Games and surprises

In today’s guest post Andy Lucas shares his expertise and experience and invites you to have fun… Games and surprises By Andy Lucas Somebody recently asked me if I would describe myself as a “coach”. I told them I’m more like a “school minibus”. I can remember being at school. In fact in my imagination … Read more

Coaching and “fake it ’til you make it”

As a coach you may have been give the advice to “fake it ‘til you make it.” Perhaps you have even given that advice for yourself. I know I remember having a conversation when I was starting out as a trainer and a coach where an experienced colleague gave me that advice. The plus side … Read more

Why did I start Coaching Confidence, the coaching blog?

You may have noticed that in the top right section of the screen is this logo: You may also have deduced that Coaching Confidence, the coaching blog, is entered in the Best Coaching Blogs 2011 competition. Obviously I’d love if you would spare a few moments to vote for us. I’d thought I’d spend a … Read more

Become A Confident Coach

In this week’s guest post, Karen Williams shares her thoughts and expertise about becoming a confident coach. Become A Confident Coach By Karen Williams As an experienced coach, mentor and the author of The Secrets of Successful Coaches, I often work with new coaches who struggle to have the confidence to become known and get … Read more

Follow up between Coaching Sessions

One of the requests for topics that people wanted to read more about that I have received recently was about follow up between coaching sessions. So today’s coaching post will share some of my thoughts to answer this request. Personally, I believe that when a coaching client hires me as their coach it isn’t just … Read more

I “Sell” Coaching!

In this week’s guest post Billy Moyer shares his thoughts and experience about what he thinks is the most important thing that we do as coaches … I “Sell” Coaching! By Billy Moyer One of the biggest misconceptions in the coaching industry is that we are coaches first. We are sales people first and that … Read more

Do coaches need to be confident?

I’m often interested to see the searches that people do that lead to this blog for coaches. Some are quite frankly mystifying but one recently attracted my attention as it was the simple question, “do coaches need to be confident?” So my coaching related post today is going to give my own personal answer, with … Read more

What the Belbin!

In this week’s guest post, Liz Scott returns to discuss a framework she utilises in her coaching. What the Belbin! By Liz Scott My husband is a plant. Now that I know it makes it easier to communicate. I don’t mean that he’d look good in a herbaceous border and I don’t mean he’s some … Read more