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How Narrowing Your Focus Can Make You More Successful 1

8 August 2014 in Guest Post tagged business / business building / coach / coaching / focus / marketing / Michele Christensen / overwhelmed / stretched / success

In this weeks guest post business coach and mentor Michele Christensen focuses on how you can run a successful coaching business.

How Narrowing Your Focus Can Make You More Successful

By Michele Christensen

"How Narrowing Your Focus Can Make You More Successful" by Michele Christensen

Many coaches work as solopreneurs, or one-person businesses. If you are drawn to this model, it’s a great way to work. However, it does mean that you wear all the hats in your business. There’s a lot to do to keep a business running, and it can feel like you are pulled in a million different directions. If you are spread too thin, you may not be putting enough time in on any one thing to make it effective.

For example, if you are spending hours every day marketing yourself through dozens of channels you may not have time to do any actual income-producing or referral-generating work. You may not even have time to properly implement any single one of those channels. Or, you may have too many projects in the process of being created. In reality, most of us can only juggle a few in-depth projects at a time so it’s better to get one done before adding another.

Here is an example of a mistake of this type I made in my own business. I spent one year early in my business doing a lot of networking. I went to several events per week and even went to two events per night sometimes. However, I made the mistake of going to a bunch of different events and meeting hundreds of people one time each instead of finding just a few networking events and maybe a few dozen people that I could stay connected with and build active relationships with.

The main point is that if you run a solopreneur coaching business, there’s an upper limit to how much you can do well. Avoid the temptation to keep adding new business-building tactics that you can’t fully implement or having too many projects going at once. Narrow your focus to just the number of things you can do well and feel on top of. You’ll feel less stretched thin and get more done, and these two things can make you more successful.

About Michele Christensen

Michele Christensen is a business coach and mentor for solopreneurs. She teaches people how to have a profitable, sustainable one-person business they can run from home without overwhelm or working 24/7. For more information and free resources, find her online at michelechristensen.com, or on the social sites.

Sacred Money, Sacred Life Transformational Exercise

1 August 2014 in Guest Post tagged coach / Debra Larson / exercise / life / money / sacred / transformational / wealth

In today’s guest post coach Debra Larson shares an exercise, complete with a worksheet that you can download at the bottom of this post, and a free gift.

Sacred Money, Sacred Life Transformational Exercise

By Debra Larson

"Sacred Money, Sacred Life Transformational Exercise" by Debra Larson

Most people, I really believe, are living their life not feeling fulfilled or as if they’re living on purpose. I think you probably all agree with me. Look around. That’s what you see. Maybe you’ve even felt that yourself in the past. I know I have.

That’s why I got into business for myself. I was feeling really unfulfilled and like I wasn’t living my purpose. I also felt like my future was being left up to someone else. If any of you have connected with my story on my website, you’ll know and understand that at the point that Eric and I lost everything that I had made a decision if that should ever happen again, I’d be able to rebuild quickly and I’d love doing it. Big difference, right? I’d actually know how and enjoy the process of rebuilding and I’d know I could do it quickly. I knew at that moment I was ready to build again my own business, but this time it looked much different than before, I was training others how to live a fulfilled life, in complete abundance with sharing their knowledge with others and really enjoying it.

I want to help you take your actions and what you’re doing daily and put them into perspective so that you have a way of living your life and appreciating your life at a much deeper level than you ever have.

I teach an exercise that is called “Sacred Money, Sacred Life” taken straight from my Simply Wealthy Sacred Money Archtype© Align your Financial & Spiritual Destiny course which is a very deep, thought-‐provoking exercise, its a very powerful exercise, very illuminating.

We are going to go ahead and do this exercise together.

Put on some soft music, make sure the rest of the house is quiet and take some time for you. Many people don’t think about these things, and when you do it can be life changing – very transformational.

Just remember that “allowing” the emotions to flow can be a good thing, it means that you are healing and moving forward.

Sacred Money, Sacred Life, is designed to help you let go of the things that don’t matter in life and to focus on what does matter most.

This is the sad irony. What matters most is often what gets lost in the hustle and bustle of daily life. I am here to help you put that back front and center.

The second piece of this putting it all together in the Discovering Your Financial Life Purpose exercise, but I will not be teaching this here today.

This is a journaling type of exercise with four questions that build upon each other.

