Group Coaching makes some coaches and clients nervous. I’m not exactly sure what it is about sharing our deepest desires with a group of people that makes us sweat and shake. Do you think it’s simply the fear of judgment?

I have to admit stepping out from the sacred space of my one on one sessions and onto that conference line with a group of people awaiting my coaching left me feeling a little queasy at first too. The pleasure quickly took over and the feeling I just jumped off a high cliff edge subsided. Group Coaching could be your ticket to more time freedom in your life and quicker results for your clients.

Is that enough reason for you to bite the bullet and take a leap of faith with me?

I Would like to Own my Very Own Time Machine

What if I told you that I knew a secret that would allow you to have more time in your life, increase your new clients monthly (with no extra time from you) and get your clients to take more action?

Would you do whatever it took to invite that time machine into your life?

Well my friend the secret is Group Coaching. By becoming a group coach you can coach mass amounts or people at one time. This means you provide the same value as a coach and charge a slightly reduced coaching fee. In the one hour you would normally change one person’s life you transform many.

I Don’t Know What to do to Start a Group Session

I began my first group coaching by starting a mastermind group for my current clients. As part of their monthly coaching package they receive admission to a group coaching held on a free conference line (www.freeconferencecall.com). I hold this group the first week of each month. I began by picking a general life coaching topic that could apply to everyone. Topics that went well were time management, setting standards, health, relationships or anything I recognized was a common trend between my clients that month. During the call everyone introduces themselves and what they are working on in their life right now. At the end of the call we finish by setting a goal and commitment to be held accountable for throughout the month. It is as simple as that to get started.

How Does Group Coaching Add Time to my Life?

The Group Coaching call replaces one of my clients accountability check in calls each month. This means instead of coaching 15 people for 15 hours that week I now check in with all 15 in one to two hours.

Group Coaching sessions are open for new people to join each month. It is an easy, set way for me to invite new prospects to experience what it is like to receive coaching from me. This is also a live speaking testimonial for new clients to see the results my current clients are getting. The best part is that once my clients are ready to move on from coaching they choose to stay a part of the group, for accountability, at a small monthly fee. So I not only save that 15 hours a month coaching, I now save hours prospecting and marketing.

Does it Really Help my Clients with Their Results?

My clients have all come to know one another through our monthly meetings. They are able to collaborate and share resources in ways that are not available in one on one sessions. In many of our group coaching calls they will coach each other through encouragement, feedback or sometimes just listening to the other’s complain. You’re standards increase when you have more people to check in with on your commitments. I have also had clients find success through connecting with one another in compatible collaborations toward their goals.

Don’t Let Your Fear Keep You From Success

Did you know that fear and Excitement have the same genetic make up? Maybe that queasy feeling you labeled fear is excitement. Start to get excited about coaching a group. Weather you are coach or client, group coaching could be your ticket to a higher level of success.

You have a gift to share! The more you can reach at one time, the merrier. Invite everyone to set his or her Resolutions with you in a powerful accountability group. Start off your New Year with a Bang! It’s your time to Share and Shine.

Jeannine Yoder
Life Coach
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