Understanding Ethics: The Important Ethical Responsibilities of a Coach
Coaching is a booming industry and it’s also an unregulated industry. The problem is, that anyone with any background or ability can call themselves a coach and charge for their services. Understanding ethics, and the importance of ethics as a coach, is critically important for the entire coaching industry. Without ethics, the term “coach” could […]
Continue readingWhy Coaches Fail?
Are you considering becoming a professional coach or maybe you are a newly trained coach? Before you go too far, it’s important to understand why unfortunately some coaches fail. With a solid understanding of why some coaches fail, you’ll have a far better chance of avoiding these failure traps. Becoming a successful coach rarely happens overnight. […]
Continue readingWhat is the Best Life Coach Certification?
Life coach training schools are not one-size-fits-all. There are many different life coach schools and certifications to choose from. To find the best life coach certification it is important to do your due diligence and research. Choosing the best life coach certification for you, means you want to start by having a good understanding of […]
Continue readingWhy is Coaching Employees Important?
All businesses need to have productive employees. Without a solid productive staff, businesses will fail to create a healthy organization and realize greater profits. Without effective employees, business owners struggle, create stress, and ultimately struggle to keep the business open. The old ways are out. No longer does it work to just use annual reviews in […]
Continue readingWhat Are the Concepts of Emotional Intelligence?
Most often we do not have conscious awareness of our emotional intelligence, however it still has a very profound impact on all aspects of our lives. Being Emotionally Intelligent helps us create strong long-term relationships, gain clarity on our decisions, helps us handle stress, and can even influence our overall success in school, the workplace, […]
Continue readingHow Coaching Is Used in Organizations
Often when people first think of coaching, they think about sports coaching. Sports coaching was considered the traditional domain of coaching for many years. However, for the last 30 years coaching has evolved to demonstrate great benefit for both individuals and organizations. Modern professional coaching is now used by thousands of organizations to increase productivity, […]
Continue readingWhat is the GROW Model for Coaching?
Professional coaching offers many excellent benefits to clients whether working on personal, career, performance, wellness or relationship issues. All professionally trained coaches have various processes or coaching structures to work from. Without a solid structure, coaching becomes haphazard where the coach ends up guessing or just using their gut on how to work with […]
Continue readingInternal Coaching vs External Coaching
When organizations are considering offering coaching they often are confused about the difference between internal coaching and external coaching. The short definition is Internal Coaching is using an existing employees as coaches while external coaching is hiring coaches outside of your organization.While both can be effective, choosing between internal coaching and external coaching first requires […]
Continue readingWhat Is ICF Certification Accreditation?
One question we receive frequently is, “What Is ICF Certification Accreditation? Followed by, what’s the difference from ICF (International Coach Federation) certification?” While this does seem confusing, to be able to answer this, you first need to understand the difference between certification and accreditation. These are distinct terms that mean different things but are very […]
Continue readingWhat Qualifications or Degrees are Required to Be a Successful Life Coach?
Professionals who work as life coaches are those who support individuals to attain a more successful life; both in career and personal life. The primary purpose and result of hiring a life coach is to improve the quality of the client’s life. If you are inspired by helping others and you want to become a […]
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