Christmas is a time of giving hence todays post. FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program that covers both of these aspects. Free Rice aims to: Provide education to everyone for free. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. The concept is simple, you … Read more
Over the next few days you will find that there will be a series of posts about resources you may be interested in, perhaps even belated Christmas presets to yourself 🙂 Today we begin with Your Best Year Yet by Jinny S. Ditzler. Coaches often deal with goals so you may already have personally carried … Read more
Friday is guest post day here on coaching confidence. It’s the day when a guest author will share a post on a topic or area that they feel will be of interest to coaches/ those interested in coaching. I’m currently looking for guest posters for 2011 – if you’d like to be one of them … Read more
I keep a notebook where I jot down ideas for future blog posts. Sometimes I refer to it for inspiration for that weeks post, while other times it can go weeks before I glance at it again. Glancing at it recently I noticed I had written: “Why is a coach like Santa?” Apart from sounding … Read more
In this weeks guest post Karen Williams shares her experience and knowledge about running a successful coaching business. The secrets of successful coaches what stops coaches from running a successful business? By Karen Williams In 2006 I trained to be a coach. After experiencing coaching to help me to refocus my stuck career, I realised … Read more
At various times in the last month I’ve seen numerous individuals comment on Twitter and in person that now they know that it’s nearly Christmas because “x” has just happened or because they have done “y” they are feeling very festive. There have been a number of different scenarios described, for some it was seeing … Read more
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” (Mark Twain) Fans of the TV series The West Wing may recall the phrase “What would Leo do?”. Leo was a well respected and experienced character and … Read more
Coaches, do you have much success networking? In this weeks guest post Angus MacLennan shares some tips to improve your networking skills. Networking For Coaches by Angus MacLennan Over the last few years I have found networking to be a great way to get new coaching clients. During this time I have met a number … Read more