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The time between coaching appointments is dead time, and to make that dead time more profitable, a few helpful telephone coaching tips can make that dead time turn into profit time!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Face-to-face coaching is the preferred type of coaching for most clients, but a coach who can use his or her skills effectively on the telephone can create an additional stream of income for their coaching practice. Some good telephone coaching tips<\/u><\/strong> will boost your income and increase your business.<\/p>\n

Coaching on the Phone is the Same as Coaching In Person…Almost<\/h3>\n

The coaching process is the same, whether you are working in person or talking to a client on the telephone. But, there can be subtle differences when working with only someone’s voice.<\/p>\n

3 Important Telephone Coaching Tips<\/h3>\n

The first, and perhaps most important telephone coaching tip is to understand that communication is different when you are using the telephone. Communication between coach and client can basically be broken down into four parts: the words, the context of the words, the tome of the words, and the body language. <\/p>\n

On the phone, you can hear the words, you get the context (as long as the phone isn’t going in and out), you capture most of the tome (though tonality is sometimes lost on a phone), but you get none of the body language. Some studies suggest that body language comprises the majority of communication in many situations. Making sure you know that plenty of communication will be missing is crucial to creating a good coaching sessions.<\/p>\n

The next on this list of 3 telephone coaching tips<\/u><\/strong> works with the first one. A telephone coaching session will work better if you already know the client. It’s best if you have met the client face-to-face, but if that has never been possible, it can still work. Before you begin the coaching sessions, it works well to gather as much information as possible about the client. You can do this through email or have a free information-gathering phone session. Having a wealth of information about the client at your fingertips will help you create a beneficial telephone coaching session. <\/p>\n

The final suggestion on this list of tips is to have pre-planned coaching sessions for the telephone. Using set exercises or having a list of questions will help the session progress. This works great during the first session or two as it helps with information gathering. You can analyze the answers between sessions and then create a new list of questions for the next session.<\/p>\n

5 More Telephone Coaching Tips For Great Telephone Coaching Sessions<\/h3>\n