{"id":2347,"date":"2009-10-25T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2023-05-19T19:18:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T03:18:50","slug":"online-coaching-training-courses-why-online-coaching-certification-isnt-worth-the-paper-its-written-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/online-coaching-training-courses-why-online-coaching-certification-isnt-worth-the-paper-its-written-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Coaching Training Courses: Why Online Coaching Certification Isn\u2019t Worth the Paper It\u2019s Written On"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just search for online coaching<\/a><\/strong> courses and you\u2019ll find countless courses that offer online coaching certification<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Some in as little as one day!\u00a0 But will online coaching certification<\/strong> get you what you want?\u00a0 Is the only thing that\u2019s keeping you from having all the clients you want a matter of being certified?\u00a0 What do you really need from an online coaching<\/strong> program?<\/p>\n

Does Taking an Online Coaching Course Equal Business???<\/h3>\n

What usually happens is that coaches who are trying to \u201cdo things right\u201d feel that they need some type of certification, online coaching certification<\/strong> or otherwise, before they can start their coaching business.\u00a0 After they complete their online coaching<\/strong> course, they find that certification doesn\u2019t equate business.\u00a0 I\u2019ve only been asked by one potential client what my qualifications were.\u00a0 I knew that information was not going to help him make a decision, so I put my emphasis on getting him to schedule a free session with me.<\/p>\n

Clients Will Not Come Knocking Down Your Door Simply Because You Posses an Online Coaching Certification<\/h3>\n

Unfortunately, after coaches receive their online coaching certification<\/span>, they still don\u2019t have clients.\u00a0 And while online coaching<\/span> courses can be valuable, the problem many coaches have is that they have to transform from being an ordinary person and into a coach who can walk on water.\u00a0 How do they do that?<\/p>\n

So What\u2019s A Coach To Do?\u00a0 Online Coaching Courses Do Not Provide the Mentoring You Need to Get to the Next Level<\/h3>\n

The key distinction between successful coaches and those who are looking for the next online coaching certification<\/span> to get them where they need to be is mentoring.\u00a0 A strictly online coaching<\/span> course simply won\u2019t have the one on one mentoring and accountability to take most people to the next level.\u00a0 No one can see the middle of their own back without a mirror.\u00a0 We all have blind spots that keep us from taking that next step.\u00a0 If we have someone to show us what that is, then we can navigate around it.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this is the one area where coaches try to save money and either get coaching for free from their peers, or try to boost their credentials through taking more online coaching courses and getting that next online coaching certification.\u00a0 But there is a point when you know all you need to know to getting into action, yet you\u2019re not seeing results.\u00a0\u00a0 When this happens, it may be time to try something you\u2019ve never tried and get a mentor to guide you to that next level.<\/p>\n

Colette Seymann<\/p>\n

JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just search for online coaching courses and you\u2019ll find countless courses that offer online coaching certification.\u00a0 Some in as little as one day!\u00a0 But will online coaching certification get you what you want?\u00a0 Is the only thing that\u2019s keeping you from having all the clients you want a matter of being certified?\u00a0 What do you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192,71],"tags":[981,870],"class_list":["post-2347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-online-coaching","category-online-coaching-certification","tag-online-coaching","tag-online-coaching-certification","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28940,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions\/28940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}