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Today is a New Start

by Cathy Liska

Each day is a new day and a new opportunity. It is a choice to make the new day and / or new year a new start for yourself.

What do you want? Ah – this is a key question early on in a coaching engagement and it makes sense. During coaching certification when practicing as coaches, the participants of the coach training ask their clients what they want and then they ask what else. Just as today is an opportunity for a new start coaching is an opportunity too.

Coaches use this process and individuals benefit:

Reflect on what is meaningful personally.
Remember great experiences and imagine ideal experiences.
Plan personal time.
Explore gigantic dreams and opportunities, then analyze and plan strategies.

The research shows that the Return on Investment for coaching averages 600%. What is your return on investment for choosing your goals for the new year?

Cathy Liska

For content specific to coach training and coaching, guest blog posts are welcome.

Most blog posts here are written or curated by Cathy Liska, Guide from the Side®, CDP, MCC.

Cathy is CEO/Founder of the Center for Coaching Certification, CCC. As Guide from the Side®, she is a sought-after trainer and coach with over 30 years of experience in business management and ownership. Cathy built her diverse team at CCC that includes trainers, customer service, and coaches. She was Co-Leader for ICF’s Ethics Community of Practice, on the Leadership Team for the review and updating of the Code of Ethics in 2024, and active in the Ethics Water Cooler. To ensure she stays current in related areas of expertise, Cathy has earned the following: ICF’s Master Certified Coach (MCC), Certified Coach Trainer, Certified Consumer Credit Counselor, Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Grief Support Group Facilitator, Certified in the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool, Certified Apartment Manager, Certified Civil and Family Mediator, and Certified in DISC.

Cathy’s clients range from attorneys to corporate executives, government to nonprofit, entrepreneurs to children, under or unemployed to newly retired. She specializes in communication, management, conflict, and leadership. Her personal mission statement is “People.” Cathy is known for her passion to serve others so they achieve the results they want.

Podcast: https://www.coachcert.com/podcast.html

Publications: Coaching Perspectives (a series of books with chapters by coach training graduates) https://www.coachcert.com/resources/recommended-reading/coaching-perspectives-series-by-the-center-for-coaching-certification-and-more.html