People everywhere are discovering the benefits of life coaching. Enhanced relationships, increased confidence, improved work performance, and greater life satisfaction are just a few of the many benefits coaching offers. Most people, interested in maximizing their professional and personal potential and influence, are candidates for life coaching. Individuals hire a life coach to help them define and [...]
Basic coaching skills are foundational to effective coaching. The International Coach Federation (ICF) identifies eleven core competencies, which are the foundation for their credentialing process and the standard reflected in courses offered by the Professional Christian Coaching Institute (PCCI). Effective coaches know that building trust and rapport is key. When clients feel safe, cared for, [...]
Initially limited to business owners, top executives, and entrepreneurs, professional coaching quickly grew in popularity as individuals began to hire personal fitness trainers, nutritional coaches, and wellness coaches as they began to recognize the value of having someone work with them personally to identify, clarify, and pursue the dreams they had for their lives. Building [...]
We all know that a key to smart investing is diversifying your portfolio—“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Similarly, a key to smart business is diversifying your revenue by developing multiple streams of income. And one of the best ways to expand your coaching income is to offer group coaching and classes. Whether [...]
As a young man visiting a friend in the Twin Cities, I had driven out to see the original house used in The Mary Tyler Moore Show television series. I stood admiring the classic, multimillion dollar home, a stunning Queen Anne Victorian built in 1892. “Man, what do you do to live in a house [...]
ChristianLifeCoaching.com, the Professional Christian Coaching Institute, and its faculty and staff wish you a Merry Christmas. May your holidays be marked by His presence and filled with His love. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called [...]
“I don’t want to know all that computer junk — I just want to coach!” The words came out half-laughing half-crying recently from a coach I am mentoring. I hear them frequently and, as an acknowledged technophobe, I completely relate to their sentiment! However, we live in the early 21st Century and that means we [...]
“Would you speak to our group? What are your fees?” Questions like these can leave you scrambling to quote a price that is reasonable for you and affordable for the organization seeking to hire you. But push too hard concerning price, and you could find yourself out of a job. Offer a price that seems [...]
What do most Nobel Laureates, innovative entrepreneurs, artists and performers, well-adjusted children, happy couples and families, and the most successfully adapted mammals have in common? They play enthusiastically throughout their lives. ~Stuart Brown, Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul “I’m the Mayor of Who. Why, I’ve just been [...]
In his best-selling book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, author Daniel Pink borrows a page from Mark Twain in explaining the power of mindset around work and play. We all recall how Tom Sawyer hoodwinked his friends into whitewashing Aunt Polly’s fence by convincing them it was a privilege, not an obligation. [...]