A personal coaching plea to those starting out as a coach:

Don’t keep your coaching to yourself! I think it is such a waste that I keep talking to individuals who have developed their coaching skills and knowledge yet are not doing anything with them. They have fallen in love with coaching but are afraid to take that next step by working with a “real person” … Read more

Inspire Confidence through Simplicity

In this weeks guest post, Jonathan Lamptey shares his expertise about how coaches can inspire confidence. Inspire Confidence through Simplicity by Jonathan Lamptey As a reader of this blog, you will agree that forward thinking Coaches provide a holistic approach to their clients, considering the circumstances of the individual in order to correctly address the … Read more

The Power of Living with Intention

In today’s guest post coach Louise Gillespie Smith shares a personal experiment that she now uses with her own clients. The Power of Living with Intention by Louise Gillespie Smith Six months ago I began an experiment to see what would happen if I fully lived with intention for a whole year. The idea is … Read more

Who is uncoachable?

I’m seeing an increase in the number of people arriving at this site looking for answers on a variation on the question, who is uncoachable? Because this is the wording that is being used in the questions and searches, for clarity I’ll stick to that language throughout this post. I will however, highlight that the … Read more

Less is more

In this week’s guest post experienced coach and NLPer Nigel Heath shares his advice about coaching. Less is more By Nigel Heath I was at a meeting of NLPers one day, long ago, discussing the tools & techniques, when one of the group asked for ‘advice’ with a specific client. The group member told us … Read more

How can you use language to help your coaching client when introducing something new?

As a coach there will no doubt be occasions when you introduce something new to a client, either a new concept or exercise. Today’s post invites you to consider the language you are using to do that. When I was employed as an in house trainer in the corporate world, I remember being involved in … Read more

Using Coaching Questions to develop your Social Media Strategy

In this weeks guest post, communications coach and social networking expert, Nicky Kriel shares how you can use your coaching skills when developing your social media strategy. Using Coaching Questions to develop your Social Media Strategy by Nicky Kriel Are you using Social Media to help grow your Coaching Business? It is very easy to … Read more

Still feel like there is so much more to learn about coaching?

Prior to university I remember taking part in a local charity fundraising team quiz. A question on history came up and I recall saying to one of the other older team members – “you’ve got a degree in history, what’s the answer?” Looking back I’m pretty certain that my belief system was that to get … Read more