Category: Showcasing Style

For every individual who would benefit from a coach, there exists some dream coach who’d be just right for that individual. Imagine an oddly-specific genie approached your ideal would-be client.  Instead of the usual three wishes, he offered to give that person the coach of…

There are myriad practices that lend power and focus to already good coaching conversations, and done well they make the experience of being coached by you so much more. Nice is figuring out how to do these practices powerfully during the time you were already…

Do you “do” Session Notes? “Yes” COULD mean “Yes, I compose them for every session, and share them with clients as valuable touchstones from our conversation that are meant to be referenced again and again by them and me.” It could also mean “Yes, I…

Would you ever fire a client?  When the winning of clients is so often the hard part of running a coaching business, it sounds blasphemous to even consider ever throwing that away. But you’re out to be a difference-making coach, right?  And a meaningful difference…

There’s a certain allure to starting off a coaching session with an open-ended question, like: “So what do you want to talk about today?” or “What are you working on now that you’d like my help with?” If this is how you start your sessions,…

What is the precise scope of work for a coach who is faithfully executing on the promise of a coaching engagement? Many think it's the sessions themselves, no more, no less. You can do far better.

You can either be concerned that your clients keep working with you, or be concerned that they get undeniably life-changing wins. Your clients want you to do the latter.

Your client's email inbox is teeming with a lot. If you've got something worth sharing with them, it's best to share it somewhere else.

If you’re in the results-producing business as a coach, you want the cause-and-effect relation between your coaching and client results to be as clear as possible. On the timescale of months, breakthroughs in life happen all the time.  Pick any six-month period in someone’s adult…

What’s your coaching style? Before reading on, put your eyes back on the question above and notice what pops up as your mind begins formulating the answer. Give it a beat before you move on.  Again, What’s your coaching style? … Now I’m going to…