4 Steps To Turn a Consulting Client Into a Coaching Client
Recently a coach asked me about how they could turn a consulting client into a coaching client. It’s a question I’ve gotten from other people as well. Therapists, healers, and consultants often want to bring more coaching into their work but they aren’t sure how to make the transition. And the answer is really not […]
Coaching Podcasts: Revisiting 3 of My Best Interviews
Over the years I’ve been interviewed on some great podcasts, but while some of you have heard or listened to these interviews many of you haven’t. This is why I wanted to go back and revisit 3 of them and share my biggest takeaways from recording them. THE COACHES JOURNEY PODCAST – Episode 15 – Sales […]
What To Do if Your Coaching Client Wants To Quit: 4 Easy Steps
It’s morning. You wake up, pour your coffee, and sit down at your desk. Waiting for you in your inbox is an email from one of your clients telling you that they think your work together has come to an end. You feel a sense of shock and surprise. Maybe some part of you knew […]
Where I Find My Coaching Clients and Where You Can Find Yours Too
I’ve talked to literally hundreds of coaches like you who want to build a thriving coaching practice and the number one problem that shows up, again and again, is finding clients. So if you’ve ever thought to yourself, wow I wish I had more clients but I don’t know where to start, keep reading. My […]
10 Things You Don’t Need To Apologize for as a Coach
A lot of coaches I meet apologize for things way too often. Sometimes these apologies are overt, “I’m sorry I upset you by holding you accountable.” Sometimes these apologies are subtle “I’m not actually saying this out loud but I’m sorry I’m charging more than you might have expected for coaching” Most of these apologies […]
The Three Stages of Creating a Successful Coaching Practice: Transformation, Desire, and Commitment
Almost every coach I know has had some deep experience of transformation. For some of you, it was a moment of enlightenment, a crisis, a coach, or a teacher that made a big impact on you. But for every single person I know who is a coach (if they’re any good), they have this deep […]
How to Road Trip and Grow a Coaching Business
I hear coaches talk a lot about how the things in their lives keep them from having the kind of business they want and how if they could just get things more organized they would be able to finally make progress on building their practice. But from the very first time I met Kelby, I […]
How To Bring Your Coaching Practice Back From the Dead
“I got more clients in the 6 months of the coachingMBA than I had, had in the previous 2-3 years.” Before joining the coachingMBA, Kevin was like a lot of coaches I’ve known. He LOVED coaching, he had done hundreds if not thousands of hours of training. He had worked on his business in fits […]
From Sales Shame to a £38K Client
When Ross Boyd joined the coachingMBA he told me a story about being at a party when someone asked him what he did for a living. When he told them he was a coach he immediately burst out laughing. Even though he loved coaching he struggled to feel like a real professional coach. And it impacted everything […]