Practicalities of Getting Going as a Coach
Live training Accelerator Day
Many of our students really appreciate the practical emphasis of this Accelerator Day and in feedback it is consistently rated as among our best workshop days – particularly for those very new to coaching. If the real life problem of turning your new skills into a viable coaching business seems a daunting one, the advice you can pick up here will seem like gold dust.
Much of the emphasis here is on the type of detail you will need to get right in order to thrive as a coach - in addition to being expert in the coaching skill set itself. So for instance, what is the best way to respond to telephone enquiries? How will you explain what coaching is, and its benefits, in such a way that the client signs up right away? What information should you take when a potential client first contacts you? How do you progress forward to that wonderful moment when you can sign a contract?
This training day guides you through some issues that are vital to you as you launch your coaching practice. You will need to know how to run a client intake session. How will you make sure that goes perfectly? How will you keep control of the session?
As the title of the day suggests, this part of the diploma is full of the advice you will need to succeed. One key piece of advice is on – how not to give advice! As new coaches it can be so tempting to do that, but of course we know we mustn’t, as it is beyond a coach’s expertise to do so.
You will also consider how to project the image of the professional coach; how to build a series of sessions for your client so that their expectations are met; and how to include exercises and homework in the ongoing relationship you build with your clients.
And finally you will consider for a moment your own well-being. How do you look after your own energy during a challenging series of coaching sessions.
Module - The Practicalities of Getting Going as a Coach
- Responding to telephone enquiries
- Explaining coaching and coach expectations
- Pre-contact information
- Contracts/agreements
- Running an intake session
- Keeping control of sessions
- Not giving advice
- Looking after own energy
- The image of a professional coach
- Building a series of sessions
- Beginnings and endings
- Setting homework and exercises
Further Reading
Five Ways To Build Rapport
04/12/2012
What we say can create or destroy rapport, but interestingly only 7% of communication is the spoken word. Our body language and our tone of voice are more important than the actual words spoken.
Limiting Beliefs
05/11/2012
Limiting beliefs are those things you believe about yourself that place limitations on your abilities. Limiting beliefs are simply assumptions about reality that are not true. In order for our actions to have the greatest positive effect, we need to have beliefs that are as close to reality as possible - deceiving ourselves will take us further from the goal.
GROW Model
02/11/2012
The GROW (Goal, Reality, Options, Will) model is the most common and widely used coaching tool. It empowers the coach to structure a coaching conversation and deliver a meaningful result.
The GROW acronym suggests that a coach using the GROW model is likely to start by asking the client to set goals, both for what they want to get out of the coaching sessions as a whole and for each individual session.
How To Master Your Motivation - Bev James
03/07/2012 10:00:01
Do you find yourself setting out to do one task and ending up completing something else? Do you sometimes have so many ideas on the go, you are unsure which to do first? Or perhaps the passion for the task has faded and you are spending time dreaming up new plans, but are unsure which to run with.
Childs Play And What Can You Learn From It - Saira Nisa
19/06/2012 08:51:50
Have you ever wondered why as a child you had all the will in the world to be a superhero or just somebody absolutely fantastic and now as a grown up you seem to have lost the will to live? We’ve lost our motivation and don’t know how to get it back.
Top Tips For A Supercharged And More Positive You
12/06/2012 09:00:49
Our state, the way in which we show in our interactions and movements, has an extraordinary influence on the course of our lives. Whether in work, politics or any other field, your state of mind has a very strong influence on your results and general feeling of happiness.
Seven Steps To Change Your Self-Image Forever
29/05/2012 09:30:36
Lucy has been struggling with a poor self-image for the past six years. She felt unattractive and strongly believed that men didn’t find her sexy. She had a successful career as a management consultant but could not stop feeling bad about herself. Through our sessions, I discovered that Lucy had a younger sister. This younger sister was the pretty one, the one who got all the boys, according to Lucy.
Going For The Goal
14/05/2012 11:41:42
One of the core skills most coaches deal with is goal setting. It seems relatively straight forward, yet most of us and our clients find it hard to achieve the goals we’ve set, so let’s take a good look at why that is and what we can do about it. The most common model for goal-setting is represented by the acronym SMART – specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time based. The other element that is usually stressed is that the goal should be positive; for instance, instead of saying “I will lose 20 pounds,” one might say, “I will have a stable, healthy weight of 12 stone.
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