{"id":5632,"date":"2010-11-25T02:09:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T02:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=5632"},"modified":"2016-08-14T22:50:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T06:50:46","slug":"coaching-certification-fraud-ultimate-identity-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/coaching-certification-fraud-ultimate-identity-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Certification Fraud: The Ultimate Identity Theft?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coaching certification<\/strong><\/a> fraud is more common than most people realize. What\u2019s really curious is that most consumers don\u2019t care once they\u2019ve taken the bait. Think about people like Dr. Laura and Dr. Phil, neither of who have a doctorate degree. Do their fans care? If some do, it doesn\u2019t appear to significantly affect either Dr. Phil or Dr. Laura\u2019s popularity. It may even enhance their popularity! Is coaching any different?<\/p>\n

What is Coaching Certification Fraud?<\/h3>\n

Coaching certification<\/strong> goes beyond saying you have a certification that you never earned. It\u2019s actually creating your own certification based on what your prospects are looking for, and giving yourself the certification. Sounds like much more work than actually going through a coaching program, but perhaps I\u2019m missing something. I\u2019m not entirely sold on the idea that clients really care about certification anyway. I\u2019ve only had two people ask about my certification and credentials, and that was before I did a complimentary session with them. The real issue wasn\u2019t my credentials.<\/p>\n

What Clients Really Want?<\/h3>\n

When clients ask about coaching certification<\/span>, they don\u2019t really care about it. With coaching programs as numerous as the stars in the sky, how someone tell which ones produce great coaches? It may be the only way a potential client can raise a question as to whether you can provide value. The best way to handle this concern is not to send out your 10 page curriculum vitae and hope for the best. You need to talk to your potential clients and find out what their hidden concerns are. Most likely, they don\u2019t even know. I tell people who want to see my bio before I do a session with me that the call is a gift. If they want it, great. If not, that\u2019 ok too. The concerns vanish when you can establish rapport, provide value, and make an impact in someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

By the way\u2026 you\u2019re invited to claim your FREE step-by-step \u201c30-Days to Become a Coach<\/strong><\/a>\u201d video toolkit. Just go HERE<\/strong><\/a> now to get your 30-day coaching blueprint videos<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Coaching certification fraud is more common than most people realize. What\u2019s really curious is that most consumers don\u2019t care once they\u2019ve taken the bait. Think about people like Dr. Laura and Dr. Phil, neither of who have a doctorate degree. Do their fans care? If some do, it doesn\u2019t appear to significantly affect either Dr. […]<\/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":[26],"tags":[837],"class_list":["post-5632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-coaching-certification","tag-coaching-certification","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632","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=5632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19066,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632\/revisions\/19066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}