A personal career coach is a mentor, a father confessor and a kick-ass disciplinarian. For a lone wolf, a modern day samara, or a captain of industry, all need the guidance of a trusted, worldly-wise, truly caring coach. And they are willing to pay for it. Career Coaching Is about Insight and It Is about Balance Just as a private chief is someone dedicated exclusively to the nutritional and culinary needs of their client, the personal career coach is a highly competent coach dedicated to the … [Read more...]
Tough Coaching Questions: Can You Coach Happiness?
One of the most controversial coaching questions is whether coaching can help people reach their goals of being happy? A better coaching question is what is happiness and how do you achieve it. According to Stephen P. Robbins PhD’s book, “The Truth about Managing People and Nothing but the Truth,” there is a happiness gene. Robbins goes on to say that 80 percent of people’s differences in happiness are attributable to their genes. Is Happiness Genetically Determined? Some people are just … [Read more...]
How to Land More Clients in Sales Training Coaching
Sales training coaching is all about turning classroom theory into results. That means turning ideas into gold. This is because only in sales does effective action lead so directly to increased revenues. Since generating effective action is what coaching is all about, coaching sales training is a straight path to a gold mine! Moving Training from Theory into Practice Sales training generally consists of learning the company’s unique sales process and a set of customized sales scripts. The … [Read more...]
Three Steps to a Successful Coaching Practice
If you want a successful coaching practice, you can’t start with Step #1. You’ve got to start with Step #0. You have to start with “dedicating yourself, your time and your energy to mastering the art and science of coaching.” You will notice that I didn’t say “getting certified as a coach.” And I didn’t say “feeling the power of the universe move within you, then buying a few hundred cool business cards and having at it.” No! OK? Got it? Yes! Good then, now that we have clarified Step #0, we are … [Read more...]
Easy Time Saving Career Coaching Skills For Supervisors
In this article, I’ll share with you 4 career coaching skills for supervisors that I’m using right now to help career coaching supervisors create more rapport and trust with their employees and iron out group communication challenges across their teams. In the project management literature, you’ll find that teams go through several phases of growth and development before team members arrive at optimum performance. It’s important to truly have the wisdom and knowledge as a coaching supervisor … [Read more...]
Using Your New Coach Skills On Friends And Family Safely
Why not practice your new coach skills on friends and family? Sure, some people say they know you too well, they’ve changed your diapers, and you’re still just a kid to some of them. I’m not saying coaching everyone in your family would be a fit or that they will pay you; but in some cases you can do a lot of good. New Coach Guidelines For Friends and Family While your mother-in-law might not want your coaching, there will be some people who are at least open to it. When I was a new coach I … [Read more...]
The Three Goals of Successful Grief Coaching
Grief coaching may be the most challenging area of coaching. This is because few human experiences affect us like the death of someone we love. The finality of death creates a barrier that can amplify every doubt and feeling of guilt, and can deny us closure and therefore a sense of peace. But because of these very reasons, the benefits brought by the skilled grief coach can literally save the life of their client. Letting Go without Saying Goodbye The profound absence of the dead loved one is … [Read more...]
A New Coach Tip: Never Coach Friends and Family
Well of course “never” is a big word. But for the new coach, “never” is a good place to start. As a coach grows in experience and also grows more than a little grey hair, well then it may be a different story. But in the beginning and for now, “never” really is a very good place to start. Friends and Family Knew You “Back When” The fact is – like it or not – your Aunt Josephine DID change your diapers. And your Cousin Fred DID see you cry when your vanilla ice cream fell out of your cone and … [Read more...]
Coaching Questions Equal Coaching Power
We have all heard that the one asking the questions is the one in control of the conversation. This is particularly true when it comes to coaching and coaching questions. Learn to ask the right questions at the right time and then really, really listen, and – like magic – you will be a powerfully effective coach. Here are three reasons why this can guarantee your power – every time. Questions Control by Requiring a Response Just as in chess where each of your moves should require a predictable … [Read more...]
Your Personal Wealth Coaching Helps You Soar Financially
You can expect your wealth coach to shape, mold, and transform you out of your stagnate financial slump into a person who plans, expects, and demands wealth. Wealth comes through having a well conceived plan that you can consistently execute on that’ll rollout bucket loads of green cash over time and create financial stability and freedom for you and your family to live in your dream home, drive nice shiny cars, have the college experiences you desire, and retire with a lifestyle fit for a king … [Read more...]
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