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Introduction to Coaching
What is a Coach?
A coach is someone who helps an individual get from where they are now to
where they want to be in life, business, career, etc.
A coach is not a counselor or therapist. The difference between a coach and a
therapist is that a therapist delves in the past of an individuals life to in order to
help them gain clarity. A coach focuses on the present and the future of an
individual. A coach helps that client move on from the pain of the past. It is
common in some situations for an individual to have both a therapist/counselor
and a coach at the same time.
Benefits of Coaching
According to the life coaching statistics at the ICF, people that have worked with
business and personal life coaching have found greater levels of self-awareness.
Better goal setting techniques. More balance in life. Improved levels of selfdiscovery. Satisfying quality of life and much, much more.
3. You need to have the following skill set and your training should provide it:
Listening
Creating Awareness
Questioning
Establishing Trust
Direct Communication
Acknowledging
Conviction in Voice
Designing Actions
Motivating
Coaching Presence
Neuro Linguistic
Programming (How the
Mind Works)
Communication and
Relationship Navigation
4. You need to learn how others made the switch from their current job to their
career as a coach.
5. You should always have a supportive network of people who have been where
you are (your instructor and mentor) and who are making the career change to
coaching just as you are.
Career as a Coach
Types of Coaches
There are two main types of coaches:
1. Personal Coach
2. Business Coach
1. Personal Coach
a. Life Coach
b. Relationship Coach
c. Health and Wellness Coach
d. Weight Loss Coach
e. Career Coach
f. And more.
2. Business Coach
a. Small Business Coach
b. Marketing Coach
c. Entrepreneur Coach
d. Internet Marketing Coach
e. Executive Coach
f. And more.
To be honest, when it comes to coaching you can specialize in almost any area.
There is no industry standard of coaches. If you have experience in helping people
start businesses, you can become a Business Start-Up Coach.
The great thing about being a coach is that there are so many different ways to
make money. Below are some different coaching income streams.
The #1 form of coaching is 1-on-1 coaching. The average rate for new coaches is
$100 an hour. Anything less than that will devalue your services. People tend to
believe the phrase You get what your pay for.
So if you are coaching 2 clients day + $100 an hour, by the end of the week you
would have made $1000.
asks where did you get your training from or what makes you a qualified
coach and you can answer with I am trained and certified through the
Universal Coach Institute. Saying that rocks!
4. Start practicing, Coach! Ask your mentor coach about clients you can work
with pro-bono. Experience will help you gain confidence. You may be nervous
in the beginning but that is just your bodys way of letting you know you are
about to do something different, something new. Be nervous but do it anyway.
5. Start telling people you are a coach. You need to get used to this. This is tough
for new, insecure coaches. Keep up the affirmations and I promise it will get
easier.
7. Remember that if you are ever in a coaching session with a client and are
suddenly unsure of what to say, try you mentioned __________, tell me more
about that. That will give you time to come up your next question. And
remember that coaching is all about questions! Asking questions takes the
pressure of you to be the expert and puts it back on them, the client, who is
the only true expert on themselves. It is much more effective to allow the
client to come up with a plan through questioning (what do you think the first
step is? What do you plan to do first?) then for you to tell them what you
think they should do. New coaches think they need to be the expert, seasoned
coaches know this is not the case.
8. Remember if a client asks a question you do not know what the answer is, you
can always say I am making a note to check that and I will get back to you on
by our next session. Then email your mentor and ask. (Works every time!)
6. Make sure your client agreement is in order, as this takes the liability pressure
off you. Include: (1) That you are NOT a doctor, therapist or counselor, that
you are a certified coach. (2) That any new dietary and exercise changes
should be discussed with a health care professional that is familiar with their
situation prior to beginning. (3) That any and all decisions are the responsibility
of the client and the choice of the client.
9. Empower your client through knowledge. If you have learned information that
you think would benefit them, ask them if you can share some information you
think they would find helpful. If they doubt the effectiveness of your tools, let
them know that you have used them and thus you can personally attest to
their effectiveness. But of course the final decision as to the steps they take
belong with the client.
10.Start your coaching career by putting on seminars using the knowledge you
have learned and the forms you have access to. You can start with a small
coaching group and expand from there. You will learn about group coaching in
your course.
11.If you feel additional training would help you, sign up for some. You can take
the same course again often for no additional cost.
Choosing a coaching niche and becoming certified in that area will easily
set you above the rest of the coaches out there.
Having that additional certification may even be the deciding factor for a
potential client when they are looking to choose a coach.
Why specialize?
If you were looking for a coach to help you with your relationship, would
you feel more comfortable with a coach who had a general certification or
a coach who had specific relationship training and certifications?
Let us look at another growing area in coaching: Health coaching. This area of
coaching deals with coaching people recovering from chronic illness and
ailments through diet and lifestyles changes. Now, if you were looking for a
coach in this area would you not feel more comfortable with a coach trained
and certified in the area of health or would a general coach do?
Remember
When choosing a niche consider one thing: No matter how popular a niche,
there is always room at the top.
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The best and most common way to provide coaching is over the Coaching over
the phone gives you unlimited access to clientele as you do not have to just coach
people within your area. It is also very convenient for both the client and coach.
Business coaches and executive coaches may coach their client in person more
than a personal coach. Because at times these coaches will go to the place of
business to get a better since of the company. This is not necessary in all cases.
