Using a well structured system of coaching questions can greatly increase your effectiveness as a coach. We have all heard the phrase: “He who asks the questions is in control of the conversation.” Besides giving control, questions also help you uncover issues that your client might not even be aware of. In addition, by answering your questions your client can give your message added credibility. Here’s how. Questions Give Control without Provoking Resistance When your client is answering … [Read more...]
5 Client Retention Strategies That Work
Client retention is essential to your success and it is crucial to use various client retention strategies in your practice. It takes more time and costs much more money to get new clients than it does to keep the ones you have. So many coaches focus all their energy on marketing and finding new clients, but drop the ball when it comes to client retention strategies. Though you will most likely never escape the marketing and promotion treadmill for as long as you coach, investing time into … [Read more...]
A Different Set of Coaching Core Competencies
Coaching core competencies are the guidelines by which all coaches should run their practices and treat their clients. Coaching core competencies are the commandments of the profession. The International Coach Federation created a list of core competencies that can be used by coaches around the world to run their practices; these competencies are well-known to all coaches, but there are other similar lists that can be analyzed and followed. Presented here is a different list of competencies, … [Read more...]
5 Reasons the ICF Coaching Competencies Will Not Ensure Success
The International Coach Federation has created a list of eleven ICF coaching competencies that all coaches should embrace and follow. However, are they enough? Do the ICF coaching competencies ensure success for everyone that enters the coaching profession? The ICF coach competencies include essential traits and rules that every coach should use in their practices. These include establishing trust and intimacy with clients, ethical behavior, managing and assessing progress, designing actions, … [Read more...]
Coaching Competencies or Coaching Incompetencies?
Most coaches have heard of coaching competencies, but have they heard of coaching incompetencies? Coaching competencies are basically the sufficient and necessary skills needed to be a good and effective coach, and to run a profitable coaching practice. What are the Most Important Coaching Competencies? The 11 core coaching competencies developed by the International Coach Federation (ICF) are: Meeting professional standards and ethical guidelines Establishing the coaching agreement … [Read more...]
The Five Fundamental Best Practices For Coaching
Every coach should be concerned with best practices for coaching. But, you ask, what is a best practice? Best practices are techniques and methods that have shown to be practical and effective when applied to specific coaching scenarios and contexts. The Five Fundamental Best Practices for Coaching Building Your Coaching Business Selecting a Winning Mix of Coaching Strategies Selecting the Right Coaching Media Client-centric Practice Measuring Success (and Failure) Building Your … [Read more...]
Coaching Best Practices – Youth Sports or Professional Coaching
One of the most important topics for professional coaches is the concept of coaching best practices. Best practices can best be defined as techniques and methods used by a coach that are deemed to be practical and effective when applied to specific coaching situations and engagements. So, to describe what best practices you should use in you professional coaching business, we will look at the best practices of unpaid, untrained, and unprofessional coaches – the youth sports coach. Coaching Best … [Read more...]
How to Brand Your Coaching Practice
Every coach wants their coaching practice to stand out from the competition, and one way to do this is to brand your coaching practice. Without a recognizable brand, your coaching practice runs the risk of becoming just another coach on the block – just another life coach, health coach, executive coach, or any old coach! One of the many. A small fish in a big pond! Brand Your Coaching Practice – 3 Easy Steps You are Unique! Finding something that says something unique about you and your … [Read more...]
5 Surefire Coaching Techniques for PFTS (Profits)
You can create a prosperous coaching practice by identifying successful coaching techniques for pfts (profits). You coach because you love it, but the only way to stay in business as a coach is to make some money. To earn income, it is essential to start looking for new coaching techniques for PFTS as soon as you hang out your coaching shingle and open you door to clients. If you don't, no one will be coming through that open door! 5 Surefire Coaching Techniques for PFTS (Profits) Here are 5 … [Read more...]
The ICF Coaching Competencies
One of the most important things to know that will help you run your coaching practice the correct way is the ICF coaching competencies. The ICF (International Coach Federation) has developed 11 core coaching competencies that help to promote a greater understanding about the skills, techniques, and approaches utilized in the coaching profession. These ICF coaching competencies are also used as the foundation for the International Coaching Federation credentialing examination. The 11 ICF … [Read more...]
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