Coaching News & Events

Posted on : May 02, 2008
Life coach helps clients develop retirement strategies.
	Not too long ago we wrote about the marketing opportunities in coaching baby-boomers getting ready to retire. Life coach David B. Bohl is already working with that market and is advising clients that retirement can be the “the worst of times or the best of times.” It all depends on planning and a person’s attitudes. As [...] ...»

Social workers competing with life coaches for clients, approve new training program.
	Current life coaches can expect more competition for clients: social workers are starting to enter coaching as a way to supplement their income from other sources. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has approved iPEC’s Life Potentials Training programÂ for 27 continuing education contact hours (CECs). The Life Potentials Training program is the starting point for [...] ...»

As more “boomers” get close to retirement, a new coaching market emerges.
	A recent post by Matthew Scott at The Life’s Work Group confirms what most of us already know: many baby boomers, getting close to retirement, have spent a lifetime doing work they don’t like doing. Among their dreams for retirement? Finally doing something they want to do, and that includes starting their “dream business”Â or working in [...] ...»

“Peeling the onion” helps to uncover our true goals.
	One of the tools coaches use to help clients uncover their true wishes and goals is sometimes referred to asÂ ”peeling the onion.” Layer by layer of intention are examined andÂ peeled backÂ until the client is left with the “real” goal or goals. At that point, more effective strategies and solutions can be developed to reachÂ the client’sÂ goals. So [...] ...»

Gaywired.com recommends coaching for small business owners.
	“Do you ever get the funny feeling that you are talking only to yourself? When you try to think about strategy for your company, do you stare at a blank wall? Are the voices in your head louder than the radio?” Calling it “small business owner syndrome,” a recent article in Gaywired.comÂ suggests that a good business [...] ...»

Got stress? Good news: May is National Mental Health Month.
	I wasÂ doing research for CNE whenÂ I ran into a story about Carey Powell, a Gilbert, Arizona based Certified Life Coach and owner of Fearless Soul Life Coaching. While reading Carey’s story, I learned that May is National Mental Health Month. The timing is perfect for those of us, like Carey, who have clients and friends who [...] ...»

Life coaching for college students?
	Two life coaches recently discussed the idea that coaching may be helpful to college students who are struggling to make important, long-term decisions. Ken Cochrum, in his blog On Leading Well, says that today’s college students are overwhelmed with choices, data, and information. “As a result their filters are high - most won’t even answer their [...] ...»

How social networking can kill a business.
	MostÂ of us take for granted the power of social networking to expand our contacts and gently promote our businesses.Â We need to remember, however,Â that there is also a downside to this “empowerment.” The same tools that can be used in a positive way can also be used to damage our reputations and destroyÂ our businesses. The comment [...] ...»

Another “threefer” on how to grow a coaching business.
	Basically I am in agreement with spiritsspring on growing a business. But here is another “list of three” that offers a little different angle. 1) Get more customers (ties nicely into the getting/converting leads objective). 2) Lose fewer customers. This is the hardest on a business, given the time and dollars we spend gaining a customer. Do [...] ...»

Authors publish new five-stage feedback model for executive coaches.
	Writing in Consulting Psychology Journal(Vol 60, Issue 1), researchers Jane Brodie Gregory, Paul E. Levy, and Micah Jeffers have developed a new five-stage feedback model for executive coaches. In “Development of a Model of the Feedback Process within Executive Coaching,” the authors emphasize the role of both the client and the organization in effectively receiving and [...] ...»

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