In this week’s guest post, coach Beverley Ireland-Symonds shares some of her thoughts about communication skills and coaching. How effective are your communication skills? By Beverley Ireland-Symonds When you start training as a coach one of the first things you learn is the importance of having effective communication skills to ensure the success of the … Read more
My first full time jobs out of education were all in the hospitality industry. Working as a manager it was obvious that some waiting staff were taking more orders for desserts than others. One of the main differences between those who were selling more was with the way they were describing the desserts. For example, … Read more
In this week’s Friday guest post successful coach Richard Nugent, who provided a fantastic guest post last year, returns for a second time. This week he shares his thoughts about congruence in coaching. Are You Walking It? by Richard Nugent Ok my wonderful fellow coaches let us start with a question. Do you have a … Read more
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
In this week’s guest post Jennifer Holloway shares her expertise about what is your personal brand and some of the benefits you can get from personal branding. Making the Most of Your Brand: YOU! By Jennifer Holloway Everyone has a personal brand – whether they know it or not; that mix of things that defines … 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
As a coach do you already know who is your ideal client? In this week’s guest post Cindy Hillsey shares her thoughts and expertise about how to identify your ideal client and why that’s important. Who Is Your Ideal Client and Why Do You Need One? By Cindy Hillsey The topic of the Ideal Client … 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