I would love for you to have the benefit here and now with me today to start to write answers for yourself, don’t wait, take action today.

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The first segment of these four pieces is called purpose and impact.

I want you to imagine for a moment that you have all the money you need to live the life of your dreams. Take that in for a moment. You have all the money you need to live the life of your dreams.

With that taken care of, what do you spend time on? What do you feel is your purpose? What impact do you focus on creating? Who do you feel called to help? Why do feel compelled to do this?

This is a moment to be as specific as you can and to really allow yourself to dream. Take a few seconds just to write down any ﬁrst thoughts that come up.

The second question here is on perspective and priorities.

You’ve just learned that you only have ﬁve more years of life. The end will come without notice.

Knowing the end of your life is coming sooner rather than later, what changes will you make? What will you do with this all-‐important ﬁnal phase of your life? What will give your life meaning? What’s the legacy that you want to leave?

Journal the ﬁrst answers that come to mind. Don’t second guess the answers. Just write.

The next section is completion and closure.

You’ve just been told you only have one day left of life.

What are you feeling?

Are there any regrets or disappointments? Do you have dreams you wish you had fulfilled? Is there anything you wish you had done differently now that your life is about to be complete?

Journal the answers that come to you – First answer, best answer.

For some of you this is bringing up a bit of emotion, take a deep breath and just write what comes.

“You’ve just been told you only have day of life…what are feeling? Do you have unfilled dreams – regrets, what would you do differently?

The ﬁnal section is realization and renewal.

Looking back at what you journaled in this exercise, what are you saying you want to change in your life?

What choices or decisions will you now make? What are the main themes that you’re noticing? When I say theme, I mean thread or things in common.

I’d love to hear what you’re already seeing as the value from this exercise, comment below and write what value came – it’s highly personal so you don’t need to give specifics in nature, just what value came from this.

I really love this exercise because it’s a bit of a wake-up call for many of you. Great job!

So the power in this exercise comes from this final section “realization and renewal.” I want you to create some concrete action steps you can now take. Be specific. Many of you will have the inclination to be very sweeping and general with your answers.

Let’s take the question:
“What choices or decisions will you now make?” You may say, “I’m going to make new choices about things that make me happier.” That’s very nice, but that doesn’t really mean anything. I want you to get really specific on the action, choice or decision.

There’s no right or wrong way to do this exercise, but you want to be aware of taking you to a more concrete, specific place of action as a result or as a next step of this exercise. That’s what I want you to be looking for in the realization and renewal section.

If you said, “I need to make decisions that bring more happiness in my life,” I would say, “That’s great. What is one of those decisions right now?” I just want you to chunk it down and be specific.

Now here is your Simply Wealthy Action Step: I want to ask you to set a timer for 15 minutes, grab something to sip on such as a cup of coﬀee or tea, wine, whatever – just relax and take yourself through this exercise in detail. Really dive into this, and do this by yourself and for yourself. You can share it a friend, maybe share it in our comments box below – just share it in some way to really deepen your findings here. State what insights and aha’s come from doing this exercise.

Most importantly, Do this for YOU!

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Leave the session inspired and crystal clear about the next steps to aligning your financial success with your personal and spiritual growth.

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About Debra Larson

Did you enjoy this article? Would you like to use it? Feel free, just make sure you READ and copy Debra’s information below along with the exact reprint of the article:

Debra Larson is a Transformation & Wealth Coach, founder of Simply Wealthy by Debra.

Debra Larson Debra, an award, winning coach, Amazon best-selling author, empowers women around the world on how to turn their own true gifts, passions and purpose into a profitable, meaningful business thru simple, doable – yet result driven concepts and systems. She prides herself in helping her clients achieve transformational results by weaving timeless truths and Universal Laws with mastery marketing counsel, teaching on everything from mindset to marketing that assists you in growing yourself while empowering you to fulfill your life’s purpose. You can find out more about Debra and get free tools, tips and steps to becoming simply wealthy in your business & in life at: www.DebraLarson.com

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Awaking the Sleeping Giant Within

25 July 2014 in Guest Post tagged challenge / clients / coach / coaching / Diane Dutchin / empower / impact / motivate / passion / purpose / questions / reflect / talent

In today’s guest post Coach Diane Dutchin shares her expertise and knowledge to benefit both you and your clients.

