I was having a conversation recently revolving around an underlying desire for this person to learn to be a great coach. Rather than write a post about one of the specific skills I think a great coach demonstrates I am going to focus more on how you can learn to be a great coach. How … Read more
Imagine the following scenario: You have asked a straight forward and in your opinion perfectly crafted question to your coaching client. However, the answer you get is actually one that may have lots of words but didn’t actually answer the question you asked! As a coach there are many things that you can do in … Read more
One of the questions I quite often see some trainee coaches struggle with is how to find the confidence to find clients to coach. They have often done lots of preparation; maybe even have a secret suspicion that they do know the basics but they don’t feel that they have the confidence to actually start … Read more
For coaches who want to coach on the phone How to coach via the phone so you can make a big difference to your clients – and even get paid for it! In This 6 Week Training, You Will … 1. Discover how you don’t need to be able to physically see a client to … Read more
When people sign up for the “What to put in your coaching welcome pack”, 7 part e-course I invite them to share what other coaching or confidence topic they would like more information about. Some people share their answers, while others do not. The answers I do get can vary dramatically in length and topics … Read more
UPDATE March 3rd 17.40: An added comment You may have read Dave Doran’s guest post a few weeks ago that asked Is your coaching business was at risk? If you read that nice and early you may have missed the discussion that then took place in the comments section. As you will see as you … Read more
I recently had this question land in my inbox and I thought it was worthy of this weeks coaching related post. When I asked myself this question I came up with the several points about how I approach coaching, some of the beliefs I hold and how they impact this potential situation. I’ve included 7 … Read more
Before setting up my own coaching practice full time I was employed in the training and development team of a multi-national company. One of the departments I particularly loved working with was the contact centre – the very nature of the work of a contact centre involves a lot of communication with people over the … Read more