Being a Coach

In 2017 the ICF created a brand new Community of Practice (CP) with a focus area of "Life Vision and Enhancement" - for those who do life coaching in their practices. And (I) Emma-Louise Elsey was invited to...

This "Coaching Skills Forum" call from Ben Dooley's Archive helps coaches with a valuable skill - that of intruding! Because with some clients we just can't get a question in edgeways! How DO you "intrude"...

Editors Foreword: This article is more technical than usual - with academic research included. It also answers the question, "What do these negative effects this mean for our practice?" and wraps up with 4...

Over the past few weeks, I've spoken to several coaches who were lacking confidence. They knew - logically - that they were good coaches, but they weren't sure they were doing a "good" job as a coach and were...

Liz Cox of Liz Cox Consultancy To celebrate reaching the enormous milestone of 40,000 newsletter readers, we made a drawing from all our current "Launchpad" readers for the upcoming "Essence of Mastery"...

How do you see yourself as a leader in your coaching work? Who do you want to be as a leader? Getting clear on the answers to these coaching questions will help you embody and bring more leadership into...

Many coaches are solopreneurs or manage a small team, making it easy for clutter to accumulate over time. The new season can be a great signal to take time to declutter your business. When was the last...

Join us and Fran Fisher MCC, for a practical webinar about 4 specific coaching power tools for coaches. About the ICF Life Vision & Enhancement Community In 2017 the ICF created a brand new Community...

  At the heart of all transformational work is the need for self-love and compassion. As coaches, we must be committed to expand self-love and compassion within ourselves, in order to also help our...

Do you find you're great at dishing out strategies to your clients for how to take care of themselves but when it comes to you it's a whole different matter? If you're feeling tired in your business,...