Awaking the Sleeping Giant Within

by Diane Dutchin

"Awaking the sleeping Giant within" by Diane Dutchin

“Sleeping never moves you forward, it’s the awakening process that stirs you to action”
(DianeD)

I know, the title to this topic is not the usual you come across in your mail box like “how to uncover and tap into your niche”, or “how to attract more clients”. However, stay with me, this is an appropriate fit because it’s about you the coach and your client.

My intent is to deliver a one two punch of relevant information to empower you to reflect, to reapply methods of being and doing in your journey as a coach, and hopefully lead to a revival, renewal/refreshing to both you and your clients.

Let’s start with you the coach:

Reflect: when you first started your practice what was your attitude like? Aside from the excitement of finally doing what I felt I was created to do, I was focused on uncovering what areas of life I was deeply passionate about and connected to.

Forget about what the experts are saying you should or shouldn’t do, and what the latest niche is. What fired you up and awakened your spirit? Is that fire still there or is it a dying ember? Or, are you more motivated by external realities than your internal convictions? Stay consistent to your internal convictions. Here are some steps I follow to help me awaken sleeping giants in my journey

Revisit/Reapply: your core values and your personal beliefs. Revisiting my values gives me the opportunity to assess my present state, and how much of my values/beliefs are still in line with my living, and make adjustments where needed. By doing that you sharpen:

Your talents – what you know you’re really good at
Your passions – what you deeply care about
Your purpose – what is it you want your life to count for
Your impact – what is the outcome you’re looking to achieve

By incorporating your basic style of coaching with fresh ideas, tips and tools you can strengthen your practice, and find yourself at the advantage of serving with excellence.

Revive: your truth, your internal realities, and your purpose – not someone else! It’s easy to place too much emphasis on what others are doing, and dismiss what convicts and motivates your particular style. Yes, it takes someone with courage to stay consistent, recognize opportunities, and accept the calling to be a coach of positive change. I am not saying to ignore growth, but don’t throw out the baby with the bath water by neglecting the fundamentals you established your practice on.

Renew/Refresh: your life, your vision, your focus, your practice and your delivery. By taking the time to reflect, revisit/reapply and revive areas, thoughts, actions or saying about your life and practice, you could experience a welcomed renewal that can improve your delivery add deep refreshing to you and your practice.

All about the client:

Seeing that you’re in the coaching profession, I am going to automatically assume part of your focus when working with your client, is to:

Guide them towards the door of awareness
Empower them to open the door,
Challenge them to step into the journey
Motivate them to discover their answers, solutions, etc. in specific areas.

So, why is it some coaches overcomplicate this process? As a coach you want to remain mindful of lining up your words with your actions. I would rather have someone under promise with their words and over deliver with their actions, instead of over promising and under delivering.

Clients come to you because they have a need, and are drawn to you based on a number of factors:

What they’ve read on your site
What they heard through a referral
What your past clients said/testimonials
What was felt through the initial connection

In my experience I’ve found my most effective encounters and results came when I avoided the flashy and fancy approach. People aren’t looking necessarily for how much credentials are behind your name, or how many hundreds of clients you’ve served – all they care about is “can you help me with______?”

The basic foundational questions still works and can be extremely effective to get the journey of awareness, and empowerment to change started:

Why, when, where, what and how? (in whatever order)

You still have opportunity to ask other questions like:

What are your internal/external realities?
How important are values and beliefs to you?
On a scale ____? How do you feel about____?

My experience is that this way such questions will automatically fall into place!

There should be a natural flow when serving your clients. Be cautious of “trying” a new thing you read about, or what happens to be the “new style of coaching”. If not, it could show up during the session and mat be the last one with the client.

As a coach you can awaken and elevate areas of your personal and professional life to higher levels of fulfillment, and stir your clients forward to have a more impactful, and life transforming experience.

How do you know when an area in your life needs to be awaken, and what action do you take to revive it?

You are your Greatest Investment!

About Diane Dutchin

“Diane – life coach with a passion for living her best life and motivating others to do the same. I provide quality coaching and facilitating services to clients and coaches on a personal and professional level. I work with people to improve the quality of their lives on a personal and professional level.

Check out my site at www.makethemovecoaching.com and connect for a free 1 hour strategy session.”

