Conditional Vs. Unconditional Leadership
Conditional leadership means I’m a leader if you follow, if you do what I want, if you treat me right, if it’s fair, if it’s fun, if it’s easy, if it feels like it should. A conditional leader can only lead when the conditions are right, sort of like a fair weather fan. An unconditional […]
Case Study: Jonny Roman – Trusting myself + a $25,000 quarter
Learn more about working with Toku: APPLY FOR YOUR STRATEGY SESSION TODAY What was happening in your life and business when we started our work together and what did you want? I had just completed one coaching program and was wanting another opportunity for support. My business was doing pretty good overall, though certainly had […]
Case Study: Chris Rollins enrolled 9 clients
Learn more about working with Toku: APPLY FOR YOUR STRATEGY SESSION TODAY What was happening in your life and business when we started our work together and what did you want? I was about 6 months into deciding I wanted to start a coaching business and only had one paying client. I wanted support and […]
Coaches Journey: Sales with Honour & Love on the end of the Sword
My interview on The Coach’s Journey Podcast. In this episode, we talk about: The practice of raising your rates – why there is a particular time as a coach to set a rate and stick to it. The role of Zen Buddhism in coaching – how to sit with death as our altar and why […]
Getting Present to the Cost
Generally, people won’t change until they are present to the cost of changing. We generally avoid being present to the cost, but when we become present and then choose the cost and the intention we are able to be responsible for both what we choose and what we are not choosing by choosing this. In […]
How to Get Coaching Clients When You’re Just Starting Out
New coaches often ask where to find new clients. The short answer is you find clients everywhere. The long answer is a bit more complicated. Most coaches get their first clients from their personal network. The people they have known, connected with, and built trust with throughout their lives. If you’re just starting out as […]
How To Lead When Employees Disagree With COVID Policies
Sometimes when you’re a leader you get to decide the rules of your workplace and sometimes you don’t. This is especially true during the COVID pandemic. While some leaders own or operate their own businesses and can set their own policies, many leaders work inside larger organizations that set policies that you and the members […]
10 Things Wrong with Your Coaching Website
So you want to know how good your coaching website is? Well I ‘m here to tell you it’s fine. Not great, not horrible, but fine. Websites are like personalities, everyone has one, but most of them are unremarkable. And that’s ok. You need one. Or you think you need one. You want your website […]
Boundaries, Love, And Why I Blocked My Ex On Facebook
Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously. – Prentis Hemphi Last week I decided to block my ex on Facebook. She didn’t do anything wrong, she didn’t start dating someone else (or if she did I don’t know about it), and I’m not mad at her. I blocked her […]
How To Un-learn Disappointment
When you were growing up it was never quite enough. And so you learn to live with disappointment. You learned to be anxious when you weren’t 100% sure you’d covered all the bases, to check and recheck in the hope that this time it would be enough to get love and praise, and to be […]