How to Use Coaching Tools

Click here for Strengths Tool Includes extra suggestions (look for the blue!) to help your clients during COVID. Introduction What are your clients' unique gifts? What makes them special? Help your...

Background: This Action Brainstorming Worksheet exercise is super simple - and can be used in almost any context where you want to brainstorm a list of actions! The 5 questions on this worksheet are open,...

Have you ever thought of using oracle cards in your business? When I first heard about using cards in coaching I was very intrigued. Joanna Hennon, a friend who taught me about it, said you could use them...

Do you ever use poetry in your coaching? Poetry has a way of speaking to us, of connecting to something deeper inside us - closer to the heart or soul. Poetry can set us thinking, sometimes long after we have...

A while ago, a .pdf of this tool was our holiday gift to our newsletter readers. We had so much interest in this tool that we updated and improved it - so people can buy, brand and use it with their...

As coaches, we all know that the words we use can significantly impact how we feel. Which words most inspire you to take action? Which words demotivate you? What about your clients? I love this "Get...

  The "Wheel of Life" may be 'old hat' to many of us, but it's endlessly flexible. Did you know that the categories we use on the Life Balance Wheel can be used to help make decisions on everything...

I am often asked "What is a SWOT Analysis?" Well, I've been using it for decades and it's one of my favourite tools! In fact, when I started The Coaching Tools Company in 2008, the Personal SWOT (for...

How often have you seen clients more excited by the prospect of a new home, high powered job, brand new car or designer pair of shoes than the thought of quality time with a child, partner or friends? When...

We all want our clients to be satisfied (or thrilled!) with our coaching - and this means they need to feel like they're making progress. So, it's important for coaches to keep track of, and remind...