What do you want to get known for?

4 July 2014 in Guest Post tagged brand / business / clients / coach / expert / expertise / identity / Karen Williams / marketing / niche

In today’s guest post Karen Williams asks an insightful question to help you and your coaching business.

What do you want to get known for?

By Karen Williams

"What do you want to get known for?" By Karen Williams

From my experience, many coaches (and other transformation experts) work with clients who have gone through something similar to themselves. This may be situations like redundancy, cancer, trauma, a chronic illness, or perhaps they have learnt something that they know will help others.

Going through a difficult situation may have been one of their motivators to retrain in this profession, and likely to be one of the reasons that they want to help people now.

My story is similar to that extent. When I started out as a coach, I struggled to get clients and turn my passion into a business that was sustainable. Then I spent time with very successful coaches, discovered their secrets, implemented them into my own business, and then wrote a book about it! That’s why I help my clients to create their own successful business, get more clients, make more money and do what they love.

Even though coaching is traditionally non-directive, and technically you can work with people on any topic, clients will often look for a coach who has credibility in a certain area.

When you’ve been through a situation yourself, you:

Can understand how someone must be feeling and emphasise with their situation
Have the resources and information that may help and know where else you can direct your client
Have credibility in that area and build your business from that topic of expertise

Want a profitable and fulfilling business?

To create a profitable and fulfilling business, it’s about finding that area where you have knowledge, passion and experience, and building your niche from this place. However, I also know that it can be hard to define what to do, and niching may feel counterintuitive when you start out.

But these days you don’t need to have one of those ‘traditional’ niches such as a career coach, health coach, etc. The narrower you specialise, and the more unique you are, the easier it will be – trust me!

When you know your ideal client and what you do well, the advantage is that everything you do is aimed towards that person. You’ll have the systems in place that allows you to establish your expertise – and everything will stem from this framework.

Your message and brand are aligned to the clients you want to attract
Your website will generate leads rather than be a static page that people may come across by accident
You can stand out from everyone else in your profession as you know what makes you different
You can market yourself in a way that allows you to easily attract clients as people get what you do and the results that clients get from working with you
You can create a signature talk/book/information product that automatically leads people to the next step in your marketing funnel and ultimately allows you to build your business easily

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What do you want to get known for?

If you’re struggling to niche, one of my favourite questions to ask is this: “What do you want to get known for?” I’ll be honest; it’s not enough to say “A great coach”, or “making a difference”, etc…

What do you really want to get known for?

Where is your expertise?

What are you good at?

Who would you love to work with and why?

What is your story and how does this relate to your clients?

You could, of course, do one of my favourite exercises, which you’ll find in my second book, How to Stand Out in your Business. Take your passions and talents and explore these areas unique to you. Take time to get clear what you are good at and where you excel, as well as understanding what you feel passionate about and why you love this. You can also look at your story and where you have come from and how you can might be able to help others in areas where you have your own experience.

But ultimately I suggest you ask yourself the question: What do you want to get known for? I’d love your comments below.

About Karen Williams

Karen Williams If you’re ready to stand out and become more visible, or want support to discover what you want to get known for, contact Karen for a free discovery call. You can also join her at the Star Biz conference on 11/12 July and on her Writing Retreat in Spain from 25-30 September 2014.

Karen Williams is the founder of Self Discovery Coaching and is a Business Coach and Mentor, Author, Speaker and Fire Walk Instructor. She predominantly works with solopreneurs (coaches, consultants and therapists) who want to make a difference, but know that to do this, they need to learn the skills to create and grow a successful business. She helps them to get more clients, make more money and do what they love.

She is known for helping her clients to succeed by standing out from the crowd, getting noticed and being an expert in their business. She is the author of The Secrets of Successful Coaches, which reached #1 in the Business charts on Amazon. Her second book, How to Stand Out in your Business, was published in 2012. In the second book she shares the 7 Step Success System that she uses to help her clients to become more visible and create a successful business. She is half way through writing her third book.

Do You Take Your Business Personally?

27 June 2014 in Guest Post tagged business / client / coach / empowerment / invite / Kim Ravida / negative self-talk / negativity / personally / proposal / sales / saying no / taking things personally / victim

In today’s guest post Kim Ravida addresses something that often gets in the way of coaches setting up and running their coaching business successfully.