Sessions are normally held once a week for 3 to 4 months or until goals has been
attained. Coaching sessions normally last 30 60 minutes in length.
Coaches use different coaching formulas for example some may do 40 minutes
per session 3 times per month or 60 minutes per session 2 times per month.
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You are your own best judge. The answers to how you are meant to live your life
are within you.
Use the techniques you learn through this program on yourself first and on your
clients second.
Although there is a structure to follow, the client leads the way during the
coaching sessions.
As stated above, one must do what is best for themselves-not what others think
is best. An important lesson to remember when coaching is that we do not know
what is best for everyone.
An important concept to remember here is that you should make sure that you
really are doing what is best for you and not what others or society thinks is best
for you.
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Our egos have no place in coaching others. People are generally very resistant to
others telling them how they should live their life and what steps they should take
to achieve their goals. As a coach, it is our job to get our clients to tell us what
they think the first step is to achieving their goals.
In upcoming lessons will learn time tested formulas for discovering what your
client really desires.
Unlike therapy, the focus of coaching is the present and future of your client, not
the past.
Although it is important to understand that the past does affect us, it is not a
coaches job to delve into their clients past on a therapeutic level. This is where
using your intuition comes in handy.
Let me give you an example: Jenny is a 34 year old mother who has had a really
rough life. Jennys mother verbally abused Jenny for 15 years until Jenny finally
ran away from home.
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While a therapist would thoroughly delve into what happened with Jenny, a coach
would work with Jenny to accept that the past occurred and then would work
with Jenny to help her live her life now with the enjoyment and comfort she
deserves. It possible for a client to have both a coach and a mental health
professional.
How to Coach
Actively Listen to Your Client
When listening actively, the coach is fully engaged in what the client is saying, and
shows sincere interest and curiosity. Coaching at an advanced level requires
understanding a clients emotional state both through the words the client uses
and how they are spoken.
Design Actions
Powerful questions asked by the coach help the client to distill down to areas to
focus on (i.e., based on what is mission or role critical or what would have impact
in other areas). In asking these questions, the coach should consider both what
the client will find motivating and what is within the clients control. Effective
coaches then help clients to create opportunities for ongoing learning (during
coaching and in worklife situations) and in choosing new actions that will lead to
agreedupon results in the most effective way possible.
Set Goals and Action Plans
Coaching at an advanced level requires the coach to develop and maintain an
effective coaching plan with the client. The plan should not only identify goals but
also clarify outcomes, identify indicators of success and how those will be
measured, and describe concrete changes that are desired as a result. The
detailed plan should include when and how action will be taken to achieve goals.
During planning, the coach asks questions to facilitate development of the plan,
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including what it will take to implement the plan. However, ownership of the plan
must remain with the client.
Managing Progress and Accountability
Coaches manage progress and accountability by focusing attention on what is
important for the client and leaving responsibility with the client to take action.
By reaffirming the clients ownership of the process and outcomes, the coach
strengthens the clients commitment to development.
When you have this you lower the competition, you become an expert in your
area, the target market will be drawn to you, and it's easier for marketing.
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The terms niche market and target market are often used interchangeably.
A target market is the group of people to whom your product is being marketed
WHO
A niche adds another dimension. A niche combines your target market WHO
with WHAT you are helping them with.
For instance, if you are a life coach, your target market might be divorced women,
while your niche could be helping women restart their career after a divorce.
Visibility this is the most important element that deserves a lot of effort and
thought. Without this visibility element it is very hard for the business entity to be
able to attract the customer base desired.
Therefore all means has to be explored diligently to ensure the best tools are
used to create this visibility effectively and easily. There are both online and
offline tools that can be used to effectively promote a coaching business and
some of these are quite cost effective, if not altogether free.
Website
Google Places (Free)
Yelp (Free)
Craigslist (Free)
Articles/Start a Blog (Free) (The best way)
6. Niche Expert Interviews - Become the local expert in your coaching niche by
being interviewed by local publications such as newspapers, radio stations,
etc.
7. Speeches - Give a speech at a local event.
8. Seminars in your niche (Fantastic way)- Host seminars within your
community for topics within your coaching niche ie. Finding Your Passion,
Losing Weight, Discovering Yourself, Law of Attraction or whatever you
specialize in.
9. Yellow Pages
10.Direct Mail
Coaching effectively can be a tricky task. With the use of some of these simple
tips, coaching someone effectively can be made easy. Take this information in and
begin being a good coach to your clients today.
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Final Thoughts
Becoming a successful coach takes training, time, and commitment.
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I KNOW that you have enough details to be able to begin your career. If you get
stuck on anything, you may be able to find the answer online, from someone else,
or from me.
I truly hope this Kick Start Guide to Coaching has been helpful!
I hope it has shed a light on the coaching business and will help you to start your
journey as a coach.
If you found this Kick Start Guide Coaching helpful, lookout for my emails. You
will find additional information on coaching that you will love.
Assignment
I have just 1 assignment for you to do today. I know that you have more questions
about the coaching business. So, if you have any additional questions, if there is
something that is missing from this guide that you need to know about coaching,
something you want to learn, email me directly coachayisha@gmail.com . I
answer my own emails and will try to do so in a timely manner.
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