Yearly Archives: 2012


Recapping October – December 2012 guest posts

In yesterday’s post we briefly recapped the guest posts that had featured in June, July and September. On Friday we recapped April, May and June, whilst on Thursday we covered the first three months of 2012.

Today our focus will be on the guest posts that were published in the final 3 months of 2012.

October

October

In the first guest post of the month The Survivor’s Coach, Marie Yates shared a personal experience and a question in “The last lesson”.

Some may view it as an everyday part of modern life but in our next guest post Sara Maude shared her thoughts and expertise in “How to coach a client who is suffering from stress.”

How do you describe what you do so that your ideal clients easily understand? In “Mentoring” Meeta Sengupta describes mentoring for teachers in India.

We ended October’s guest posts with Karen Williams answering a question pondered by many looking to start, or grow, a coaching business: “How do you really get to know your clients?”

November

November

Many business people may feel that they spend a lot of time in meetings. Business productivity coaches, Laura Waite and Collin Lyons, share their thoughts and expertise in ”Meeting Outcomes: How to get your meetings where you want them to go.”

Adela Rubio helps coaches and creatives share their message and build their tribe, her guest post covered just that topic and was called “Share Your Message, Share Your Passion”.

Lorraine Hirst, who coaches about emotional resilience, shared 3 things she’s learned  to help stay present, sane and move forward with all aspects of life in a post called “Helicopters, wacky warehouses and self-stroking”

Chris Morris then explored the difference between coaching and friendship. Is a coach different to a friend? Read his guest post “Can you get free coaching from your friends?”

As we approach the end of 2012 Amber Fogarty turned her attention to share her thoughts and experience about “New Year’s Resolutions Versus Goals”

December

December

One of the things that is on many to-do lists when a coach sets up a coaching business is “create a website.” Mei Qi Tan, kicked of December’s guest posts with “Three things to improve the experience of your website.”

As we approach the end of 2012 and the start of 2013 Cindy Hillsey then focused upon a specific type of resource in her guest post “Could a Master Mind Group Benefit You and Your Business?”

Earlier in the year Coach Doctor Jane P Lewis had ran a session at a European coaching conference. This experience and the different nationality perspectives prompted her post “Should You Coach Clients Who Are Seriously Stressed?”

Thank you

One of my favourite parts of running this site is having such a talented mix of different voices and approaches who are willing to contribute their thoughts and expertise. I’d like to thank all of this years guest posters for taking the time to be involved and sharing so generously!

Happy New Year and I look forward to sharing even more guest posts with you in 2013!

 

 

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Recapping July – September 2012 guest posts

In yesterday’s post we briefly recapped the guest posts that had featured April-June and on Friday we looked at the first 3 months of 2012.

Today our focus will be on the guest posts that were published in July, August and September.

July

July

Coach Beth Burgess specialises in addiction recovery and shared her experience, expertise and thoughts in the first guest post in the month of July. Beth asked, “My Coaching Clients Aren’t Broken – Are Yours?”

In the next guest post “The Single Story You Need To Coach”, Philippa Davies shared her own experience and knowledge about how we make sense of the world.

In the lead up to London 2012, as coach Gina Visram is based in the host borough for this years Olympic Games she used it as a topical theme for “Going for Gold: What coaches can learn from the upcoming Olympics”.

Transformative Coach Katri Manninen then asked “Are you coaching from your head or from your heart?” Sharing her approach and perspective to her coaching work.

August

August

As August began, Sean Conrad shared resources that coaches may want to use for career and employment coaching, in his guest post “Resources That Can Help with Career Progression”

Ryan Toms then shared his thoughts about working with, and speaking to, groups in a business setting in his post called “Getting The Message Across Is Vital” 

In the third guest post in August, Emanuele Santanché shared some of the thoughts he’s had as he considers embarking on a career in coaching in “What if your client has a neurotic goal to achieve?”

Robert Boyd drew upon over 25 years worth of business experience to share his expertise and knowledge in his guest post, “Aligning Values & Vision in Your Business” 

We ended August with Lawrence Michaels sharing a technique in a guest post called “The Power of Using Timelines”

September

September

Change can be a catalyst that prompts someone to turn to a coach for support. In today’s guest post coach Melani Luedtke-Taylor share some thoughts on letting go in “It Is What It Is: The Art of Letting Go” 

Julia Neiman presented 5 common beliefs and attitudes that lead to procrastination. An extract from her latest e-book she shared “Lesson 9: Procrastination”

Richard Nugent returned as a guest poster, this time focusing upon the subject of confidence in his guest post “Secrets of Coaching Confidence” 

In our final guest post in September Frederique Murphy turned her attention to providing some answers about “What to do when encountering challenging situations with your coaching clients!”

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Recapping April – June 2012 guest posts 1

In yesterday’s post we briefly recapped the guest posts that had featured in the first 3 months of 2012.

