These are truly remarkable times. If you’re like me, the spread of the coronavirus may have you feeling anxious, uncertain about your future as a coach, maybe even fearful about your economic survival. That’s the normal human response. Don’t let anyone pretend otherwise. Managing fear is par for the course for ALL of us during...
Help Coaching Clients Craft a Strategic Plan
Your coaching clients need a strategic plan. And if they don't have one, or if their plan is inadequate, you should begin each coaching engagement by developing one. Why? Because you and your coaching clients need a roadmap to help both of you know that you're making progress. Without one, you'll be at the mercy of your clients' subjective sense...
What the World’s Greatest Coaches Know about Getting the Most Out of People
Think of the world's greatest coaches. Mike Kryzewski. Gregg Popovich. Pat Summitt. What'd they do? How did they get the very best from their players? And what can you, as a business coach, learn from them? Here's what the world's greatest coaches know: You have to blend two behaviors that might seem diametrically opposite, but that, in fact,...
Your Marketing Plan for the New Year
Are you ready to make 2020 your best year yet as a business coach? It's time to dig deep where most coaches struggle: with a marketing plan. Too many business coaches have a feast-or-famine cycle, where they kick their marketing into high gear when the clients dry up, and then let it languish the rest of the time--which only restarts the cycle...
Where Are Your Priorities?
Christmas is fast approaching, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to slow down a little and reflect on what's most important. Because believe it or not, business is not my top priority. Maybe that sounds strange to your ears--after all, I've poured much of my life into building my businesses, and helping my clients build theirs. But at the end...
Gratitude: An Overlooked Business Coaching Success Secret
It's Thanksgiving time in the United States, one of my very favorite holidays. Around this time every year, my heart just fills with gratitude--for my family, friends, a profession that allows me the time and resources to enjoy them...and of course all our clients, contacts, and colleagues at the Coaches' Coach. And actually, gratitude is one of...