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How to Keep Your Coaching Business on Track
Prior to becoming a coach - in my corporate job - I had been in the habit of creating a weekly report to submit to my director that communicated my work activities of the week. I suspected this habit might be helpful to continue when, ten years...
Does a Coach Need to Be Coached?
During the Q&A of a recent Christian Coaching Resources teleseminar, questions were posed about mentor coaching. What is it? And why would a coach hire a coach? What is mentor coaching? Traditionally, a coach hires a mentor coach to be...
COACHING AND LIFE SATISFACTION
A basic coaching tool that assesses life satisfaction is often included in coach training curriculum. Although the assessment form can look different from school to school, the tool itself is essentially the same. Significant areas of life are...
COACHING CREDENTIALS: SORTING THE OPTIONS
You finished your coach training course and were awarded a coaching certification. Congratulations! Now, why would you want an additional credential from the International Coach Federation (ICF) or the Christian Coaches Network (CCN)? What is...
Christian Coaching Information: Too Much or Not Enough?
What do you need to know about coaching before you decide to pursue it? How much information do you need before you decide what coach training program you will take and whether ICF credentials are important to you? What needs to take place...
Don’t Let This Happen to You
Over the holidays, I talked to a new coach whose plan for 2014 included launching his new coaching business. He has spent the last few years chipping away at courses to become a certified coach through his chosen coach training program. He spent...
The Drummer Boy and The Gift of You
Valuing unique gifts and talents in people is common for coaches. I find that I have a “passion filter” that causes me to be almost hyper-aware of the deep joy people access when they are expressing their unique giftedness. That filter is...
Finishing Chapter 2013
As a coach, I help my clients move forward. In addition to helping my clients, of course I must move forward myself. With the New Year fast approaching, many are dutifully setting goals and planning 2014, including me. Sometimes in an effort...
Coaching Clients to De-Stress the Holidays
As you work with your coaching clients during this holiday season, no matter the main coaching issue, the impact of the holidays becomes significant. How can you help your clients make it through – Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day - with less...
PROFESSIONAL COACHING CREDENTIALS: WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW
Lately I’ve heard too many stories of new coaches who have invested money and time into coach training that did not get them to where they wanted to be. They paid money for training that didn’t lead them to the professional credentialing that...
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