Consultants provide advice. Friends give advice. Mental Health professionals give advice. Coaching is different from other professions; giving advice is not coaching.
Coaching: Perspective Not Advice 2 of 3
How does a coach give perspective when a client really has no ideas? A coach shares multiple examples, ideas, teaching points, or stories.
Coaching: Perspective Not Advice 1 of 3
A very important difference between coaching and either consultingcoaching perspective or mental health is that a professional coach does not give advice. The coach begins …
Ethics in Coaching
A Code of Ethics is considered by many to be a standard component of any professional industry. Because the coaching industry is uncontrolled, some coaches …
Neuro-linguistic Programming for Dummies (and Coaches) Book Review
Successful coaches know that the client’s focus and positive thinking make a big difference. Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) is the science behind what works and how …
New Coach Marketing System Review
One of the big challenges for new coaches is marketing. A new company now provides a library of marketing strategies for coaches in an easy-to-use …
Coaching to Motivate Change Part 3 of 3
Add depth to the coaching techniques covered in the first two blog posts of this series with this post on applying neuro-linguistic programming concepts for …
Coaching to Motivate Change Part 2 of 3
The techniques for understanding discussed in the first blog post of this series also equip the coach to develop rapport and create trust. In a …
Coaching to Motivate Change Part 1 of 3
Clients hire a coach when they want or need to change, and coaching technique directly impacts clients results. According to ICF, the number one indicator …
How Coaches Apply Skills Differently – 3 of 3
Wcoach experiencehen a client hires a coach, one of the factors in choosing that coach is their experience in similar situations. The client wants to …