Do You Take Your Business Personally?

By Kim Ravida

"Do You Take Your Business Personally?" By Kim Ravida Do you take your business personally? It’s an honest question. Most people say “It’s business, don’t take it personally.” But really, is that possible? I don’t think so. I think business is personal. Let’s face it, we are people. We are people who have lives, who love and care for others. As humans we are compassionate, thoughtful and we have feelings. So how can we take the feelings out of business? We can’t. We can, however, take the negativity out of it.

What do I mean by take the negativity out of it? A lot of business owners take ‘no’ personally. Let’s take a look at a service-based business such as a coach, personal trainer, massage therapist or even a virtual assistant. In these businesses it is customary to make offers to prospects to come and benefit from our services. Yet, when we hear ‘no’, we can take it to mean that the prospect is saying ‘no’ to us personally, when in fact it is to the services we provide.

I call this type of behavior victim behavior. It means that when we are told ‘no’, we feel as if we have been rejected and then we go down the “I’m not good enough” path… which never leads to anything positive. That is what I mean when I say take the negativity out of it. YOU are good enough. When you go into victim-mode your energy dwindles, you have less drive to get things done, and you certainly don’t feel like making another offer because — gosh forbid — if that person says ‘no’ too, you just won’t be able to deal with it.

Yes, we do take our businesses personally. I have been there. I have felt down and out when someone has said ‘no’ to me. I have felt like maybe I’m not good at this and who would want to work with me anyway. It wasn’t until I realized that I was being a victim and I was taking ‘no’ personally. What they were saying ‘no’ to, in reality, is themselves. They are saying no to their growth, their potential and their happiness.

Here is a secret: usually when someone who is a good fit for you says no, it is because they aren’t feeling as if they are good enough. They may be feeling they won’t get the great results you are telling them they can have. They may feel it will be too hard (another negative and certainly an excuse) and they won’t be able to live up to your expectations… or even their own.

Just so you know; many people use money as an excuse and truly sometimes it is a valid reason. However, if they have looked you up and asked to talk to you, chances are it is time for them to move forward and they may be fearful and in the victim mentality.

Thus, here are several “rules” to remember so that you don’t take ‘no’ personally in your business:

Rule #1: You are good enough, right here and right now!

Rule #2: You have what it takes to be powerful in every situation.

Rule #3: You are not your business – if someone says no, it isn’t ‘no’ personally.

Rule #4: Keep a list of the things that you excel at, and if you do take a ‘no’ personally pull those out and read them.

Rule #5: Remember Rule #1

Everyone feels as if they might not live up to expectations and therefore they might not even try. Whenever you hear a ‘no’, try to keep in mind also that it is a no now but not forever. I know I’m not the only one who has had a potential client say no and then come to me at another point in time and said yes. Oftentimes people need to think on things and to process it. Yes, sometimes they need to feel the pain of the struggle a little longer before they can say yes to themselves… which, remember, is who they ultimately are saying yes to.

A wise mentor once said to me, “You take yourself everywhere, so why not take the best of yourself each time, leaving behind the possibility to take things personally because it never serves you well.”

About Kim Ravida

Kim Ravida is a lifestyle and business coach who helps women in business take powerful money actions and make solid, productive business decisions that positively impact their life and their business. Stop banging your head against the wall trying to figure out what to do first, wasting time and money. Kim Ravida Coaching can help you. Having been there herself, she has developed a specific system that sets the foundation for a business that brings in more clients, makes more money and saves tons of time so you truly can reach your goals and dreams. Find free resources at http://kimravida.com/resources/.

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Turn Your Coaching Session Into a Coaching Experience

20 June 2014 in Guest Post tagged Allan N. Mulholland / clients / coach / coaching / experience / session / structure

In today’s guest post Allan N. Mulholland shares criteria he considers essential for how he works: " Turn Your Coaching Session Into a Coaching Experience" by Allan N. Mulholland

Turn Your Coaching Session Into a Coaching Experience

By Allan N. Mulholland

There is much more to coaching than simply picking up the phone at a pre-arranged time and connecting with your client for a 30 minute chat! The old axiom “You only get out of it, what you put into it” was never more true than for your coaching session. The client must receive maximum value from the session, while the coach receives maximum fees.

