3 Skills You Need to Be a Leader in Your Coaching Biz (even though it feels scary!) | By Ruby McGuireThere are many skills you need to be a good leader. Being a leader of anything can feel exciting and scary all at once, and being a leader in your business, well that's a whole new level of scary! Here are my top 3 to help you step up and lead more in your coaching business: 1) Relationship Building To be a really good leader you need to be able to build good relationships – with your clients, collaboration partners, your team, your colleagues. P...
Boost Your Coaching Confidence With These 3 Easy Tools | By Jenn DanielsonOver 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 questioning their connections to themselves, to coaching and to their clients. These coaches had received great training and feedback, as well as tangible, positive coaching outcomes. They were externally validated, yet missing a significant...
10 Inspiring and Awesome Coaching Quotes ABOUT Coaching! [for you to share]These quotes were created for you to share during International Coaching Week - but can be used at ANY time to share what's great about coaching! It's hard to find great quotes about coaching! But we did some research and chose these 10 quotes, making them into beautiful graphics for coaches to share during ICF International Coaching Week. Here at The Coaching Tools Company, our mission is to inspire coaches and help spread the positive impact of...
Virginia Satir's 6 Stages of Change & What it Means for Coaches! | By Emma-LouisePlease Note: In writing this article, I found it so interesting that I got a bit carried away! So this article is a bit longer than usual, but still less than 5 minutes to read - and it's a great way to envisage where your client might be at in the change process and pick up some tips for how to help them. I have always been an admirer of Virginia Satir and her pioneering approach to family therapy. She recognized the family is a SYSTEM, and that...
Stop Feeling Pressured To Create Aha Moments For Your Clients! | By Ruby McGuireWith 3 Ways to Make it Easier! What is your definition of an "Aha Moment"? I know I want to be the coach that gives my clients clarity - to me this is what "Aha moments" are about. But when you hear the words 'aha moments', as in creating them for your clients, do they fill you with happiness or fear? I have worked with a number of clients that want to be the coaches that create lots of "aha moments" for their clients. It can become a stress poin...
10 Weird and Wonderful Ways to Get Unstuck! INFOGRAPHIC from The Coaching Tools CompanyWe love infographics! We know lots of people get stuck, so we created this fun graphic for them - and you - to give them fun ideas and tips for how to get unstuck. Enjoy! Share this infographic on your social media accounts & jazz up your content: EASY: Ask fans & followers, "What are you stuck on? Which of these ideas most inspires you?" MEDIUM: Share the graphic, and expand on your favourite tip saying how YOU could help a client get unstuck! C...
Aha! Moments: Exercise 3 - "Invite in Qualities" to Be Your Best! | by Marcy Nelson-GarrisonThe "Inviting in Qualities" is a powerful grounding exercise that's useful before going into a situation where you want to be your best or that might be challenging. It's an adaptation of the Navajo "Beauty Before Me" prayer. By doing this as a session you are teaching a client how to do this on their own, and you can also use it for yourself. When to Use: In Session / Homework Best When: Preparing for something challenging or scary, when you wan...
The Power of Follow-up Calls | by Jennifer BrittonGroup Coaching involves an ongoing series of conversations, with a focus on supporting a client's individual goals and agenda. It's this ongoing focus on goals, and the deeper levels of action and awareness, which shift the conversation from the facilitation space into coaching. A component which is not always incorporated into group coaching, but adds tremendous value for both clients and coach, is a follow-up call once the program has ended. Wh...
4 Practices to Bring Journaling into Your Workshops & Groups | by Lynda Monk MSW, RSW, CPCCWriting Alone Together: The Benefits of Journal Writing in Workshops & Groups Journaling is one of my favourite activities to bring into my workshops, training programs and group coaching. Whether done on our own or in groups with others, expressive journal writing can be healing, creative and transformational. And while we may write alone, journal writing is relational by nature, supporting us to deepen our relationship with ourselves, others an...
Unlock Successful Life Balance with Practical Boundaries | By Jenn DanielsonWe are so often a society of Yes. How frequently do (you or) your clients take on extra projects, problems or work when your plate is already full? How many of your clients are even aware of their own plate is already full? Whether you've got a client with a new goal, a frustrated client (because they never seem to get anything done) or a client in full overwhelm, it's time to talk about boundaries! The good news is: boundaries do not have to be...
