Category Archives: Coaching

Get Into the Mindset of a Leader

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I’ve had you switch from the mindset of a mentee to a mentor, but now it’s time to take that even further. Why am I hitting on this twice? It’s because your mindset is one of the most important things you have. If you don’t believe you can be successful, if you don’t believe you’re a true leader, you won’t be.

There are certain beliefs that set very successful people apart from those who aren’t as successful. This is true for business in general and it’s true for the coaching business. You can’t believe you’re a fraud or that you have nothing to offer. You can’t believe that your coaching isn’t as worthwhile as the next guy or gal. It’s not about bragging or putting yourself above anyone else— it’s about knowing you can deliver on your promises and knowing that you can really help people.

This Will Be Challenging Sometimes

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Understanding the Psychology of Your Coaching Clients

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You have to understand a bit about human psychology if you want to be an effective coach. People can be disappointing. They don’t do things just because they know they should do them. You’ve dealt with it in your own life— you’d have gotten a lot further in your own business if you did everything perfectly all the time. Why do we do the things we do?

If you understand human behavior, you can help direct it. You can start to understand why some people fail and why some succeed. Pay attention to human psychology and you’ll become an extremely effective coach.

Why Don’t People Succeed?

People talk a good game. They say they are willing to go the distance. They’re willing to do what it takes to succeed. They’ll hire you as a coach, talking a good game about how they’re going to make it happen this time.

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Traits a Coach Must Have

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There are some traits you should have if you’re going to be a great coach. You may have been born with some of these traits, but you can work on developing the others. Nothing is going to hold you back if you’re determined to be a great coach.

Discipline

It’s very important for you to be available and consistent for your coaching clients. It’s crucial that you’re there for them when you’ve agreed to be; otherwise you could really damage the relationship.

You also have to be disciplined enough to be a little bit strict when you need to be. That means requiring your coaching client to stick to the schedule and agreement he or she made as well.

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Moving From Mentee to Mentor

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Sometimes, it can be difficult to get into the mindset of a coach. At this point, you’ve probably been the one being coached, not the other way around. It really is a mindset switch. Are you really ready to lead other people? I think you’re ready— you just have to convince yourself of that.

How Do You Know You’re Ready?

You’ve learned so much from other people. You’ve read countless books and gone through countless courses. You read blogs and news articles daily. You belong to forums and social media groups related to your industry. Most importantly of all, you put it into action. You’ve achieved at least some success with everything you’ve learned.

Now you have the itch. You’ve seen others who are where you used to be. They’re struggling, and you know they could use some help. You see them making simple mistakes and floundering when all it would take is some simple direction. Are you the one who can give it to them?

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6 Things to Ask Your Coaching Clients to Help Them Become More Successful

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As a coach, you want your clients to be as successful as possible. The more successful your clients are, the more successful you will be. Not only will you earn more as a coach, there’s also a wonderful feeling that comes along with truly helping someone.

You’ll be asking your coaching clients a lot of questions throughout your time coaching them. Some of these questions will be standard – questions that you ask all of your coaching clients, no matter who they are. Other questions will be more ‘of the moment’ – questions that you ask spontaneously, or only of specific coaching clients.

What follows are 10 questions to give you some great ideas to start with. These 10 questions tend to get to the heart of the matter. These questions can get your clients thinking and help them inevitably become more successful.

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