If you want to facilitate the successful achievement of your client’s Desired Outcome, every one of your coaching sessions must be purposeful, results-driven and goal-oriented! If you want to charge top coaching fees, you better be prepared to go the extra mile and turn your coaching session into a coaching experience.

There are many elements that make up a properly executed coaching session. Here are the 10 session criteria that I consider essential for creating a coaching experience!

1 – Preparation

Before I connect with a client, I always allow myself 15 minutes to properly prepare for the session. This is the time when I do all of the following:

a) I review all my notes.

Every time I conduct a coaching session, I take detailed notes on everything that happens during the session. I am always amazed at how many coaches rely on memory from one session to the next. If you don’t take notes, you are not a credible and professional coach! Winging it is for the birds!

b) I check my Coaching Timeline.

Every Coaching Program that I prepare for a client is based on a 3 – 6 month timeline. I use this timeline to hold both the client and myself accountable for achieving measurable progress toward a Desired Outcome.

c) I read the “Prep Sheet”.

Prior to every session, my clients submit a Coaching Prep Sheet where they write a brief summary of the progress they made since the last session and where they want to spend some extra time during the next session.

d) I prepare a Session Agenda.

Based on the notes, timeline and prep sheet, I create a simple agenda that I will use to keep the coaching session on track and on time. Now I’m ready to make the call!

2 – Maintaining Control

When you engage in a coaching session with your client, it is imperative that you are in control of the conversation at all times! You are the conductor of your “coaching bus” and your client is the passenger! While your client may have an itinerary of places he or she wants to go, you’re the one who is driving the bus that will take them there!

This is especially true if you’re giving away a free initial coaching session! You’re passenger hasn’t even paid for the bus ticket yet, so don’t let them grab the steering wheel! If they can drive the bus themselves, why do they need you? Yet so many coaches allow their clients to “hijack” the coaching bus and take control of the session.

If you want to deliver a quality coaching session, you’ve got to be in control! How do you maintain control? By asking questions!

3 – Asking Questions

Lead the conversation by asking questions! These questions must be targeted and focused on the Desired Outcome. Listen intently to your client’s answers!

Ask more questions! Maintain control! And then wait for the “Coaching Climax”!

4 – Creating Coaching Climaxes

A Coaching Climax is the ‘mental trigger’ that validates and authenticates a pivotal point in a coaching session. I deliberately chose the word ‘climax’ as a metaphor for the powerful impact it has on a coaching client. A skillful Coach can achieve multiple Coaching Climaxes for a client during a coaching session.

If your client does not experience at least one coaching climax for every 15 minutes of coaching, your coaching session did not measure up to the rigorous standards of a Coaching EXPERT!

5 – Achieving Milestones

A sure-fire way to keep your clients motivated and on track is to provide measurable accomplishments during and following each coaching session. Recognize the progress the client has made since the last session and point out any recent ‘milestones’ that he/she has reached. A ‘Success Formula’ is created when a string of ‘milestones’ are recorded along the path to achieving a Desired Outcome.

6 – Keeping focus on the Desired Outcome

If you don’t keep focus on the Desired Outcome, the client may start to wander in different directions. While you certainly do not want to stifle any opportunity for your clients to achieve a Coaching Climax, you must guard against any random deviations from the session agenda. If you don’t, the session will miss its objective and will be difficult to record in your notes in the context of the overall Desired Outcome.

7 – Inserting the Accountability Factor

The “accountability factor” must be ever present throughout the session! As a Coach, you must hold your clients accountable for their actions.

Without accountability, there can be no discipline.
Without discipline, there can be no commitment.
Without commitment, there can be no achievement.

8 – Reviewing the session

Before you wrap up your coaching session, you must do a quick verbal recap of the things your client achieved during the call. This will re-enforce the client’s perception of value and the investment the client is making in you as a coach!

9 – The Assignment

Always assign some homework that the client must complete by the next session. This could be writing a new resume, drinking less alcohol, starting a new project for their home or business, celebrating a special occasion, etc.

10 – The follow-up email

For me, this is the ‘icing on the cake’! As a true professional, you must send a brief email to your clients that recognizes the Coaching Climaxes that were created, the Milestones that were achieved and the Assignment that is to be completed by the next session!

Incorporate these 10 elements in your coaching sessions and discover how you can create a unique and valuable coaching experience for your clients!

About Allan N. Mulholland

Allan N. Mulholland is the founder and president of PersonaCoach (Int’l) LLC, which provides training and certification for life & business coaches. He is the author of “Change Your Perception, Change Yourself!” and writes on all aspects of coaching training and development.

To get Allan’s free eBook “Become a Coaching EXPERT and Charge EXPERT Coaching Fees!” go to http://www.personacoach.com

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Empower your clients by Standing in your power

13 June 2014 in Guest Post tagged clients / coach / Debra Larson / empower / power / self / transformation / wealth

In today’s guest post Transformation & Wealth Coach Debra Larson shares some of her expertise and knowledge as she recommends:

Empower your clients by Standing in your power

by Debra Larson

It isn’t a secret that most of the people I attract are highly conscious women coaches, consultants, authors and speakers. I’ve been very blessed to have some real movers and shakers attracted to my style of coaching.

"A deeper meaning to their business which gives them a higher purpose than just making money and allows them to show up as powerful as they do each and every day."

But there is something else about this group of people that really makes them stand out, and that is that there is a deeper core, a deeper meaning to their business which gives them a higher purpose than just making money and allows them to show up as powerful as they do each and every day.

It doesn’t mean every day is a good day; it’s just means they own whatever comes their way. They know there is something bigger than themselves then what is happening at that very moment that helps them over the hump and holds them true to their vision.

Many of my clients weren’t always this way when they first came to me. Shoot, I wasn’t even this way a while back. It took some guidance, but here is the secret… YOU already have this courage within you, sometimes it just takes some coaxing. I am going to share with you the underlying mindset that I have and each of my clients learn that will help you show up each and every day, to stand in your own value, and serve your clients fully.

Being fully in alignment with what you love, your passions in life create unstoppable momentum within your business and for your clients, as well.

You must take a stand for your clients, meaning love them enough to say what needs to be said. Sometimes your clients may not be quite ready for your training, or if they are their fears are standing in the way. Which ultimately means, your love for them must be greater than your own fears!

This is one of my favorites that I am constantly reminded of, so I’ll pass it on to you!

Your strength has to come from a bigger place than your need to be liked. Do what is in the best interest of your client and for you. They didn’t hire you to be their best friend, (even though I have some pretty incredible relationships that blossomed from my clients), they need someone to help them get unstuck and move thru their stuff!

My current success coach & mentor Kendall Summerhawk shared this one with me, which is pretty powerful, as well!

Practice passionate detachment. What does Kendall mean by this? At the end of the day, you can’t be the one taking action for your client. But if your client(s) is consistently not taking action, or the same “challenge” keeps popping up, please take this as feedback and learn from it, but don’t take it on as your problem, or your responsibility. We are here to guide and support them, not DO for them.

Expecting instant transformation. This is a toughie; you want everyone to have a transformation, and if you are like me, you want it now. The truth is many times your client won’t have a transformation, (definition of transformation: a shift in perception), until later, after the call.

OR, sometimes they won’t get “it” until they hear whatever you’ve told them a couple more times from another source. It’s funny; they will come back and say, “I just heard this really cool _____ from ______!” And, I’ll be thinking to myself, didn’t we go over that 2 weeks ago!! It doesn’t matter when they get it, what matters is that they do!

There is a huge paradigm shift happening in the world and I have slowly but surely been grasping onto it, which I’m sure you already have.

What is it?

We are all meant to be part of each other’s path. Many times what your clients are going thru is a reflection upon yourself. Whether you are going through the same thing now, or did in the past, or possibly will in the future, perhaps you need to get some type of learning or awareness through their challenges to help you grow as a person.

Just know that there is a connection between you and them, but you are not responsible for them. If you continually look for approval and validation thru your customer, you will be disappointed. You will begin to attract needy and demanding clients, as well.

Another thing Kendall taught me this year that is so powerful that is always right there on top of the tool box when I need it!

“Hold someone as powerful, no matter what, even when they can’t do it for themselves.”

Decide who and how you want to show up in your business, not from where you are now but from where you want to be. If you desire to be a multi-million dollar coach that runs her business with grace and ease, then ask yourself if you are showing up as this person. If you are stuck and have a decision to make, what would the multi-million dollar coach do with grace and ease?

Ask your clients this as well, Whom do they want to show up as? Are they making decisions from this place or where they are now. Remember where you are now is already in the past so you might well be how you want to be!

Don’t let your clients run the show and be bigger than you, this is your dream, stand in your values. Always remember, people don’t take our power; we give it away.

About Debra Larson

Debra Larson is a Transformation & Wealth Coach, founder of Simply Wealthy by Debra. Debra, an award winning coach, Amazon best selling author, empowers women around the world on how to turn their own true gifts, passions and purpose into a profitable, meaningful business thru simple, doable – yet result driven concepts and systems. She prides herself in helping her clients achieve transformational results by weaving timeless truths and Universal Laws with mastery marketing counsel, teaching on everything from mindset to marketing that assists you in growing yourself while empowering you to fulfill your life’s purpose. You can find out more about Debra and get free tools, business and life building gifts, tips and steps to becoming simply wealthy in your business & in life at: www.DebraLarson.com

Step Up As A Coach By Leveraging Your Weaknesses 1

30 May 2014 in Guest Post tagged belief / coach / Frederique Murphy / impact / limiting belief / mindset / perfect / weakness

Mindset strategist Frederique Murphy returns in today’s guest post to share some thoughts around a common belief many coaches have:

Step Up As A Coach By Leveraging Your Weaknesses

By Frederique Murphy

"Step Up As A Coach By Leveraging Your Weaknesses" By Frederique Murphy

As a coach, working with other coaches and professionals in the service industry, such as consultants, speakers, trainers, and also corporate executives, I hear, and coach clients on this one belief that comes up again and again: “I must be perfect in order to help others.”

Can you relate?

I know that this is something that I once believed, and still from time to time, I’m reminded of it, usually when I am about to step up to a higher level.

Before we continue, let’s be clear on a few things:

this belief is not true,
this belief is what we call a “limiting belief”, as in holding onto it limits you, your capabilities, and your overall success, and
believing this is not abnormal: you are not the only one, who has ever believed in this.

I’d even go so far as to say that believing in this belief shows what type of coach you are, and that it is a rite of passage, and one that you can let go of when you are ready to step up. You see, when you believe in this, I see that you care, and you care for your clients, wanting to serve them to the best of your abilities. And, what I want to show you is that by tweaking that belief, you will care even more, and you will serve your clients even more.

Here is what we are going to do: we are going to imagine that you are perfect, and see how it is working for you.

As a perfect coach, when a client needs you, you can draw on your expertise to coach them. You know what technique will work, which pattern to use, what tool to leverage. And, yes, it will probably work.

But, I have a question for you: What makes your approach any different from any other perfect coach out there, who more than likely would pick the same technique, the same pattern, the same tool?
The answer is nothing.

So, how do YOU stand out?

You stand out thanks to your imperfections.

Let me explain…
Your imperfection makes you you; it enables you to connect at a deeper level with your clients. You see, what you once saw as weaknesses – for instance, when you failed at something, or tried to do something many times before you finally succeeded, actually is called experience.

And, experience makes you stand out.

There is nothing short of beautiful that happens when you combine both your expertise and your experience.

Because as a coach, when something happens to you, you, more than anyone else out there, learn from it, and will find a way to leverage this experience to work for you.

So that, when you are coaching this client, and he or she has this specific issue that you actually had too as you experienced that challenge too, yes, you will know, what technique will work, which pattern to use, what tool to leverage, AND you will be able to add your personal experience, because you’ve been there. In that instant, the connection with your client becomes stronger, and the coaching smoother and more impactful.

What you once saw as weaknesses can now be seen as strengths.

Strengths that will help you stand out and step up as a coach.

What do you think? What weaknesses of yours can you transform into wonderful strengths to assist you in your coaching? I’d love for you to share; this will be helpful for the other coaches. Comment below (and, you’ll see I’ve commented first, sharing some of my personal weaknesses)!

About Frederique Murphy

Frederique Murphy is a mindset strategist, who specialises in the areas of Inspirational Strategy, Leadership, Communication, Change, Impact, and Achievement. Thanks to her Mountain Moving Mindset platform, Frederique provides individuals, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs with a wealth of mindset resources to help them strategise with vision, design with clarity, act with focus, and lead with momentum.

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