Successful coaching requires a partnership between you and your client. There are rewards and responsibilities on both sides. You've probably read and heard a lot about your side, the coach's side, of the equation. But what about your clients? What do they need to contribute to your working relationship to maximize their success from working with you? The 10 Client Commitments 1. Show up to sessions on time and in focus: Being on time means your client is committed to maximizing her experience … [Read more...]
3 Life Coach Business Forms You Need For Protection
There are no standard life coach business forms, just as there is no standard life coach training. In most places, you don't actually need any kind of certification or license to have a life coaching business, but that doesn't mean you should just blithely start coaching clients without any kind of paperwork. Obviously you should make sure you know what, if any, requirements exist in your country or your area. But even if there is no requirement beyond what you need to run a business, it's a … [Read more...]
Coaching Tips From Freemasonry: Which Apron Is Best?
Have you ever noticed how coaching tips can show up in the strangest places? Take Freemasonry for example. My husband has been a freemason since before I met him and he's held many positions within that fraternity. Until his recent promotion to Inspector for the Grand Lodge of California, he held the job of Officer's Coach in his local lodge. Consequently coaching tips have been flying fast and furious between us for some time now! This blog comes from a conversation we had about which apron he … [Read more...]
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Coaching Techniques
Specific coaching techniques are a critical tool of effective coaches. During your training and your early days as a coach, learning all the techniques you can is a wonderful strategy. Not only do they improve your coaching results, but perhaps even more importantly they give you some confidence. As you grow more comfortable in your career though, it's a good idea to review the techniques you use, see what their good and bad points are, and make sure you're using them in the best way. Why Use … [Read more...]
When Not To Use Coaching Techniques On Your Clients
There are some times when it’s disastrous to use life coaching techniques on your clients. While it sounds a bit unlikely, coaching techniques can backfire and wreck havoc on your life and the lives of others. Don’t let this happen to you. When Using Life Coaching Techniques Can Get You Into Trouble 1. When you are using coaching techniques without consent from the person you are trying to coach. This is often seen as manipulative, and if you use it within the context of a complimentary … [Read more...]
5 Things You Should Expect When Starting A Life Coaching Business
The uncertainty that comes with starting a life coaching business stops many coaches. It’s hard to jump into something when you really can’t test the waters first. Most coaches who take the testing the water approach never really get started, and thus eventually fail. It’s not their fault, but it is preventable. Here are 5 things that you can expect from your coaching business. Life Coaching Business Pitfalls And How To Navigate Them When I started out, I worked hard to get by … [Read more...]
Life Coaching Business Lessons From “The 3 Little Pigs”
There are plenty of life coaching business lessons that can be gleaned from the story of “The 3 Little Pigs.” These little pigs represent three different styles of coaching business owners; one that puts almost no effort at all into his business, one that puts some effort into his business but then leaves to go play, and then the third that has a longer term visions of what he wants to create in his life. The Big Bad Wolf is of course the economic winter that attempts to blow down each of the … [Read more...]
Is Your Life Coach Salary A Casualty Of Sloth?
If you are not busy building your business, you could be sacrificing your life coach salary on the altar of the seventh and last deadly sin of life coaching in my series—the sin of sloth. Sloth isn't a word we use very much nowadays, except to refer to those slow moving, tree-dwelling South American mammals. So let's use some more common words. Let's use laziness, apathy and inactivity. Are you guilty of one or more of those? Let's look at some of the ways they can impact your business. Are … [Read more...]
3 Childhood Keys To Making Your Coaching Practice Fun
When you started your coaching practice, what were you expecting? Did you expect it to be easy? Did you expect to quickly have a great income from coaching? Did you think that clients would be falling all over themselves to beat a path to your door? So how's it been going so far? If you are feeling frustrated, try adopting the playful attitude of a child approaching a new and exciting challenge. Try adopting the 3 keys to finding joy in your coaching practice. Are Your Clients Friend Or … [Read more...]
Coaching For Success Using A Three-Pronged Approach
If you are a coach, coaching for success is your ultimate goal. It doesn't matter whether it's success in business, relationships, or health, what you and your client want is success, however your client defines that. So what does it take to get success, to reach goals? What do you provide as a coach that your client can't provide for himself? What Does Success Look Like? Before you can know whether or not you've achieved success, you have to have a clear picture of the end point you want. … [Read more...]
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