.

Colette Seymann
JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach