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Coaching Empowers Independence
How Trained Coaches Can Educate Untrained Coaches
Is a tennis coach who has played tennis at a high level qualified to coach? In some ways, yes – and in other ways, no. …
How to Get Coach Training
Being a trained, certified coach is critical to the success of both the client and the coach. For the client, a trained coach means a …
Really? A ‘Coach’ Without Specific Training? Part 2
Those who call themselves a ‘coach’ without certified coach training do a disservice to themselves and to their clients. One justification for not going through …
Really? A ‘Coach’ Without Specific Training?
As new fields become professions they move from zero requirements to a defined amount of training along with ethical accountability. As a young profession coaching …
How Important Are Action Steps?
During coach training participants practice their coaching. Often an inherent part of the practice coaching involves asking the client what they are going to do …
What Happens Between Coaching Sessions?
The obvious answer that comes to mind about what happens between coaching sessions is that clients are taking their action steps. Ideally there is much …
Types of Assessments and Inventories
During coach training it is fun to learn from others what assessment tools they are familiar with and value. During advanced coaching certification exploring ideas …
Assessments or Inventory?
Coach training is intended to develop coaching competencies. Many coaches engage in training on assessment tools and then also offer the assessments to help create …
A Gift to Remember and Be Grateful
A Gift to Remember and Be Grateful When we take time for thinking about gifts and what we are grateful for, we benefit because it …