Today our focus will be on the guest posts that were published in April, May and June.

Easter eggs are in basket on a field

April

Coach Frederique Murphey provided the first guest post in April as she focused upon your coaching style and asked “Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who Is The Best Of Them All?”

Gabby Mottershead shared in the next guest post a technique she’s used with a client who is feeling overwhelmed. Read more about this in the post “Decisions, decisions, decisions”.

Judy Rees then asked a question in her guest post that many new to coaching asks themselves: “Do You Know Enough To Be A Coach?”

Coach, creative consultant and Yoga teacher Louise Gillepsie-Smith shared her personal experience and lessons that she’d learnt so far in the next guest post called “Have Faith”.

May

May

As May began teambuilding coach Sean Glaze shared his expertise and knowledge in his guest post “Leadership Decisions – A Lesson From McDonalds”

In our next guest post coach Beverley Ireland-Symonds shared what she has learnt developing an online coaching package in “The Challenges of Developing an Online Coaching Package.”

Supercoach Michael Neill shared some thoughts on one thing that appears to trip up many coaches – selling. Read his post “Selling Made Simple” to find out more.

Next Emily Finney and Ellie Garraway shared observations about how a company and charity, who uses coaching, has developed over the past 20 years in their guest post “Youth at Risk and Transform Coaching”

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June

In “The KISS principle- Keep It Simple, Silly“ Dave Oldham, shared his experience as a coach, teacher, entrepreneur and charity founder.

Retirement coach Jan King shared an experience of using her coaching skills outside of a coaching session in her guest post, “Coaching Questions are an Everyday Matter”

As the month progressed Maggie Currie, the people magician, used her guest post to consider the question “Does your subconscious mind rule your reality?”

Coaches often refer to goals and our next guest post by Early Jackson focused more upon this topic in “Goals You Can Control”

Our final guest post in June saw Andrew A. Faccone drawing upon his own life experiences and his coaching expertise to share 3 points around life, commitment and time. Read “Balancing the Push and Pull of Life..” to find out more.

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Come back tomorrow for a post recapping July – September, or if you can’t wait, clicking here will bring a list of every post that has been published on this site labelled as a guest post.

 
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Recapping January – March 2012 guest posts 1

Over the next few days I’m going to briefly recap the last years worth of guest posts that appear here each Friday.

Today we start by looking at the first three months of this year.

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January

In the first post of 2012 Amber Fogarty shared how she is in the “habit change business” discussing something she talks about a lot with clients in “Developing Better Habits”.

Coach and trainer Lorraine Hurst then followed with a post that could be of use to both yourself and your clients. “Blue Monday – what colour will yours be?” was published just prior to the third Monday of the year – read the post to see the significance of that date!

Coach and author of “Secrets of Successful Coaches”, Karen Williams, shared her expertise and knowledge in the third guest post of the year: “How does your mindset affect your business?” Read how Karen believes mindset, marketing and business knowledge will affect a successful coaching business.

The final post in January saw Karen Wise sharing a personal experience in the post “Relationship drama.” How familiar is this incident in either your own life or with what your clients tell you?

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February

As we started the second month of the year, coach Marie Yates turned her attention to the action taken to the goals and plans made at the start of the New Year. This post contains a series of questions to assist you to make progress. Read “The warm up is complete… It is time for the main event.” 11 months since this was first published – what would your answers to these questions be today?

Liz Scott loves bringing coaches together to share experiences and knowledge. Her post focused upon “Parallel conversations and coaching”, using her personal experience as a lesson to be used in coaching sessions.

Lenny Deverill-West shared how he has been practically incorporating other teachings into his own work with clients. Read more about what he is doing in “The Coaching Aha!”

Social Media coach Nicky Kriel discussed errors she’s seen coaches make attempting one particular marketing approach. Are you making any of the blunders featured in “5 Big Mistakes that Life Coaches make Networking”?

March

March

Coach Richard Nugent invited you to “Explore Some Half Truths Of Coaching” with the aim of getting you to think about your own professional beliefs that could help you be more successful.

A coaching website is on many new coaches to do list, in the second guest post in March Mei Qi Tan shared her expertise and knowledge about what to focus upon. Read her post “Websites: It’s not just about content – it’s about users.”

Coach Angus MacLennan, who delivers practical Business Support to Business Owners, turned his attention to the subject that can have many new coaching business owners scratching their heads in the post “Niching Has Failed”

How to market your coaching is an often requested topic, in our next guest post coach Cindy Hillsey shared her expertise and knowledge in “Marketing and your Ideal Client”

In the final guest post in March Coach Toni Knights discussed what she considers to decide if it is necessary to refer clients for additional help, in her post “Identifying When Clients Need Counselling”

Visit tomorrow

Come back tomorrow for a post recapping April – June, or if you can’t wait, clicking here will bring a list of every post that has been published on this site labelled as a guest post.

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