Consider all the various service-based professionals: attorneys, financial planners, doctors, mental health professionals, human resource professionals, trainers, educators, and consultants to name some. In each …
Review How Coaching is Unique
Review of Positive versus Negative
In many different fields having negative people call attention to certain facts or factors can be helpful. At the same time being negative means focusing …
Coaching is a Top Personal Competency
Ask a few people you know what holds them back from achieving what they want and the most common response you are likely to get …
Coaching is a Top Workplace Competency
Here is a challenge for you: go online and search what skills are sought by employers and their recruiters. You will find the various articles …
Coaching: Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
In the ICF Comparison Table on how coaching competencies are evaluated, the information includes these statements: Establishing Trust and Intimacy with the Client – Coach …
Coaching on Sensitive Topics
What is the role of the coach when there are sensitive topics? In coaching, sensitive topics are part of the conversation. Consider the ICF definition …
Personal Health Coaching
What happens if someone wants to discuss health challenges? Often times individuals working with a coach for health challenges find a coach specializing in that …
Mixing Personal and Work During Coaching
How often do personal concerns come up in workplace coaching? According to a Harvard Business Review report a few years ago, 76% of the time …
Money Coaching
How is money a factor for coaching clients? In addition to the obvious answer of coaching being an investment of money, many decisions clients make …
Time Coaching
How often is time management a consideration in coaching? For some people part of the decision to have a coach involves having time. It takes …