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Blogging: The Courage to Show Up As Yourself

October 15, 2010

Time and again I hear people say that what they enjoy reading the most on blogs is the personal stuff. Not personal as in “too much information that I’d rather not know about you” but personal as in “who are you really, and what do you really think?” I was reminded of that today when [...]

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Great news from Jacqui: “I got my first paying client!”

October 14, 2010

Just received this exciting email from pilot program coach Jacqui: Hi Everyone, Just have to share my exciting news –  I have my first paying client – one to one sessions starting tomorrow! Dare I say that this lady saw my poster, recognised my name from 20 years ago and has just phoned me. Very [...]

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How to view your subscriber list in MailChimp

September 24, 2010

I’ve talked about the importance of having a mailing list for your coaching business. In the ReadyMade Coaching Program we set up a mailing list along with a free report for you, so you don’t have to do a thing. The program we use for the mailing list and autoresponder is called MailChimp. However, sometimes [...]

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Marketing Follow-up

September 10, 2010

One of the coaches sent me an accountability report today.  I’ve put my reply in italics: I’ve been handing out, and mailing, my business cards. <Great!> I’ve also been tracking who I give them to, what response I get from them, and a note to myself about follow up actions, if any, I intend to [...]

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Work-Life Integration: Great Idea or Dangerous Trend?

December 5, 2009

In the past three months I’ve been to Italy (in person), as well as India and the Phillipines (virtually). On the surface, Italy was personal, India was volunteer work and the Phillipines was for business.  But here’s the thing: very little of what I do these days fits in discrete boxes. Italy was a trip [...]

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How to Coach Anyone, Lesson #1

July 3, 2009

Of all the coaching materials that Thomas Leonard produced in his lifetime, the How To Coach Anyone (HTCA) series of 68 lessons is my very favorite. In fact, I’d venture to say that much of what I know about coaching was learned from these lessons. Although I have electronic copies of HTCA saved on my [...]

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How to Coach on Life Purpose

June 4, 2009

In our BACC coaching classes this month we are talking about the value of having a coaching “repertoire” – a set of tools and exercises that you can “pull out” in different coaching circumstances. You can listen to an excerpt of our class below.   Below are the class notes on the Life Purpose exercise [...]

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What is Charge-Neutral? The Opposite of Drama Queen

May 2, 2009

When coaching we strive to be “charge-neutral”.  What does “charge-neutral” mean?  Ruth-Ann Harnisch sums it up as “the opposite of a drama queen”.  She goes on to explain: Charge-neutral is a tone, an attitude, a way of being. It’s the opposite of a drama queen. It’s the non-judgmental way to approach a client. Clients don’t [...]

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