The Skill and Artistry of Eliciting Greatness | *AUDIO Podcast* | From Ben Dooley's Coaching Skills ForumThis month's "Coaching Skills Forum" call from Ben Dooley's Archive aligns with the theme of "Motivating & Empowering our Clients"! How do you elicit greatness in your clients? Ben is a Master Certified Coach, mentor coach - and a popular contributor to this blog. He lives to make growing as a coach fun! As an MCC and mentor coach he has helped innumerable coaches improve their skills and get ICF certified. We're big "Ben" fans here at The Coachi...
3 Top Tips To Avoid "Shiny Object Syndrome" (Your Biz will Thank You for it!) | By Ruby McGuireStaying motivated when you run your own business can be tough sometimes. You get to be your own boss - and there is nobody to be accountable to. Sounds fantastic, doesn't it? Well, yes and no. If you need to get things done and you're constantly getting distracted, then your business can feel like a noose around your neck. Your work and life can blend together, and days run away with you with little or not much getting done. When you run your own...
Be Confident INFOGRAPHIC with 11 Ideas and Tips to Be More Confident!With our focus on leadership and confidence this month, we've created this infographic to inspire you—and share. 3 ways to share this graphic on social media and build engagement: EASY: Ask your fans and followers, "Which Tip most applies to you?" or "Which Tip will you try to live more in your life?" MEDIUM: Share the graphic, and include a couple of sentences about your favourite tip - and why! CHALLENGE: Taking each tip in turn, write a few se...
One Word to Help You Set Boundaries with Your Clients | By Ruby McGuireAre you saying 'yes' to your clients, when you really know you should be saying 'no'? When you signed up to being a coach you wanted to serve people, right? I know, but that doesn't mean you have to sell yourself out in the process. You know that old philosophy; you have to help yourself first before you can help others. The lines of running your own business can get very blurred, especially if you are working from a home/office. Unless you shut...
"Inviting Possibility" | *AUDIO Podcast* | From Ben Dooley's Coaching Skills ForumThis month's "Coaching Skills Forum" call from Ben Dooley's Archive was chosen to help you boost your coaching skills! Ben is a Master Certified Coach, a popular contributor to this blog and he is all about making growing as a coach fun! As a mentor coach he has helped countless coaches improve their skills and get ICF certified ...and I'm personally a big "Ben" fan! Ben Dooley, "Coaching Skills Forum" Podcast Archive Topic: Inviting Possibility...
5 Easy Ways to Be More Kind during Kindness Week! | By Steffi BlackIt's called Random Acts of Kindness Week and it's a week dedicated to encouraging Random Acts of Kindness Around the World from February 14th to the 20th. As this international week of kindness ramps up, it's also an appropriate time to share the benefits of this important character trait for your clients and the impact it can make upon both their home and work life. As a coach, some of you may encourage the keeping of a gratitude journal but hav...
Spark Team Tool!CLICK HERE to see a larger image of this tool! Get "Identify Your Spark Team" Here >> Have you got a coaching client who could use a boost in positivity? Help your client identify people who inspire, support and encourage them with this fun yet powerful coaching exercise. The people around us have a HUGE impact on how we feel about ourselves and life in general so creating an inspirational "Spark Team" can be a great way for clients to refocus on...
Coaches: How to Create Work-Life Balance When You Love Your Job! | By Ruby McGuireBefore I start talking about work-life balance, I just want to say that I'm not entirely convinced there is such a thing - not when you love what you do... However, I still have the idea of work-life balance in the back of my mind when I'm planning, even though it's a challenge for me to step back. And when I talk to my clients, they also say that they love what they do - and that because they're so passionate about helping people the lines get s...
How to Deal With Your Mindset Monkeys in 3 Simple Steps! | By Ruby McGuireDo you have mindset monkeys that are creating fear and holding you back in your business? You know those nagging voices that can feel crippling and hold you back from being brave, or worse, from taking any action at all? I like to talk about mindset monkeys having different hats. Here are some examples of what they might say: "What if they say 'no' or don't like me?" "Who am I to … ?" "They'll find out I'm a fraud." (This is one I've personally s...
Here are 15 Ways to Turn "I Don't Know" into an Aha Moment!Often when our clients say "I don't know", they really do know - they're just unwilling to acknowledge or face the answer. If it was was easy to say aloud they would have done so. There can be many reasons for the "I don't know", but if we trust our instincts and explore gently - we may just be rewarded with an Aha moment! There are any number of reasons for that, "I don't know" - but most of them are probably a fear of the consequences of statin...
